RE: DFXP LC Comments - Issue 10 Response; Bert Bos

Thanks for the correction.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Singer [mailto:singer@apple.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 5:53 PM
> To: Glenn A. Adams
> Cc: W3C Public TTWG
> Subject: Re: DFXP LC Comments - Issue 10 Response; Bert Bos
> 
> 
> Comment: Issue #10 [1]; 22 Apr 2005 20:44:52 +0200
> 
> 7.1.1) Why must xml:lang be specified? Isn't omitting it the same as
> defining it to be the empty string?
> 
> Response:
> 
> The goal is to strongly encourage authors and authoring systems to be
> explicit about language. Specifying xml:space="" is not the same as
> not specifying xml:space. The former is an explicit authorial
> expression of "no default language"; the latter leaves authorial
> intention unexpressed. We wish to enforce some intentional expression
> even if it is "no default language".
> 
> 
> 
> ==> that should read xml:lang, not xml:space.  And it may be worth
> saying that the author can use "mul" or "und" for multiple or
> undetermined, when they are determined to be indeterminate.
> --
> David Singer
> Apple Computer/QuickTime

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