- From: Nir Dagan <nir.dagan@econ.upf.es>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 00:38:48 GMT
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
I think that it would make sense to include recommendations concerning the usage of the lang attribute and about multi-lingual websites. It is clear from the HTML4.0 spec. that if some text is marked in some human language then it should be rendered in that language. It seems rather vital for a speaking browser. (are there any multi-lingual screen readers nowadays?) Also writing a multilingual page with alternating paragrahs (or in two columns) in English and French could be a usability disaster in speach medium. (it is quite usability reducing in visual medium as well) So I would add something like that: 1. (recommended) For documents which include only text in one language, specify the language with the lang attribute in the HTML element. 2. (required) For documents which are primerly in one language, but contain some text in other languages, specify the language with the lang attribute in the HTML element, and specify the language of text in other languages using the lang attribute in the appropiriete elements. 3. (required) (interim?) Avoid documents that duplicate all/most information in more than one language. Regards, Nir Dagan Assistant Professor of Economics Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona (Spain) email: dagan@upf.es Website: http://www.econ.upf.es/%7Edagan/
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