- From: gregory j. rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 17:47:05 -0400
- To: <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
<PROPOSED> Define the natural language of each document. Indicate changes in the natural language declared for a document using appropriate markup. </PROPOSED> i would also suggest that we accept the following definitions from UAAG (source http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/WD-UAAG10-20010411/) Natural language Natural language is spoken, written, or signed human language such as French, Japanese, and American Sign Language. On the Web, the natural language of content may be specified by markup or HTTP headers. Some examples include the "lang" attribute in HTML 4 ([HTML4] section 8.1), the "xml:lang" attribute in XML 1.0 ([XML], section 2.12), the HTML 4 "hreflang" attribute for links in HTML 4 ([HTML4], section 12.1.5), the HTTP Content-Language header ([RFC2616], section 14.12) and the Accept-Language request header ([RFC2616], section 14.4). See also the definition of script. Script In this document, the term "script" almost always refers to a scripting (programming) language used to create dynamic Web content. However, in checkpoints referring to the written (natural) language of content, the term "script" is used as in Unicode [UNICODE] to mean "A collection of symbols used to represent textual information in one or more writing systems."
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