- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 09:06:38 -0800
- To: "Ineke van der Maat" <inekemaa@xs4all.nl>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
At 3:45 PM -0800 12/19/01, Ineke van der Maat wrote: >I coded <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="de"> as valid >XHTML 1.1 requires. >But updated Bobby says: "accessibility error" , do this: > >Did I do something wrong? Or is Bobby not really updated to the latest >specs? Check the XHTML 1.0 spec's Compatability Guidelines With HTML Browsers section. I believe they recommend using both xml:lang and lang -- because nearly all browsers fail to understand xml:lang attributes. Since assistive technology is included in that group, it's correct of Bobby to identify this as an accessibility error. In general, you should only use XHTML _without_ following the HTML compatability rules if you know that every browser accessing the service will understand "native" XHTML. There are few browsers which do this and even fewer ATs (if any), so native XHTML 1.0 is not recommended. (Nor is XHTML 1.1 for that matter.) --Kynn -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://kynn.com Chief Technologist, Idyll Mountain http://idyllmtn.com Web Accessibility Expert-for-hire http://kynn.com/resume January Web Accessibility eCourse http://kynn.com/+d201
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