Update on I18n-ISSUE-2: Why not using xml:lang?

Hello public-i18n-core,

Just to update you on this issue, your proposal to use @xml:lang
instead of @lang was accepted. We allowed old content to use @lang and
require new content to use @xml:lang.

The editors draft has been updated as has the RelaxNG:

  Several elements store their data in text child elements; this is to
  support localization. The text elements MAY be given a lang
  attribute in the XML namespace [XML]. For backwards compatibility,
  lang attributes in the default namepsace are also accepted in older
  content, and SHOULD be treated the same as xml:lang. New content
  SHOULD instead use xml:lang.

  http://dev.w3.org/webfonts/WOFF/spec/#Metadata


It would be great if you could send an email message to www-font
acknowledging that this responds to your comment (for our last call
tracking purposes). We are now under some time pressure to close out
last call.

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 Chris Lilley   Technical Director, Interaction Domain                 
 W3C Graphics Activity Lead, Fonts Activity Lead
 Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG
 Member, CSS, WebFonts, SVG Working Groups

Received on Wednesday, 1 June 2011 13:38:50 UTC