- From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 01:52:26 +0200
- To: <www-html@w3.org>, <www-html-editor@w3.org>
Hi,
http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/CR-xhtml-modularization-20001020 reads:
| [...]
| Alternate
|
| Designates substitute versions for the document in which
| the link occurs. When used together with the xml:lang attribute,
| it implies a translated version of the document. When used
| together with the media attribute, it implies a version
| designed for a different medium (or media).
| [...]
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/dirlang.html#adef-lang reads:
| [...]
| lang = language-code [CI]
|
| This attribute specifies the base language of an element's
| attribute values and text content. The default value of this
| attribute is unknown.
| [...]
And there is the hreflang attribute,
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/links.html#adef-hreflang reads:
| [...]
| hreflang = langcode [CI]
|
| This attribute specifies the base language of the resource
| designated by href and may only be used when href is specified.
| [...]
So the above statement is wrong. The xml:lang attribute in this place does not
say anything about the language of the referenced resource. Imagine:
<html xml:lang="de">
[...]
<a href="http://www.w3.org">W3C</a>
[...]
</html>
The a element inherits the value of the xml:lang attribute of the html
element, so with the above statement in mind this means, that
http://www.w3.org/ is written in german language.
So the quoted passage should read like
[...]
Alternate
Designates substitute versions for the document in which
the link occurs. When used together with the hreflang attribute,
^^^^^^^^
it implies a translated version of the document. When used
together with the media attribute, it implies a version
designed for a different medium (or media).
[...]
xml:lang would only appropriate, if we have a case like
<html xml:lang="de">
[...]
<a xml:lang href="http://www.w3.org">World Wide Web Consortium</a>
[...]
</html>
regards,
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