- From: fantasai <fantasai@escape.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 20:33:13 -0400
- To: www-html@w3.org
Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote: <snip> > 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: <snip> > 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). > [...] The HTML 4.0 and HTML 4.01 specifications have the same problem. They all need to be updated and the errata listed; the specs actually contradict themselves in this aspect: HTML 4.0 - http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-html40-19980424/struct/links.html#h-12.3.3 http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-html40-19980424/types.html#type-links HTML 4.01 - http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/links.html#h-12.3.3 http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/types.html#type-links
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