- From: Ernest Cline <ernestcline@mindspring.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 06:11:00 -0500
- To: "W3C HTML List" <www-html@w3.org>
> [Original Message] > From: Christian Wolfgang Hujer <Christian.Hujer@itcqis.com> > > Am Freitag, 7. November 2003 08:37 schrieb Anne van Kesteren: > > [suggests a @titlelang attribute, which is especially useful when using > @title in combination with @xml:lang and @hreflang] > I 100% agree. > > I didn't consider a title language attribute yet because I don't use the title > attribute within the <body/> element so often, I mainly use it on <link/> > elements in the <head/> element, and <link/> elements could not have a > content, so the problem did not arise for me. > > I like your idea of adding a titlelang attribute. Well, I don't. The case where the title of an element will be in a different language from its content is rare, and can already be handled without adding a titlelang attribute to clutter the Document Model for the vast majority of documents that will not need it: For Example: <div xml:lang="en" title="The Old English saga, Beowulf"> <p class="poem" xml:lang="ang"> Hwæt! We Gardena in geardagum, þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon, hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon. Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum, monegum mægþum, meodosetla ofteah, egsode eorlas. Syððan ærest wearð feasceaft funden, he þæs frofre gebad, weox under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þah, oðþæt him æghwylc þara ymbsittendra ofer hronrade hyran scolde, gomban gyldan. þæt wæs god cyning! ... By using either <div> or <span> as appropriate to handle this case, the burden is placed on the rare case instead of adding the burden of supporting an additional attribute for the vast majority of cases which will not need it.
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