- From: CE Whitehead <cewcathar@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:27:40 -0500
- To: mark.davis@icu-project.org, ishida@w3.org
- Cc: www-international@w3.org
"Use language attributes on the html tag to indicate the default text-processing language (very important); also use HTTP headers and meta >elements to indicate audience language(s). See 4.2 <link>." might be a good way to begin section 4.1 Then list the examples. No new sections. My problem with this draft is it takes a while and a bit of reading (compared to other W3C info) to find out all you need to know, when your time online is limited. --C. E. Whitehead cewcathar@hotmail.com > >In the meantime, we recommend that you use HTTP headers and meta elements >to >provide document metadata about the language of the intended audience(s), >and language attributes on the html tag to indicate the default >text-processing language. Furthermore, we recommend that you always declare >the default text-processing language. > >Getting people to do one thing -- correctly -- is hard enough. Asking them >to distinguish between the language of the document and that of the >intended >audience is way too far. Best practices should be aimed at getting the 99% >case right, then point to a different document for the edge cases that >won't >matter anyway because nobody will do them correctly so they can't be relied >on. I think the key here is to stress getting the text processing language right (there's also confusion for this when there is more than one); but I do not see harm in mentioning the audience language; The info seems clear to me. Much of the information is more encyclopedic, like the stuff on CSS. --C. E. Whitehead cewcathar@hotmail.com > _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE Web site, company branded e-mail and more from Microsoft Office Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/
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