- From: Felix Sasaki <fsasaki@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:21:28 +0900
- To: Martin Duerst <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp>
- CC: Mark Davis <mark.davis@icu-project.org>, CE Whitehead <cewcathar@hotmail.com>, www-international@w3.org
Martin Duerst wrote: > At 12:55 07/07/02, Felix Sasaki wrote: > > >> Mark Davis wrote: >> > > >>> On 6/30/07, *Martin Duerst* <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp <mailto:duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp>> wrote: >>> > > >>> >> Include <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-lang-tag>xml:lang in >>> your DTD or schema to allow to specify the natural language of the >>> content >>> >=> >>> >Where necessary, include >>> <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-lang-tag>xml:lang in your DTD >>> or schema to allow to specify the natural language of the content. >>> > >>> >[why? because an XML document that just has locale-independent >>> information like inventory counts of part numbers doesn't want to >>> have this. Ditto below.] >>> >>> Agreed, but the wording should be different. "where necessary" >>> doesn't >>> say anything specific. I'd go for a wording more along the following >>> lines: >>> >>> Include <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-lang-tag>xml:lang in >>> your DTD or schema to allow to specify the natural language of the >>> content for all elements that may contain natual language. >>> >>> That really doesn't capture it. If your DTD doesn't have natural language content, there is no need for xml:lang. >>> > > For both Mark's and Felix'es wording, it's not the DTD that > contains natural language, but the actual documents described by > the DTD or schema. > agree. > > >> I would prefer Martin's wording and add after "may contain natrual language.": "If your DTD doesn't have natural language content, there is no need for xml:lang." >> > > So I would reword this as follows: > > "If an element is intended to never contain natural language, > there is no need for xml:lang." > > This is just a clarification of the previous sentence, not really > new information, the 'may' says it all. > +1. Felix > Regards, Martin. > > > >> The "may contain" is important since there are cases which depend on the actual use, like the <code> element in HTML. >> > > > > #-#-# Martin J. Du"rst, Assoc. Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University > #-#-# http://www.sw.it.aoyama.ac.jp mailto:duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp > > >
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