Richard Ishida wrote: > > Well, if there were a language attribute on the html element the meta > information would only be used if there was a comment or anything else > outside the <html>. If there wasn't a language attribute on the <html> > element, the meta information would be applicable down each branch of the > document tree until a language attribute was encountered. > > Assuming the language of the comments matches the language of the content. Comments will most likely be in a language that the web developer uses. Which may or may not be the language of the content on the site, esp. on sites that have content in more than one language. Andrew -- Andrew Cunningham Vicnet Research and Development Coordinator State Library of Victoria 328 Swanston Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Ph: +61-3-8664-7430 Fax: +61-3-9639-2175 Email: andrewc@vicnet.net.au Alt email: lang.support@gmail.com http://home.vicnet.net.au/~andrewc/ http://www.openroad.net.au http://www.vicnet.net.au http://www.slv.vic.gov.au
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