[Bug 5003] Applicability of <alternative> element to xml:lang

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=5003





------- Comment #15 from fabio@cs.unibo.it  2008-01-19 09:13 -------
Michael, 

> So I don't think there's anything philosophically absurd about the idea that
> the validity of an object should be context-sensitive, I'm just saying that
> changing the rules of the game in this way is going to be unacceptable to two
> of the important stakeholders.

In fact, that was my point: context-independence of type is more a political
issue than a technical one, and it is definitely not a design issue.  

Ciao

Fabio

Received on Saturday, 19 January 2008 09:14:00 UTC