- From: James Clark <jjc@jclark.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 18:36:34 +0700
- To: MURATA Makoto <murata@apsdc.ksp.fujixerox.co.jp>
- CC: xsl-editors@w3.org, w3c-i18n-ig@w3.org
MURATA Makoto wrote: > >8.7.1 Number to String Conversion Attributes > snip > > >Any other format token indicates a numbering sequence that starts with that > >token. If an implementation does not support a numbering sequence that starts > >with that token, it must use a format token of 1. > > I do not understand this sentence well. Does it mean a sequence of > ascending code points? No. > Or, does it mean a sequence, which is not > described in this specification but is defined by some other documents? Yes. > Two sequences in some language might begin with the same code point. > Or, different sequences of different languages might begin with the > same code point. Is the format attribute powerful enough to handle such > cases? Not by itself. That's why there are other attributes as well. The lang attribute says what language you're dealing (which deals with your second point). The letter-value attribute deals with the case where a language has two numbering sequences beginning with the same code point. James
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