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Re: [Ltru] xml:lang syntax



Andrew Cunningham 2008-05-08 10.04:
> 2008/5/8 Leif Halvard Silli <lhs at malform.no>:
>
> >  This means that we can say xml:lang="mul" and encompass all the
> >  langugeas of the world. But not any two or more languages. With
> >  xml:lang="mul-en-fr" one coud be more spesific.
>   

> Doing something like xml:lang="mul-en-fr" would not be a good way to
> go. The xml:lang attribute would indicate the language of the contents
> of an element and should be a single value. Adding multiple vlaues
> would affect inheritance of language values. It would effect
> processing data and displaying data.
>   

Rethinking: Perhaps it is not advicable on the xml:lang tag, which only 
is inside the root element - if I remember. But the very thing, to be 
able to specify mul-en-fr on other elements than the root element, seems 
meaningful to me.

Does that sound better?

But otherwise, even for xml:lang, there is no principle diff between 
xml:lang="mul" - which I guess isn't forbidded - and xml:lang="mul-en-fr".
-- 
leif halvard silli
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