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Subject: RE: [dita] Proposed changes to the xml:lang proposal
Paul and Gershon, I believe that this clarification is really intended to explain to readers of the specification why we advocate using xml:lang. We have more than one audience for the specification. We still have too little in terms of explaining the purpose of the elements and attributes to the user community. JoAnn -----Original Message----- From: Paul Prescod [mailto:paul.prescod@blastradius.com] Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 11:02 AM To: gershon@tech-tav.com; dita@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: RE: [dita] Proposed changes to the xml:lang proposal > -----Original Message----- > From: Gershon L Joseph [mailto:gershon@tech-tav.com] > Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 8:08 AM > To: dita@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: [dita] Proposed changes to the xml:lang proposal > >... > > 2. "When reading XML markup that embeds scripts of different > languages, the embedded languages should be indicated via > markup when the document is saved." This sentence is still > confusing, and should be rewritten as > follows: > "When an application writes (saves) a document that contains > strings of characters from different languages, the strings > of each language should be indicated via markup." > Thanks Paul G for pointing this one out. I changed your > suggested text a little. I would rather remove this sentence altogether. I still don't think it defines any behaviour that programmers could implement. What should a tool do if it is confronted with the following data. <p>What should a tool do it if it is confronted with the following data: <q>La division de l¨¦gislation compar¨¦e a rendu publique l'¨¦tude n¡ã 160 sur l'acc¨¨s des ¨¦trangers en situation irr¨¦guli¨¨re au syst¨¨me de sant¨¦</q> </p> <p>Or the following data: <q>¥«©`¥È¤Ë¥É¥é¥Ã¥°¤·¤Æ×·</q> </p> From a Unicode perspective, multiple languages can use the same script. So there is not enough information to infer languages. There is nothing useful a tool can do. Paul Prescod
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