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Subject: RE: [dita] Final xml:lang and scripts
> -----Original Message----- > From: Grosso, Paul [mailto:pgrosso@ptc.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 10:32 AM > To: dita@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: RE: [dita] Final xml:lang proposal > >... > > I don't think scripts can be in an XML document. An XML > document consists of characters (and markup). Besides, the > first half of the sentence talks about embedded scripts, and > the second have says embedded languages. Also, it doesn't > seem to make sense to "When reading...when the document is saved." > > I think we mean to say: > > When an XML document contains strings of characters from > different languages, those strings should be indicated via markup. > > but I could be wrong. In particular, I'm not sure if we're > trying to say that editor tools should convert any use of the > Unicode direction-switching characters into markup. It was to avoid that implication that I asked that that paragraph be deleted during the meeting. ;) There is nothing for vendors/implementors to do about scripts/languages, so I don't see the paragraph as helpful. A script is not a language and there is no way to determine a language from a script. Paul Prescod
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