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Subject: RE: [dita-translation] Proposal- xml:lang attribute
Forgive me if this has been discussed before -- I've been swamped and have not been able to keep up with the discussion -- but I have a question about the xml:lang recommended usage. I recall a presentation to the DITA TC -- by Andrzej, perhaps? -- that said use of xml:lang should be minimized. On the other hand, this proposal recommends that xml:lang always be set. I'm not familiar with the arguments pro or con, but could someone reconcile the two positions? To say that xml:lang should be set for a document element in the DITA context needs refinement. It is possible for a valid DITA document to have <dita> as the root element. This is merely an aggregation element with no output semantics: topics are pulled in using maps, not <dita>. So setting xml:lang for the <dita> element would be meaningless at best. There is a proposal to make %univ-atts; truly universal in DITA 1.1, so xml:lang can end up anywhere. - Would xml:lang in topicref override the language setting in the referred-to language? - Can we safely ignore xml:lang in <dita>? Chris -----Original Message----- From: Gershon L Joseph [mailto:gershon@tech-tav.com] Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 4:20 AM To: dita-translation@lists.oasis-open.org; mambrose@sdl.com; pcarey@lexmark.com; rfletcher@sdl.com; bhertz@sdl.com; 'Richard Ishida'; tony.jewtushenko@productinnovator.com; 'Lieske, Christian'; 'Jennifer Linton'; 'Munshi, Sukumar'; 'Charles Pau'; dpooley@sdl.com; 'Reynolds, Peter'; 'Felix Sasaki'; 'Yves Savourel'; 'Dave A Schell'; 'Bryan Schnabel' Subject: [dita-translation] Proposal- xml:lang attribute Hi all, Please review my updated proposal. I've added best practice sections for users and vendors/implementers. We would like to finalize and approve our xml:lang proposal for submission to the DITA TC during Monday's SC meeting. Please post your feedback to the list. Thanks, Gershon --- Gershon L Joseph Member, OASIS DITA and DocBook Technical Committees Director of Technology and Single Sourcing Tech-Tav Documentation Ltd. office: +972-8-974-1569 mobile: +972-57-314-1170 http://www.tech-tav.com
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