RE: [dita] Final xml:lang and scripts

["Paul Prescod" <paul.prescod@blastradius.com>]

> -----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