RE: [dita] Final versions of Translation SC proposals referenced in Translation work assessment

["Grosso, Paul" <pgrosso@ptc.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gershon L Joseph [mailto:gershon@tech-tav.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, 2006 July 12 07:50
> To: 'Michael Priestley'
> Cc: dita@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [dita] Final versions of Translation SC proposals 
> referenced in Translation work assessment
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> Here are the links to the translation proposals I referenced 
> in my work
> assessment for DITA 1.1:
> 
> xml:lang attribute:
> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita/email/archiv
> es/200604/msg0
> 0067.html

I'd still like to see an explicit reference to
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-lang-tag
which is the Language Identification in the XML Recommendation.

After all, while it makes sense to have the expanded DITA-specific
information about the use of xml:lang, it remains the case that
any use of xml:lang must conform to what is said in the XML spec,
so users and implementors need to be aware of what's said therein.
The "xml" prefix implies this attribute "belongs" to the XML
namespace, and it is only appropriate that we make a reference
to the spec that "owns" this attribute.

paul