Re: [office] xml:lang settings. Confused.

[Eike Rathke <erack@sun.com>]

Hi Dave,

On Wednesday, 2007-06-20 08:11:54 +0100, Dave Pawson wrote:

> >> Even stronger, please can we change to xml:lang then standard XML
> >> processors can do what they should do?
> >
> >How exactly should a "change to" look like?
> 
> That the specification states how xml:lang is set, and that the attribute
> is used as per http://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/#sec-lang-tag .
> It would need to address the relationship to the various other metadata
> usages (or remove them which sounds simpler).

No, I was referring to the change process itself; IF we introduced
xml:lang we'd have to provide a migration path from fo:* attributes to
xml:lang and vice versa. Additionally all applications would have to
adapt their load/store procedures quite significantly. I doubt we'd get
lot acceptance..

> >Well, the <office:document-meta> <office:meta> <dc:creator> element
> >specifies the document's default language.
> 
> Shouldn't that be dc:language?

Yes, of course, a copy&paste&repeat error. Sorry.

  Eike

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