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Re: xml:lang how often used?

• From: "Pete Cordell" <petexmldev@t...>
• To: "bryan rasmussen" <rasmussen.bryan@g...>,"XML Developers List" <xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:41:29 +0100

A number of IETF schemas use xml:lang.

One example is http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-saleem-msml-05.txt, 
but I have seen others.

Pete.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bryan rasmussen" <rasmussen.bryan@g...>
To: "XML Developers List" <xml-dev@l...>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:44 PM
Subject:  xml:lang how often used?


> Hi,
>
> It seems to me that people are always reinventing the wheel where
> xml:lang is used and I am always seeing standards that specify an
> attribute or element usage for specifying the language that parts of a
> document are in. Can anyone think of any particular formats or perhaps
> governmental initiatives where it has been officially decreed that
> xml:lang must be used when appropriate, and does anyone know why
> people seem to not use xml:lang in favor of using other ways to do the
> same thing?
>
> Cheers,
> Bryan Rasmussen
>
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    • From: "bryan rasmussen" <rasmussen.bryan@g...>