Re: PaceItemLang created. (Add xml:lang attribute to atom:entry)

[Anne van Kesteren <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > The only thing that bugs me about this, is that 'xml:lang' is in the  
> > > XML  namespace, while 'hreflang' isn't. I think that both language  
> > > definitions  should reside in the same namespace.
> >
> > I think that doesn't make sense. "xml:lang" is already defined and 
> > used  in other XML languages, why would Atom not use it?
>
> What bugs me is that XLink doesn't define an '@hreflang' and that there  
> (of course) isn't an 'xml:hreflang'. Language identification should 
> imho  be done in the same manner, namespace and everything, if it was 
> possible.

I think that XLink has nothing to do with this. If you want a (in XML 
syntax) defined "hreflang" you could use "xhtml:hreflang".

("xml:hreflang" would be a bit strange, since the W3C hasn't defined a 
"xml:href" yet.)


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 Anne van Kesteren
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