Re: Atom Bidi Draft Update - Informal Last Call

[James M Snell <jasnell@xxxxxxxxx>]

My preference is that invalid values are silently ignored and that the
directionality is inherited.

- James

Franklin Tse wrote:
>> Thanks!
> 
> You're welcome, James.
> 
> However, there are still some issues. What should Atom processors do when they encounter a "dir" attribute with invalid or unknown value? 
> 
> For example:
> 
> <entry dir="rtl">
>   <title dir="invalid">...</title>
>   ...
> </entry>
> 
> Should the directionality of atom:title continue to be right-to-left? In other words, should the dir="invalid" be ignored and keep the directionality inheritance? Or, is the recovery action left to be implementation-dependent?
> [snip]