Re: [xml-dev] xml:lang how often used?

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com>]

At 2007-10-18 14:44 +0200, bryan rasmussen wrote:
>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?

My customers using DITA are using xml:lang for their product 
documentation.  The stylesheets I write for them inspect the document 
element for the language in order to arrange the page geometry appropriately.

Personally I'm using it in subtrees of multi-lingual compilations of 
Universal Business Language information item description 
translations:  the aggregate translation stores for each item 
description the many available language translations, each annotated 
with an appropriate xml:lang.

Where are you seeing alternatives popping up?

. . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken


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