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

> Obvious example, not remotely strange or perverse:
>
> <dictionary xml:lang="fr">
>   <term name="Computer">Ordinateur</term>
>   <term name="Software">Logiciel</term>
>   <term name="File">Fichier</term>
> </dictionary>
>
good example

> Now one can have an endless debate about whether one should use xml:lang
> there or some other attribute.
I guess I am on the side of some other attribute because while

>XML is about syntax, not semantics,

I would argue xml:lang is one of the few bits of semantics that have
been specified.

Cheers,
Bryan Rasmussen


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