>>>>It is strongly recommended to use
>>>>xml:lang for <source> and <target> as well, so any XML tools (not
>>>>just XLIFF tools) can be language-aware.
>>
>>>Why not make this required? Are there any applications that would
>>>be harmed by always having an xml:lang attribute specified on
>>>source/target elements? I argue that the converse is true and so
>>>would like to see xml:lang be a required attribute.
>>
>>I think we didn't make required because you could avoid to have it
>>for one of the two language in the document by specifying the xml:lang
>>at the <xliff> level and it would be redundand.
>
>Then, in the interest of simplification, let's not have it present on
><source> and <target> at all and require it to be present at the
><xliff> level.
We cannot do that :) We can have only one xml:lang in <xliff>, and we have
two languages to identify: one for <source> and one for <target>.
-yves
