Michael Kay wrote:
> 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>
>
> Now one can have an endless debate about whether one should use xml:lang
> there or some other attribute. Frankly I don't care. I think it misses the
> point: XML is about syntax, not semantics, and document designers should be
> free to choose their own tags.
FYI, you can attach this "language semantic" to document using ITS
markup, see
http://www.w3.org/International/its/techniques/its-techniques.html#DevLang
But in general it is not recommended to store natural language content
in attributes because you can't easily specify its language,
directionality, ...
Jirka
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