Re: [xml-dev] XInclude language fixup

Dave Pawson <[email protected]> writes:
> Is there no inheritance Norm?
> From the doc element?

That is precisely the question.

The doc element has an xml:lang, but
xx.xml is a different document. If I just slap it in

  <doc xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
       xml:lang="en">
    <p xml:lang="en">English</p>
    <p xml:lang="de">Deutsch</p>
    <p>Something</p>
  </doc>

Then the implication is that the last paragraph has xml:lang=en by
inheritance.

But the document that that paragraph *came* from *did not* specify a
language.

  <chap><p>Something</p></chap>

So shouldn’t I use xml:lang="" to preserve that lack of information?

If I xinclude that paragraph into this document:

  <doc xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      xml:lang="no">
    <xi:include href="en.xml" fragid="element(/1/1)"/>
    <xi:include href="de.xml" fragid="element(/1/1)"/>
    <xi:include href="xx.xml" fragid="element(/1/1)"/>
  </doc>

Then it becomes Norwegian. Maybe there are some paragraphs that are
simultanously English and Norwegian, but I’m skeptical!

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