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Copyright © 2005 W3C (MIT, ERCIM, Keio)
Directionality
Data categories
Local use:
<text xml:lang="en" its:version="1.0">
<body>
<par> In Arabic, the title <quote xml:lang="ar"
its:dir="rtl" > W3C ، نشاط التدويل </quote> means
<quote> Internationalization Activity, W3C </quote> . </par>
</body>
</text>
@ dir required, values " ltr ", " rtl ", " lro " or " rlo "
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The its:dir attribute is used here locally to express that the directional context of the quote is right-to-left. This information is necessary if we want the text to be displayed correctly. We have already seen this example earlier in the presentation.
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