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Issue #48 of i18nCore comments http://www.w3.org/International/reviews/0606-its/ We feel that there should be a note in the specification that says that it is implied/understood that xml:lang represents language information wherever it appears.
Action: working group to discuss and reply.
Discussed at http://www.w3.org/2006/07/26-i18nits-minutes.html#item16. Proposals http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-i18n-its/2006JulSep/0121.html and http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-i18n-its/2006JulSep/0162.html are fine with the working group, but we need to decide whether they would be normative or not (that is if xml:lang should be normative or not for ITS processors). Action: working group to continue discussion.
Discussed at http://www.w3.org/2006/07/31-i18nits-minutes.html#item04 . Resolution: Agreed to go back to i18n core with the proposals at http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-i18n-its/2006JulSep/0121.html and http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-i18n-its/2006JulSep/0162.html . We say that processing of xml:lang is not a normative requirement for an ITS implementation. This resolution should resolve the bugs 3468, 3469, 3480 and 3515.
Action: editors to make the change and Felix to go back to i18n core.
Wait: response sent. See http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-i18n-its/2006JulSep/0331.html
The text "Applying the Language Information data category to xml:lang attributes using global rules is not necessary, since xml:lang is already defined in terms of RFC3066." has been modified to "Applying the Language Information data category to xml:lang attributes using global rules is not necessary, since xml:lang is already defined in terms of RFC3066 or its successor" to resolve the issue noted by richard at: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-i18n-its/2006JulSep/0354.html Wait: response sent. See http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-i18n-its/2006JulSep/0394.html
Closed. Reviewer satisified. See http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-i18n-its/2006JulSep/0397.html .
Reviewer from i18n core satisified as well. See http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-i18n-its/2006JulSep/0416.html .
Closed.
Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to clarify the role of xml:lang.