ISSUE-117: Close definition of dir auto

Close definition of dir auto

State:

CLOSED

Product:

html

Raised by:

Addison Phillips

Opened on:

2011-07-23

Description:

3.2.3.4 The xml:base attribute (XML only)
http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/elements.html#the-xml:base-attribute-xml-only

The dir 'auto' value has this note:

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The heuristic used by this state is very crude (it just looks at the first character with a strong directionality, in a manner analogous to the Paragraph Level determination in the bidirectional algorithm). Authors are urged to only use this value as a last resort when the direction of the text is truly unknown and no better server-side heuristic can be applied.
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Does HTML5 need to define auto so closely that no user-agent can provide a better algorithm? That seems counter-productive. Some room for innovation should be preserved.

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1. Re: I18N-ISSUE-117: Close definition of dir auto [HTML5-prep] (from matial@il.ibm.com on 2011-07-24)
2. I18N-ISSUE-117: Close definition of dir auto [HTML5-prep] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2011-07-23)

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