ISSUE-88

content-language-multiple

Should meta/@content allow a list of languages instead of just a single language?

State:

OPEN

Product:

HTML 5 spec

Raised by:

Michael(tm) Smith

Opened on:

2009-10-29

Description:

quoting Leif Halvard Silli:

[[
http://www.w3.org/mid/op.u2gd6bq7idj3kv@simon-pieterss-macbook.local

According to the draft,  <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en" >
"sets the document-wide default language".  As a consequence (?), the draft
permits only one language tag in the content attribute.

This represents a deviation from how it otherwise is used and specified - e.g.
in HTML 4.

The draft must say that it defines the languages of the intended audiences, and
that it may be used in content negotiation and in search engines etc. And it
must permit several languages to be specified.

If the spec wants to express a way to decide the "document-wide default
language", then one could define another META element variant for that purpose.
Or one could define that the first listed language in the list of languages
inside "content", represents the documument-wide lanuage.  Thus, in in this
example, the document-wide language is "en": <meta
http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en,fr,sp" >

References: http://www.w3.org/International/tutorials/language-decl/
]]

editor's response: "This request doesn't match how the pragma is used in deployed content."

related bugs: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8088

Related Actions Items:

• ACTION-161 on Maciej Stachowiak to Monitor Deadline: Leif Halvard Silli to Write a Change Proposal for ISSUE-88 - due 2010-01-03, open

Related emails:

1. Re: ISSUE-88: content-language-multiple - Chairs Solicit Proposals (from mjs@apple.com on 2009-11-27)
2. Re: ISSUE-88: content-language-multiple - Chairs Solicit Proposals (from karl@la-grange.net on 2009-11-26)
3. RE: ISSUE-88: content-language-multiple - Chairs Solicit Proposals (from ishida@w3.org on 2009-11-26)
4. RE: ISSUE-88: content-language-multiple - Chairs Solicit Proposals (from ishida@w3.org on 2009-11-26)
5. Re: ISSUE-88: content-language-multiple - Chairs Solicit Proposals (from karl@la-grange.net on 2009-11-26)
6. RE: ISSUE-88: content-language-multiple - Chairs Solicit Proposals (from ishida@w3.org on 2009-11-26)
7. Re: ISSUE-88: content-language-multiple - Chairs Solicit Proposals (from xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no on 2009-11-26)
8. Re: ISSUE-88: content-language-multiple - Chairs Solicit Proposals (from mark@macchiato.com on 2009-11-26)
9. RE: ISSUE-88: content-language-multiple - Chairs Solicit Proposals (from ishida@w3.org on 2009-11-26)
10. RE: ISSUE-88: content-language-multiple - Chairs Solicit Proposals (from ishida@w3.org on 2009-11-26)
11. Re: Change Proposal status and deadlines (from mjs@apple.com on 2009-11-25)
12. Re: Change Proposal status and deadlines (from mjs@apple.com on 2009-11-25)
13. Re: Change Proposal status and deadlines (from xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no on 2009-11-25)
14. Re: Change Proposal status and deadlines (from mjs@apple.com on 2009-11-25)
15. Re: Change Proposal status and deadlines (from xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no on 2009-11-25)
16. Re: ISSUE-88: content-language-multiple - Chairs Solicit Proposals (from xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no on 2009-11-19)
17. ISSUE-88: content-language-multiple - Chairs Solicit Proposals (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2009-11-19)
18. Re: {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-11-19: issues, action items, calls for consensus/proposals, task force reports (from oradnio@gmail.com on 2009-11-19)
19. Re: {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-11-19: issues, action items, calls for consensus/proposals, task force reports (from laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com on 2009-11-19)
20. Re: Web Browser Preferences and Internationalisation/Accessibility (from xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no on 2009-11-19)
21. {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-11-19: issues, action items, calls for consensus/proposals, task force reports (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2009-11-18)
22. {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-11-19: issues, action items, calls for consensus/proposals, task force reports (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2009-11-18)
23. minutes Re: {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-10-29: issues, action items, calls for consensus/proposals, task forces, F2F... (from cooper@w3.org on 2009-10-29)
24. [Bug 8088] Change back the meaning of <meta http-equiv='Content-Language' content='FOO, BAR'> (from bugzilla@wiggum.w3.org on 2009-10-29)

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