16979 2012-05-07 18:08:51 +0000 i18n-ISSUE-119: provide example of language detection fallback 2016-04-19 21:54:52 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML5 spec unspecified PC Windows NT RESOLVED FIXED P2 editorial --- 1 addison robin ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-i18n-core robin travil public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 67417 0 addison 2012-05-07 18:08:51 +0000 3.2.3.3 The lang and xml:lang attributes http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/elements.html#the-lang-and-xml:lang-attributes For this much discussed paragraph: -- If none of the node's ancestors, including the root element, have either attribute set, but there is a pragma-set default language set, then that is the language of the node. If there is no pragma-set default language set, then language information from a higher-level protocol (such as HTTP), if any, must be used as the final fallback language instead. In the absence of any such language information, and in cases where the higher-level protocol reports multiple languages, the language of the node is unknown, and the corresponding language tag is the empty string. -- Wouldn't an example be useful? I can imagine implementers not following what the heck we're talking about. 67572 1 ian 2012-05-10 17:55:07 +0000 Any suggestions of a realistic example we could add here? 70201 2 contributor 2012-07-18 07:08:36 +0000 This bug was cloned to create bug 17865 as part of operation convergence. 125922 3 travil 2016-04-19 21:54:52 +0000 HTML5.1 Bugzilla Bug Triage: Example added https://github.com/w3c/html/pull/220 Feel free to tweak or offer suggestions/corrections. Will carry the conversation on in GitHub. If this resolution is not satisfactory, please copy the relevant bug details/proposal into a new issue at the W3C HTML5 Issue tracker: https://github.com/w3c/html/issues/new where it will be re-triaged. Thanks!