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. - Related Actions Items:
- No related actions
- Related emails:
- Re: I18N-ISSUE-117: Close definition of dir auto [HTML5-prep] (from matial@il.ibm.com on 2011-07-24)
- I18N-ISSUE-117: Close definition of dir auto [HTML5-prep] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2011-07-23)
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Addison Phillips, 18 Jul 2013, 01:17:53Display change log