[html5] r2062 - [ac] (0) Allow lang='' and xml:lang='' to be specified together in XML, if they [...]

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Author: ianh
Date: 2008-08-12 15:38:20 -0700 (Tue, 12 Aug 2008)
New Revision: 2062

Modified:
   index
   source
Log:
[ac] (0) Allow lang='' and xml:lang='' to be specified together in XML, if they are the same.

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2008-08-12 22:27:49 UTC (rev 2061)
+++ index	2008-08-12 22:38:20 UTC (rev 2062)
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@
           <code>title</code> attribute</a>
 
          <li><a href="#the-lang"><span class=secno>3.3.3.3. </span>The
-          <code>lang</code> (HTML only) and <code>xml:lang</code> (XML only)
+          <code>lang</code> and <code>xml:lang</code> (XML only)
           attributes</a>
 
          <li><a href="#the-xmlbase"><span class=secno>3.3.3.4. </span>The
@@ -7936,7 +7936,7 @@
    title=attr-title><a href="#title">title</a></code> content attribute.
 
   <h5 id=the-lang><span class=secno>3.3.3.3. </span>The <dfn id=lang
-   title=attr-lang><code>lang</code></dfn> (HTML only) and <dfn id=xmllang
+   title=attr-lang><code>lang</code></dfn> and <dfn id=xmllang
    title=attr-xml-lang><code>xml:lang</code></dfn> (XML only) attributes</h5>
 
   <p>The <code title=attr-lang><a href="#lang">lang</a></code> attribute
@@ -7957,17 +7957,21 @@
    primary language is unknown.
 
   <p>The <code title=attr-lang><a href="#lang">lang</a></code> attribute may
-   be used on elements of <a href="#html-">HTML documents</a>. Authors must
-   not use the <code title=attr-lang><a href="#lang">lang</a></code>
-   attribute in <a href="#xml-documents">XML documents</a>.
+   be used on any <a href="#html-elements" title="HTML elements">HTML
+   element</a>.
 
   <p>The <code title=attr-xml-lang><a href="#xmllang">xml:lang</a></code>
-   attribute may be used on elements of <a href="#xml-documents">XML
-   documents</a>. Authors must not use the <code title=attr-xml-lang><a
+   attribute may be used on <a href="#html-elements">HTML elements</a> in <a
+   href="#xml-documents">XML documents</a>, as well as elements in other
+   namespaces if the relevant specifications allow it (in particular, MathML
+   and SVG allow <code title=attr-xml-lang><a
+   href="#xmllang">xml:lang</a></code> attributes to be specified on their
+   elements). Authors must not use the <code title=attr-xml-lang><a
    href="#xmllang">xml:lang</a></code> attribute in <a href="#html-">HTML
-   documents</a>.</p>
-  <!-- technically this is redundant
-  with the XML spec -->
+   documents</a>. If both the <code title=attr-lang><a
+   href="#lang">lang</a></code> attribute and the <code
+   title=attr-xml-lang><a href="#xmllang">xml:lang</a></code> attribute are
+   specified on the same element, they must have exactly the same value.
 
   <hr>
 

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2008-08-12 22:27:49 UTC (rev 2061)
+++ source	2008-08-12 22:38:20 UTC (rev 2062)
@@ -5785,9 +5785,9 @@
   content attribute.</p>
 
 
-  <h5>The <dfn title="attr-lang"><code>lang</code></dfn> (HTML only)
-  and <dfn title="attr-xml-lang"><code>xml:lang</code></dfn> (XML
-  only) attributes</h5>
+  <h5>The <dfn title="attr-lang"><code>lang</code></dfn> and <dfn
+  title="attr-xml-lang"><code>xml:lang</code></dfn> (XML only)
+  attributes</h5>
 
   <p>The <code title="attr-lang">lang</code> attribute specifies the
   primary <dfn>language</dfn> for the element's contents and for any
@@ -5807,15 +5807,19 @@
   that the primary language is unknown.</p>
 
   <p>The <code title="attr-lang">lang</code> attribute may be used on
-  elements of <span>HTML documents</span>.  Authors must not use the
-  <code title="attr-lang">lang</code> attribute in <span>XML
-  documents</span>.</p>
+  any <span title="HTML elements">HTML element</span>.</p>
 
   <p>The <code title="attr-xml-lang">xml:lang</code> attribute may be
-  used on elements of <span>XML documents</span>.  Authors must not
-  use the <code title="attr-xml-lang">xml:lang</code> attribute in
-  <span>HTML documents</span>.</p> <!-- technically this is redundant
-  with the XML spec -->
+  used on <span>HTML elements</span> in <span>XML documents</span>, as
+  well as elements in other namespaces if the relevant specifications
+  allow it (in particular, MathML and SVG allow <code
+  title="attr-xml-lang">xml:lang</code> attributes to be specified on
+  their elements). Authors must not use the <code
+  title="attr-xml-lang">xml:lang</code> attribute in <span>HTML
+  documents</span>. If both the <code title="attr-lang">lang</code>
+  attribute and the <code title="attr-xml-lang">xml:lang</code>
+  attribute are specified on the same element, they must have exactly
+  the same value.</p>
 
   <hr>