Subject: RE: [xsl] <sort lang="sv"/> in Saxon From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 10:00:01 +0100 |
> > I find it interesting that the spec basically states: > - lang specifies the language of the sort keys;... > > I could not find anything which mandates the processor to even > take a serious look at the language, not to mention doing > anything the user might expect like doing the sort according > to the local collating sequence. Is this about to change > in the next release of the standard? I don't think it likely that W3C will ever mandate a minimum set of languages that every processor must support. Some implementors, after all, might be interested only in serving the Japanese market... > And, just for curiosity, does anybody know the rationale for > inventing the xsl:lang attribute rather than using xml:lang? > (a) Its semantics are different (it isn't telling you what language is used for the contents of the xsl:sort element (b) Its syntax is different (it can be an attribute value template) Mike Kay XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
Current Thread |
---|
|
<- Previous | Index | Next -> |
---|---|---|
Re: [xsl] <sort lang="sv"/> in Saxo, Jeni Tennison | Thread | Re: [xsl] <sort lang="sv"/> in Saxo, Joerg Pietschmann |
RE: [xsl] How to pass the variable , Michael Kay | Date | Re: [xsl] best way to generate form, Jeni Tennison |
Month |