[DDI-SRG] quick question regarding xml:lang on maintainables (233)

[A. Gregory]

Wendy:

I am in full agreement. If you want to set a default - set it! If you don't,
there is simply no default. At lower levels, the default to "en" is OK, but
not for the high-level default setting.

Cheers,

Arofan

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[mailto:ddi-srg-bounces at icpsr.umich.edu] On Behalf Of Wendy Thomas
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 6:26 AM
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Subject: [DDI-SRG] quick question regarding xml:lang on maintainables (233)

We decided at our last call that xml:lang would be added to 
AbstractMaintainableType but did not discuss if it would be required. My 
assumption was that it would be 0..1 however, in changing the Action item 
in the bug I noted we had Instance default to 'en'. This seems 
problematical as one one of the many maintainables would have a default 
and I don't think it is reasonable to default everything to "en" as it 
would probably cause massive confusion if uses didn't change it 
consistantly. Thoughts????

Wendy

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