[tei-council] whither HTML of Guidelines and @lang

[James Cummings]

On 23/11/12 11:15, Gabriel Bodard wrote:
> Why do we need to validate the HTML output of the Guidelines? HTML5
> doesn't even need to be well-formed XML (although it can be, and I like
> it to be). As Sebastian was arguing earlier in the TEI-L thread on
> @lang, the HTML is just a delivery medium, not something we need to
> process or expect anyone else to re-use, right?
>
> If we produce HTML5 to the best of our ability, and don't get it all
> right first time, what breaks?

It just seems to me to be a good policy for a markup-related 
standard's website to make error-free use of other markup 
standards in its website.  If we were selling bicycles I wouldn't 
care. ;-)

I suggest we stick with what we have (but with Sebastian's fix 
using @xml:lang) and reinvestigate in the new year?  (I.e. I 
think we have other things that are a higher priority.) What do 
others think?

-James

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Dr James Cummings, James.Cummings at it.ox.ac.uk
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