Re: Atom and bidi

[James M Snell]

If I specify something like:

<content type="xhtml" dir="ltr">
  <div xmlns="...">
    This is some left-to-right text with a
    <a href="..." dir="rtl">right-to-left link</a>
  </div>
</content>

The behavior depends a large part on how the content is displayed.
Typically, I would expect the above to be equivalent to:

  <div dir="ltr">
    This is some left-to-right text with a
    <a href="..." dir="rtl">right-to-left link</a>
  </div>

However, in other contexts, depending on how the content is displayed,
it could be equivalent to something like

  <span dir="ltr">
    This is some left-to-right text with a
    <a href="..." dir="rtl">right-to-left link</a>
  </span>

Or even just

  &lrm;This is some left-to-right text with a
    <a href="..." dir="rtl">right-to-left link</a>&lrm;

Either way, the behavior of the dir on the anchor is unmodified and
standard (X)HTML rules apply.

- James

Eric Scheid wrote:
> On 4/10/06 1:03 AM, "James M Snell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>>>> A dir="rtl" on the content element establishes the base direction for
>>>> the content but, just as with xml:lang, the content itself can override
>>>> the value using whatever mechanisms are native to the content type.
>>> xml:lang doesn't go to a child (embedded) document.
> 
>> The  language specified by  xml:lang applies to the element where
>> it is specified  (including the values of its attributes), and to all
>> elements in its content unless overridden with  another instance of
>> xml:lang.
> 
> what happens here?
> 
>     <a href=".." dir="rtl"> .. yadda .. </a>
> 
> e.
> 
>