| Title | lang attribute for changes in natural language: English, German, French |
|---|---|
| Description | A document with an excerpt of Schlegel's translation of Shakespeare's play Henry V.
The primary language of the content is correctly identified as English by means of the lang and xml:lang attributes on the html element.
The German translation is included in a blockquote element where the language is correctly identified with the lang attribute (with the value "de" for German).
Language changes from German to French inside the translation are also correctly identified with the lang attribute (with the value "fr" for French).
User agents should be able to determine the language of each passage in the content. |
| Creator | BenToWeb (Christophe.Strobbe@…) |
| Rights | Copyright BenToWeb 2005-2007 |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2005-09-01 |
| Status | accepted QA |
Technologies are markup languages or data formats. If the technology is a markup language, “features” refers to elements and attributes.
XHTML™ 1.0 The Extensible HyperText Markup Language (Second Edition)
Feature: lang
(namespace: http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml)
.
Technical specification:
Specifying the language of content: the lang attribute
.
This test case is intended to pass because all language changes are correctly identified.
Check whether any change in natural language is correctly identified.
Accessibility expert.
“Rules” refer to success criteria in WCAG 2.0, checkpoints in WCAG 1.0 and similar requirements.
The test case passes (line 43, column 15) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/guidelines.html#meaning-other-lang-id.
The test case passes (line 54, column 26) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/guidelines.html#meaning-other-lang-id.
The test case passes (line 60, column 26) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/guidelines.html#meaning-other-lang-id.
The test case passes (line 72, column 26) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/guidelines.html#meaning-other-lang-id.
The test case passes (line 85, column 13) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/guidelines.html#meaning-other-lang-id.
The browser can determine the changes in natural language in the document. (The test case needs further testing.)
This test case maps to technique H58: Using the lang attribute to identify changes in the natural language (http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-TECHS-20060427/Overview.html#H58).
The test case passes (line 43, column 15) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20050630/#meaning-other-lang-id.
The test case passes (line 54, column 26) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20050630/#meaning-other-lang-id.
The test case passes (line 60, column 26) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20050630/#meaning-other-lang-id.
The test case passes (line 72, column 26) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20050630/#meaning-other-lang-id.
The test case passes (line 85, column 13) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20050630/#meaning-other-lang-id.
The browser can determine the changes in natural language in the document.