http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace
attribute lang

Documentation

lang (as an attribute name)

denotes an attribute whose value is a language code for the natural language of the content of any element; its value is inherited. This name is reserved by virtue of its definition in the XML specification.

Notes

Attempting to install the relevant ISO 2- and 3-letter codes as the enumerated possible values is probably never going to be a realistic possibility.

See BCP 47 at http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt and the IANA language subtag registry at http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry for further information.

The union allows for the 'un-declaration' of xml:lang with the empty string.

Properties

This component is not nillable.

Local Usage

specialAttrs

Source

<xs:attribute name="lang">
  <xs:simpleType>
    <xs:union memberTypes="xs:language">
      <xs:simpleType>
        <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
          <xs:enumeration value=""/>
        </xs:restriction>
      </xs:simpleType>
    </xs:union>
  </xs:simpleType>
</xs:attribute>