I agree. Should this be specify in the next draft? Franklin
----- Original Message ----- From: "James M Snell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Franklin Tse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "atom-syntax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "atom-protocol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 23:49 Subject: Re: Atom Bidi Draft Update - Informal Last Call > My preference is that invalid values are silently ignored and that the > directionality is inherited. > > - James > > Franklin Tse wrote: >>> Thanks! >> >> You're welcome, James. >> >> However, there are still some issues. What should Atom processors do when >> they encounter a "dir" attribute with invalid or unknown value? >> >> For example: >> >> <entry dir="rtl"> >> <title dir="invalid">...</title> >> ... >> </entry> >> >> Should the directionality of atom:title continue to be right-to-left? In >> other words, should the dir="invalid" be ignored and keep the directionality >> inheritance? Or, is the recovery action left to be implementation-dependent? >> [snip] >
