Yann Dirson said: > > Actually, I mispoke here. What we should probably do is > > add a "direction" attribute to the <phrase> element in > > a fashion somewhat parallel to what HTML allows [1]. I > > think <phrase> can be used for this purpose, but I suppose > > we could add a "bidi" element (along the lines of HTML's > > bdo element [2] or XSL-FO's bidi-override element [3]) if > > we don't wish to use <phrase>. Note that this element needs > > to be able to nest within itself. > > Is that necessary ? Isn't possible to infer the writing direction > from the value of the "lang" attribute, without adding anything new ?
Direction is required because it is acceptable to write some languages in two directions. Steve Cogorno Sun Microsystems
