[uf-discuss] [hCite] call for examples: language

[Andy Mabbett]

In message
<d4fa3cf70701311017v17b6fc29le61190aa556f8956 at mail.gmail.com>, Michael
McCracken <michael.mccracken at gmail.com> writes

>If we use @lang, doesn't that mean we're specifying the language of
>the words in the hCite element

Yes (or the sub-element to which the attribute applied). So:

        <cite lang="de">Mein Kampf</cite>

would be correct, even when referring to an English translation, but:

        <cite lang="en">Verwenden von Microformats durch Brian
        Suda<\cite>

would not.

> but not necessarily the language of
>the thing we're citing?

In cases where you're citing an on-line source (and of course many
resources are on paper), you can use hreflang:

        <cite>
          <a href="www.ad.nl/" hreflang="nl">Algemeen Dagblad</a>
        </cite>

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