%localization-atts;Localization attributes is a parameter entity declaration in the
topic DTD, which defines a set of common attributes available on most DITA
elements.
The localization-atts entity includes:
Detailed information on localization with DITA, including several
best practices on the use of these attributes, is available in the DITA Architectural
Specification.
[edit] Attributes
| Name
| Description
| Data Type
| Default Value
| Required?
|
| translate
| Indicates whether the content of the element should be translated
or not. The DITA architectural specification contains a list of each OASIS DITA
element and its common processing default for the translate value.
| no | -dita-use-conref-target
| #IMPLIED
| No
|
| xml:lang
| Specifies the language of the element content. When no xml:lang value
is supplied, the default value of English is assumed. For example, if there
is a note element with the attribute xml:lang set to the value "es,"
then the label on the note, which normally appears as "Note" will now
appear in Spanish as "Nota." The allowed xml:lang values are
based on
RFC 4646 Tags for Identifying Languages (see [[W3C:
Language tags in HTML and XML]]).
| NMTOKEN
| #IMPLIED
| No
|
| dir
| Specifies the directionality of text: left-to-right (ltr, the processing
default) or right-to-left (rtl). See the DITA Architectural Specification
for best practices related to this attribute, and other aspects of DITA and translation.
| rtl | lro | rlo | -dita-use-conref-target)
| #IMPLIED
| No
| The translate, xml:lang, and dir attributes identify language-specific
words or phrases for specific processing (or non-processing, in the case of
translate="no").
<p>The cordial response to the question is
<q translate="no" xml:lang="de-de" dir="ltr">nein.</q></p>
TOC: Language Specification 1.1
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