2008/8/1 Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Or of course you can arrange that the attribute in the source is called
>>> xml:lang and use the lang() function.
>
> Out of interest, does xml:lang annotate the input tree, or does the
> lang() function walk the ancestor axis behind the scenes?  Or is it
> all implementation dependent?


And possibly OT, why does xml:lang exist - as in, why is there a need
for an inbuilt mechanism compared to a custom solution?



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