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Re: Html Lang attribute

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From: Jukka K. Korpela
Date: Mar 11, 2013 1:49AM


2013-03-11 9:00, Mobins Thomas wrote:

> By default my website language is English and no other language is
> used.Is it necessary to specify html lang attribute?

You should declare the lang attribute for every HTML document, for the
reasons explained in WCAG 2.0:
http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/meaning-doc-lang-id.html

They apply equally well to English.

Yucca