This simple type specifies that its contents will contain one of the following:

• A hexadecimal language code (ST_LangCode)

• An ISO 639-1 letter code plus a dash plus an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 letter code (ST_String)

The contents of this language are interpreted based on the context of the parent XML element.

[Example: Consider a language code defined as follows :

<w:lang w:val=”en-CA” />

This language is therefore specified as English (en) and Canada (CA), resulting in use of the English (Canada) language setting. end example]

This simple type is defined as a union of the following types:

• TheST_LangCode simple type (§2.18.52).

• TheST_String simple type (§2.18.89).

Referenced By

activeWritingStyle@lang (§2.15.1.1); lang@bidi (§2.3.2.18); lang@eastAsia (§2.3.2.18); lang@val (§2.3.2.18); lid@val (§2.3.3.14); lid@val (§2.5.2.19); lid@val (§2.14.17); noLineBreaksAfter@lang (§2.15.1.58); noLineBreaksBefore@lang (§2.15.1.59); themeFontLang@bidi (§2.15.1.89); themeFontLang@eastAsia (§2.15.1.89); themeFontLang@val (§2.15.1.89)

The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this simple type:

</simpleType>