lid (Language ID for Phonetic Guide)

This element specifies the language which shall be for this phonetic guide.

[Example: Consider a run of phonetic guide text which is using Japanese as it language. This constraint is specified using the following WordprocessingML:

<w:rubyPr>
…
<w:lid w:val="ja-JP"/>

…
</w:rubyPr>

The lid property is ja-JP for the phonetic guide, so the phonetic guide is specified to be Japanese. end example]

Parent Elements

rubyPr (§2.3.3.27)

Attributes

Description

val (Language Code)

Specifies an ISO 639-1 letter code or 4 digit hexadecimal code for a specific language.

This code is interpreted in the context of the parent XML element.

[Example: Consider an object which shall specify the English(Canada) language. That object would use the ISO 639-1 letter code of en-CA to specify this language. end example]

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_Lang simple type (§2.18.51).

The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this element:

</complexType>