Comments on: XML Help: How should I structure it? http://www.learnxmlws.com/xml-help-how-should-i-structure-it/ Sun, 18 Dec 2011 08:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: JakeCigar http://www.learnxmlws.com/xml-help-how-should-i-structure-it/#comment-1862 JakeCigar Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:22:40 +0000 http://www.learnxmlws.com/xml-help-how-should-i-structure-it/#comment-1862 structuring xml is an iterative process. You'll want to have sets of tags for each language <body lang="en"> Hello, I am English </body> <body lang="es"> Hola, soy Español </body> or mix in <body> <greet lang="en"> Hello </greet> <greet lang="es"> Hola </greet> </body> or keep each language as a separate file. Just don't write too many XML files until you know which format you want! Though you can always use XSL to rewrite your XML. UPDATE: It's xml, not html, you can have as many body tags as you want! When you need to display as html, you may want to generate 1 file with all the languages or different files for each language. structuring xml is an iterative process.

You’ll want to have sets of tags for each language

<body lang="en"> Hello, I am English </body>
<body lang="es"> Hola, soy Español </body>

or mix in
<body>
<greet lang="en"> Hello </greet>
<greet lang="es"> Hola </greet>
</body>

or keep each language as a separate file.

Just don’t write too many XML files until you know which format you want! Though you can always use XSL to rewrite your XML.

UPDATE: It’s xml, not html, you can have as many body tags as you want! When you need to display as html, you may want to generate 1 file with all the languages or different files for each language.

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