Updated prose for finding the language of a literal based on feedback from Kanzaki Masahide.
--- a/microdata-rdf/index.html Wed Sep 12 11:23:26 2012 +0200
+++ b/microdata-rdf/index.html Wed Sep 19 14:20:30 2012 -0700
@@ -1072,8 +1072,8 @@
</dd>
<dt>Otherwise</dt>
<dd>
- The value is a <a>plain literal</a> created from the value with language information set from the <cite><a
- href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-html5-20110525/elements.html#the-lang-and-xml:lang-attributes">lang</a></cite> IDL attribute
+ The value is a <a>plain literal</a> created from the value with language information set from the
+ <cite><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-html5-20110525/elements.html#language">language</a></cite>
of the property element.
<p class="note">The HTML
<em>valid yearless date string</em>
@@ -1089,11 +1089,13 @@
in [[!HTML5]].</p>
</dd>
<dt>Otherwise</dt>
- <dd>The value is a <a>plain literal</a> created from <code><cite>
- <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-microdata-20110525/#dom-itemvalue">element.itemValue</a></cite></code>
- with language information set from the
- <cite><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-html5-20110525/elements.html#the-lang-and-xml:lang-attributes">lang</a></cite>
- IDL attribute of the property element.
+ <dd>The value is a <a>plain literal</a> created from the value with language information set from the
+ <cite><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-html5-20110525/elements.html#language">language</a></cite> of the property element.
+ <p>See
+ <cite><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-html5-20110525/elements.html#the-lang-and-xml:lang-attributes">
+ The <code>lang</code> and <code>xml:lang</code> attributes
+ </a></cite>
+ in [[!HTML5]] for determining the language of a node.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd>