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Intended audience

HTML/XHTML and CSS content authors. This material is applicable whether you create documents in an editor, or via scripting. It is assumed that you have a basic familiarity with HTML and CSS.

Why should you read this?

Information about the language in use on a page is important for accessibility, styling, searching, and other reasons. In addition, language information that is typically transmitted between the user agent and server can be used to help improve navigation for users and the localizability of your site. This tutorial will help you take advantage of the opportunities that are available now and in the near future by declaring language information appropriately.