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expansion algorithm checking language map value against BCP47

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Description

In the expansion algorithm, while processing language mappings in step 13.7 and substeps, a variable name seems to be swapped:

Step 13.7.4.2.3 says to check item as being well-formed accoding to BCP47. This implies that item is a language tag. However, it is defined in step 13.7.4.2 that item comes from the language value, i.e. the value which is mapped to a language tag, not the language tag itself. The language tag is actually in language, which should thus be checked instead of item.

I think <var>item</var> should be replaced with <var>language</var> on the following line:

https://github.com/w3c/json-ld-api/blob/9e5eae38b68656671dfc60042b98e1bffb45197a/index.html#L2882

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Open index.html around line 2882 and read expansion algorithm step 13.7.4.2.3 alongside the definitions of language and item in step 13.7.4.2. Confirm which variable is the language tag checked against BCP47. Done means the step checks language rather than item, with the specification wording remaining consistent.

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