w3c / w3c/string-meta

Minor circular reference in LanguageEntry.lang

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Description

https://w3c.github.io/string-meta/#language-entry-idl currently says

lang member
(Optional) A LanguageTag that overrides or amends the lang member in a LanguageEntry of a LanguageMap. This field is rarely used.

That is, the lang member in a LanguageEntry is defined as overriding the lang member in a LanguageEntry.

I think this was intended to say that when the LanguageEntry is the value in an entry in a LanguageMap record, its lang member overrides the key of that entry.

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Start with the lang member definition in the language-entry-idl section of the linked String Meta specification, then read the surrounding LanguageEntry and LanguageMap definitions. Update the circular reference so it describes the intended relationship between a LanguageEntry value and its LanguageMap entry key. Done means the definition is unambiguous and no longer refers to the lang member as overriding itself.

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