A.29.IR311.TGR31.languageForDownloadLink.md

Language for download link

Purpose:

Where alternative language representations of datasets are linked to, the " hreflang attribute " attribute of the link element must be used to indicate the language of the target dataset as described in the Atom specification.

Test method

• test if the download link provides the hreflang attribute

Reference(s):

• TG DL, Req 31
• IR NS, M1, section 3.1.1, Language parameter
• Atom

Test type:

Automated

Notes

[1] Is the hreflang attribute still mandatory if data in only 1 language is provided? If not, this ATS is not automatically testable and the ATS should be removed.

Contextual XPath references

The namespace prefixes used as described in README.md.

Abbreviation	XPath expression
link	//atom:entry/atom:link[(@rel='alternate' and @type!='application/atom+xml' and number(@length) > 0) or (@rel='section')]
hreflang	//atom:link[@rel=('alternate','section')]/@hreflang