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The text-direction data type

The text-direction type is used to adjust and override the Unicode bidirectional text algorithm, similar to the Directionality data category in the W3C Internationalization Tag Set recommendation.

Allowed values

Base type: xs:token

ltr Left-to-right embed.
rtl Right-to-left embed.
lro Left-to-right bidi-override.
rlo Right-to-left bidi-override.

Where is this type used?

<accidental-text>dir attribute

<credit-symbol>dir attribute

<credit-words>dir attribute

<display-text>dir attribute

<footnote>dir attribute

<rehearsal>dir attribute

<symbol>dir attribute

<text>dir attribute

<words>dir attribute