Taking into account the views expressed so far and the comments, this is what we are currently looking at: =================== W3C Internationalization Quick Tips for the Web Details at http://www.w3.org/International/quicktips/ Encoding. Use Unicode wherever possible for content, databases, etc. Always declare the encoding of content. Escapes. Use characters rather than escapes (e.g. á á or á) whenever you can. Language. Declare the text-processing language of documents and indicate any internal language changes. Presentation vs. content. Use style sheets for presentational information. Restrict markup to semantics. Images, animations & examples. Check for translatability and inappropriate cultural bias. Forms. Use an appropriate encoding on both form and server. Support local formats of names/addresses, times/dates, etc. Text authoring. Use simple, concise text. Use care when composing sentences from multiple strings. Navigation. On each page include clearly visible navigation to localized pages or sites, using the target language. Right-to-left text. For XHTML, add dir="rtl" to the html tag. Only re-use it to change directionality. Check your work. Validate! Use best practices, tutorials, and articles at http://www.w3.org/International/ ========================= ============ Richard Ishida Internationalization Lead W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) http://www.w3.org/People/Ishida/ http://www.w3.org/International/ http://people.w3.org/rishida/blog/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ishida/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/694 - Release Date: 20/02/2007 13:44Received on Wednesday, 21 February 2007 17:22:43 GMT
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