RE: New source file for Layout requirements

Dear Somnath Chandra,

 

I am willing to contribute for Kannada script. Please contact me whenever
you are ready to work on that.

 

Thanks and regards,

Pavanaja

 

 

From: schandra@deity.gov.in [mailto:schandra@deity.gov.in] 
Sent: 17 December 2014 14:59
To: Richard Ishida; Dr.U.B. Pavanaja; 'Addison Phillips'
Cc: "Martin J. Dürst"; 'indic'; 'slata'
Subject: Re: New source file for Layout requirements

 

Hello Richards 

Sure. In next 3 months , we are focusing to cover 4 more languages in
different scripts [Bengali , Punjabi, Tamil , Telugu]. 

Best Regards,

Somnath

On 12/17/14 01:17 PM, Richard Ishida <ishida@w3.org> wrote:

Thank you for your comment, but please note that the document status says
"The current document focuses on Devanagari, but there are plans to widen
the scope to encompass additional Indian scripts as time goes on."

We expect to widen the scope to cover the scripts you mention in due course.

ri

On 17/12/2014 07:37, "Martin J. Dürst" wrote:
>Dear Dr. Pavanaja,
>
>On 2014/12/17 16:25, Dr.U.B. Pavanaja wrote:
>>It is fully based on Devanagari/Hindi. But Indic does not mean ONLY
>>HINDI.
>>There are a lot of difference between Devanagari based scripts,
>>Kannada/Telugu scripts, Malayalam, Tamil, Bengali, Odia, etc.  Notable
>>differences exist in baseline, line breaking (hyphenation), vatu
>>forms, use
>>of ZWJ/ZWNJ,  etc. Better to call this document as Hindi specifications.
>
>Many thanks for your comments. It would be great if you could contribute
>information on Kannada/Telugu scripts, Malayalam, Tamil, Bengali, Odia,
>etc., or if you could suggest experts in these areas that can do so.
>
>With kind regards,     Martin.
>
>>
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Pavanaja
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>From: schandra@deity.gov.in [mailto:schandra@deity.gov.in]
>>Sent: 17 December 2014 10:51
>>To: Richard Ishida; Addison Phillips; "Martin J. Dürst"
>>Cc: indic; slata
>>Subject: Re: New source file for Layout requirements
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Thanks a lot to Internationalization Core and Internationalization
>>Interest
>>Group for publishing Indic Layout Requirement as FPWD.
>>
>>
>>
>>With best regards,
>>
>>Somnath
>>
>>On 12/16/14 10:57 PM, Richard Ishida <ishida@w3.org> wrote:
>>
>>Congratulations on publication of the FPWD of the Indic Layout
>>Requirements.
>>
>>I am attaching the updated version of the source text that was used
>>for the
>>publication.
>>
>>Please use this as the basis for future edits.
>>
>>I have also uploaded this version to
>>http://www.w3.org/International/docs/indic-layout/
>>
>>I will be on vacation from tomorrow until after 12 Jan, unless there
>>are any
>>emergencies. So I look forward to moving the document forward in the New
>>Year.
>>
>>cheers,
>>ri
>>
>

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Dr. Somnath Chandra
Scientist-E

Dept. of Electronics & Information Technology

Ministry of Communications & Information Technology
Govt. of India
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