- From: Felix Sasaki <fsasaki@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:03:00 +0900
- To: "Lieske, Christian" <christian.lieske@sap.com>
- CC: public-i18n-its@w3.org
Hi Christian, Lieske, Christian wrote: > Hi all, > > I had a look at "Best Practice 16: Specify text directionality if needed". > > Please find my high-level feedback below. They pertain to the "Why do this" > part. > > Cheers, > Christian > === > > 1. > > Quote>Identifying the language of a text content does not mean its > directionality is known. > > Rephrase as "Language (identification) and directionality are distinct > dimensions." Fits better with the following ... > > Quote>There is not necessarily a one-to-one match between a language and > what directionality to use... > > 2. > > Quote>When using directional markup inline, the markup and the values of > that markup > Quote>do not necessarily coincide with language declarations. > > I have got admit that I don't get the message. Could someone make an attempt > to rephrase? > How about: The values of inline directionality markup are not necessarily aligned with the values of markup about the language. For example, a part of a document might be declared as having "ltr" directionality, but there might be only a general language declaration for a left-to-right script language available, like "fr". > 3. > > Quote>It is not recommended to use Unicode Bidi Embedding Controls in an XML > document. > > Should explain why? One thing I have in mind is: They have an impact > influence on e.g. character counting. > so how about: "It is not recommended to use Unicode Bidi Embedding Controls in an XML document, because that influences processes relying on the length of character sequences, like character counting." Felix
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