Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-counter-styles-3] Should "Ready-made Counter Styles" be supported by UA? (#8636)

I was [actioned](https://www.w3.org/International/track/actions/1276) by I18N-WG in [this call](https://www.w3.org/2023/06/22-i18n-minutes.html#t05) to respond to this issue. Adding wider built-in support for other languages/cultures is generally a good thing: it is our mission to encourage wider availability of linguistic/cultural support in the Web, with no culture, language, or writing tradition excluded. 

I18N is concerned (for the reasons @r12a enumerates elsewhere) that converting our work in this space into a registry might be a maintenance headache unless approached carefully. The ready-made counter styles are meant to be useful to page authors whose linguistic or cultural needs are not built-in to browsers. At the same time, we have not stabilized the data we capture and are continually striving to improve the styles provided. Registries (and a requirement for browsers to implement the registry) generally carry a certain level of stability guarantee. 

We believe we would support CSSWG operating a registry of counter styles given appropriate thought into gathering, vetting, and updating styles.



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