[alreq] Rules for Arabic numerals in numbered lists

tomerm has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/alreq:

== Rules for Arabic numerals in numbered lists ==
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Ordered lists were mentioned indirectly in the context of footnotes in #109 . However, they are not explicitly called out in #101 and https://github.com/w3c/alreq/wiki/Arabic-numerals-(Draft).

I wonder if there is some general guidance on type of Arabic numerals to be used as part of numbered lists. May be it is a function of country / text content / genre of literature / something else. 

Assuming we have a numbered list of 10 items. 

- overwhelming majority (8 items) include exclusively Arabic text, 
- one item includes a mixed Arabic and non Arabic text (for example, a sentence is in Arabic language  mentioning / quoting some concept in foreign language), 
- one item includes exclusively non Arabic text (for example name of foreign company in foreign language).

Would be a general preference to use Arabic-Indic numerals for such a list ? 
Many thanks in advance. 

Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/alreq/issues/118 using your GitHub account

Received on Sunday, 21 May 2017 14:31:20 UTC