- From: Mark Davis <mark.davis@icu-project.org>
- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:20:55 -0700
- To: marcosc@opera.com
- Cc: public-webapps <public-webapps@w3.org>, "public-i18n-core@w3.org" <public-i18n-core@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <30b660a20904161020q6400ac05lc697668516cb85@mail.gmail.com>
I just glanced at this, but the first line is wrong: Internationalization, or i18n, is the automated process employed by a user agent to select localized content from a widget package that matches the language preferences of an end-user. If you want a term for the latter phrase, fine. But that isn't the meaning of "internationalization", which is a development process (enabling a program to be easily localized, without code changes). "internationalization" is not a user runtime selection process. Mark On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 09:41, Marcos Caceres <marcosc@opera.com> wrote: > Hi i18n WG Members, > As Web Apps has been struggling a bit to come to consensus on a > coherent i18n model for widgets, we've prepared a document that > attempts to map out a complete internationalization model for the > Widgets 1.0: Packaging and Configuration specification: > > http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets/i18n.html > > The purpose of the document is to tease out the complexities of an > i18n model for widgets and to make a number of proposals that together > form a complete i18n solution. The Web Apps WG would like to solicit > some expertise from the i18n Working Group in getting this right. > > The document is a work in progress an should be considered an early > draft (it basically just contains a bunch of strawperson proposals). I > will continue attempting to improve document over the next few days, > but please feel free to start sending feedback if you have any. Our > intention is to decide what the best proposals are and integrate them > into the Widgets 1.0 Packaging spec. I18n is basically the most > significant issues blocking our spec from going to Second Last Call. > We would really appreciate any thoughts or comments the i18n community > might have (by the 23 of April if at all possible). > > Kind regards, > Marcos > -- > Marcos Caceres > http://datadriven.com.au > >
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