- From: Richard Ishida <ishida@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:55:15 -0000
- To: <public-i18n-core@w3.org>
- Cc: <marcosc@opera.com>
I have continued this thread on the new public-i18n-bidi list. I18n folks, please sign up to that list to continue/follow this discussion. See the archive and signup link at http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-i18n-bidi/ Cheers, RI ============ Richard Ishida Internationalization Lead W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) http://www.w3.org/International/ http://rishida.net/ > -----Original Message----- > From: public-i18n-core-request@w3.org [mailto:public-i18n-core- > request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Marcos Caceres > Sent: 26 February 2010 17:45 > To: public-webapps > Cc: public-i18n-core@w3.org > Subject: [widgets] dir and span elements > > Hi i18n WG, > I've added the dir attribute and span elements to the Widgets P&C > Specification, as well as a bunch of examples (which are wrong, so I > would really appreciate some help with these!). > > The dir attribute is specified here: > http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets/#global-attributes > > The span element is specified here: > http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets/#the-span-element > > The processing step that defers to the yet to be written [WIDGET-BIDI] > specification is defined here: > http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets/#rule-for-getting-text-content > > The specification makes it mandatory that a user agent implement the > WIDGET-BIDI spec: > > "A user agent is an implementation of this specification that also > supports [XML], [XMLNS], [UTF-8], [DOM3CORE], [SNIFF], [WIDGETS-BIDI], > and [ZIP]..." > > We would appreciate your review and any assistance you can provide. > In particular, we would appreciate your guidance into what would go > into the Widgets Bidi specification (i.e., how processing is done for > dir and span). At the moment, we only have the following text for such > a specification (based on HTML5's bdo element): > > [[ > If an element has the dir attribute set to the exact value ltr, then > for the purposes of the bidi algorithm, the user agent must act as if > there was a U+202D LEFT-TO-RIGHT OVERRIDE character at the start of > the element, and a U+202C POP DIRECTIONAL FORMATTING at the end of > the > element. > > If the element has the dir attribute set to the exact value rtl, then > for the purposes of the bidi algorithm, the user agent must act as if > there was a U+202E RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE character at the start of > the element, and a U+202C POP DIRECTIONAL FORMATTING at the end of > the > element. > > The requirements on handling the span element for the bidi algorithm > may be implemented indirectly through the style layer. > ]] > > Thanks again for all your time and help! > > Kind regards, > Marcos > -- > Marcos Caceres > http://datadriven.com.au > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2708 - Release Date: 02/25/10 > 19:57:00
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