Re: [I18N-ACTION-702] Bidi controls 1-pager

In my opinion the verdict on this inquiry to NOT recommend including
bidi isolating control marks everywhere is the right decision. I think
automatic addition/replacement of bidi marks should be limited to
during conversion from markup to plain-text and back. The following
four lines demonstrate the general scheme of such conversion without
implying necessary steps to convert. It should be noted that Chrome
67.0.* and Safari 11.1.* fail to correctly display the third and
fourth lines while Firefox 60.0.* passes.

<p><span lang="und-Latn">Latin script text "<span dir="auto"
lang="und-Arab">لورم ایبسوم،...</span>" continues.</span></p>
<p>Latin script text "<bdi>لورم ایبسوم،...</bdi>" continues.</p>
<p>Latin script text "&#x2068;لورم ایبسوم،...&#x2069;" continues.</p>
Latin script text "⁨لورم ایبسوم،...⁩" continues. (FSI after
open/leftmost quote, PDI before rightmost/closing quote).


On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 11:03 AM Phillips, Addison <addison@lab126.com> wrote:
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> From: Phillips, Addison
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> To: public-i18n-core@w3.org; 'public-i18n-alreq@w3.org' <public-i18n-alreq@w3.org>
> Subject: [I18N-ACTION-702] Bidi controls 1-pager
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> https://www.w3.org/International/wiki/BidiControlsAndPlainStrings
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> At the above link, please find the wiki page I started to address the action item mentioned in the subject line.
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> Some context for the ALREQ folks: some time ago we were asked about whether the Unicode bidi isolating controls (LRI/RLI/FSI and the corresponding PDI) should automatically and consistently be added to *all* strings in external systems, such as content management systems, resource files, javascript, and so forth. This document is an attempt to set down the pros/cons of doing that versus the more traditional use of external metadata.
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> I welcome comments/additions/suggestions. Please send email to the public-i18n-core@ list (or to me privately if you prefer).
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> Addison Phillips
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> Principal SDE, I18N Architect (Amazon)
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> Chair (W3C I18N WG)
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> Internationalization is not a feature.
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> It is an architecture.
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Received on Monday, 16 July 2018 15:09:57 UTC