Re: Q&A - Which languages are written right-to-left (RTL)?

Russ,
I thought that the official name is ROC. China is PRC.


However, looking at ISO 3166
http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html

I see CN is China and TW is "Taiwan, Province of China".

So you and Microsoft are right. I'll fix the page.

tex


Russ Rolfe wrote:
> 
> Tex,
> 
> This looks good.  I do have one question.   Shouldn't it be Taiwan instead of "Republic of China".  I know here at Microsoft we use "Taiwan" as the official name of the "region"?
> 
> Regards, Russ
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-i18n-geo-request@w3.org [mailto:public-i18n-geo-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Tex Texin
> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 3:07 PM
> To: Arko, Phil
> Cc: 'Tex Texin'; 'public-i18n-geo@w3.org'; nelocsig@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: Q&A - Which languages are written right-to-left (RTL)?
> 
> Phil, I added the countries.
> Yes we might need to change the title or break it up. It now answers (at
> least) two questions-
> I added a point (suggested to me by someone else) about the political and cultural overtones of choosing a script, and we might want to separate out "Which script(s) to use" from the "Which languages are rtl?" and perhaps have a "What's my direction?" ;-) question that the table replies to.
> 
> Updates are at: http://www.i18nguy.com/temp/rtl.html
> 
> "Arko, Phil" wrote:
> >
> > This will be a very useful resource with the addition of all the
> > popular left-to-right languages and their formats. I wonder if the
> > right-to-left specific title could be changed to more accurately describe this resource?
> > Or should this be a separate resource area to which this Q&A can link?
> >
> > Notably missing are Austria, Belgium, and Switzerland, all of which
> > are important locales for websites so I would think they would meet
> > the criteria for "commonly requested languages." The latter two
> > countries have multiple official languages, which I think is always an important point to stress.
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > http://www.i18nguy.com/temp/rtl.html
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