[ESW Wiki] Update of "geoQuickTips" by RichardIshida

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  Authors: Andrew Cunningham, Richard Ishida
  
+ The first section is an attempt to make the text more concise to fit on the cards. The second section is our original agreed text and is slightly lengthier - maybe the longer version could go on the Web site, or maybe we should just use the short one ??
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  == Quick Internationalization Tips for the Web ==
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+ Shortened version for the cards.
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+  1. Encoding: Use Unicode wherever possible for content, databases, etc. Always declare the encoding of content.
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+  2. Escapes: Only use escapes for characters in exceptional circumstances.
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+  3. Language declaration: Declare the text-processing language of the document and any internal language changes.
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+  4. Presentation vs. content: Use stylesheets for presentational information, and restrict markup to semantics.
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+  5. Images, animations & examples: Check for inappropriate cultural bias and translatability. 
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+  6. Forms: Use appropriate encodings on both form and server. Support local formats of names/addresses, times/dates, etc.
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+  7. Text authoring: Use simple, concise text. Do not compose sentences from multiple strings using scripting.
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+  8. Navigation: On each page include clearly visible navigation to any localized pages or sites, using the target language.
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+  9. Right-to-left text: For XHTML, add dir="rtl" to the html tag. Only re-use it to change directionality.
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+  10. Check your work: Validate! Use techniques, tutorials, and articles at [[http://www.w3.org/International/ http://www.w3.org/International/]]
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+ == Quick Internationalization Tips for the Web ==
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+ Original longer version:
  
   1. Encoding: Use Unicode wherever possible for content, forms, scripts, databases, etc.; always declare the encoding in the page, and, where appropriate, using the HTTP header.

Received on Tuesday, 22 November 2005 12:33:34 UTC