Re: Comments in Indic Layout Requirements

Hello Richard,

Thanks a lot.

The paragraph wording is perfect . Pl go ahead in a similar way in the status section also.

With best regards,

Somnath



On 12/11/14 10:31 PM, Richard Ishida  <ishida@w3.org> wrote:
> 
> On 11/12/2014 04:48, Norbert Lindenberg wrote:
> >>>The document should clarify which writing systems it intends to cover. Three languages are mentioned in section 1.1 as being written primarily or alternatively in Perso-Arabic script, but otherwise there’s no information regarding writing in this script and issues associated with it, such as bidirectional layout or justification using kashidas. Should this be covered here, or is the hope that it will eventually be covered in a requirements document for Arabic and other bidirectional scripts?
> >>>
> >>>The other Indian languages will be covered in the subsequent versions of the including perso-arabic.
> >That’s good to know; stating the intended scope in the document itself (e.g., in the Status section) would help make that clear to other reviewers.
> 
> Somnath,
> 
> To follow up on Norbert's point, I suggest that while I prepare the document for publication tomorrow I add a sentence after the first paragraph in section 1.1 to say
> 
> "This document is currently focused on the Devanagari script. The expectation is that over time its scope will widen to cover additional major scripts from the list below."
> 
> And i need to add a paragraph describing the document to the status section, and I propose to add a similar sentence there too.
> 
> If you have a problem with this, let me know. Otherwise I'll proceed as described.
> 
> cheers,
> ri
> 
> 
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