Re: [heycam/webidl] WIP: add localizable dictionary (#358)

domenic commented on this pull request.



> +represents a bidirectional algorithm paragraph when displayed,
+as defined by the bidirectional algorithm’s rules P1, P2, and P3,
+including, for instance, supporting the paragraph-breaking behavior
+of <span class="char">U+000A LINE FEED (LF)</span> characters. [[!BIDI]]
+
+A user agent is expected to honor the Unicode semantics of [=localizable members=].
+
+The [=identifier=] of a [=localizable member=] is left to the defining specification (e.g., "title").
+
+Dictionaries that specify a [=localizable member=] must inherit from the {{Localizable}} dictionary.
+
+Specification authors must specify in prose which [=dictionary members|member(s)=]
+of the inheriting dictionary serve as [=localizable members=].
+
+Specification authors should limit the number of [=localizable members=] to one per dictionary,
+including in [=inherited dictionaries=] (if any).

Maybe we should go a step further and define

```webidl
dictionary LocalizedValue : Localizable {
  DOMString value;
}

typedef (DOMString or LocalizedValue) LocalizableString;
```

and then encourage

```webidl
dictionary Thing {
  LocalizableString label;
  LocalizableString value;
}
```

? That seems better than each consumer having to define its own dictionary.

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