Re: I18n and Linked Data - an important (but fixable) omission?

Excellent!
Thanks, Tom.


Antoine

> This looks good to me, many thanks, Tom.
>
> Felix
>
> 2011/9/8 Tom Baker <tbaker@tbaker.de <mailto:tbaker@tbaker.de>>
>
>     On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 10:28:00AM -0700, Karen Coyle wrote:
>      > We could probably handle this the same way we handle the issue of
>      > "libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural and memory
>      > organizations" -- by adding a note to the scope in which we define
>      > URI as including IRIs where appropriate, but using URI throughout
>      > the document because that's the most common terminology.
>
>     I added this parenthetical comment into Scope [1]:
>
>     (While this report follows common practice in emphasizing URIs, readers
>     should note the increasing role of Internationalized Resource Identifiers
>     (IRIs) [2] as multilingual Web addresses [3] that support non-Latin
>     scripts.)
>
>     For the benefit of non-LLD-XG members: The Scope statement is at the top of the
>     report [4].
>
>     Is everyone happy with this wording and these references?
>
>     Tom
>
>     [1] http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/index.php?title=Scope&diff=6324&oldid=6261 <http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/index.php?title=Scope&diff=6324&oldid=6261>
>     [2] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3987
>     [3] http://www.w3.org/International/articles/idn-and-iri/
>     [4] http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/DraftReportWithTransclusion
>
>      >
>      > kc
>      >
>      > Quoting Felix Sasaki <felix.sasaki@dfki.de <mailto:felix.sasaki@dfki.de>>:
>      >
>      > >Dear Tom,
>      > >
>      > >2011/9/8 <tel:2011%2F9%2F8> Tom Baker <tbaker@tbaker.de <mailto:tbaker@tbaker.de>>
>      > >
>      > >>On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 12:28:03PM +0200, Felix Sasaki wrote:
>      > >>> > Paragraph or sentence may be up for discussion, but not mentioning it
>      > >>would
>      > >>> > be a very sad omission.
>      > >>>
>      > >>> I agree. Antoine, in case you see a place where this would fit without
>      > >>being
>      > >>> "too prominent", please provide a pointer.
>      > >>
>      > >>Felix, all,
>      > >>
>      > >>If we were to insert a pointer, to what resource should it point? To [1],
>      > >>[2],
>      > >>[3], [4]...?
>      > >>
>      > >
>      > >I would point to [1] since it is the normative definition of IRIs, and [3]
>      > >since it provides good guidance on the topic. When pointing to [1], you
>      > >should say "rfc 3987 or its successor". [2] is under development and will be
>      > >the successor of [1].
>      > >
>      > >Regards,
>      > >
>      > >Felix
>      > >
>      > >
>      > >>
>      > >>Tom
>      > >>
>      > >>[1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3987
>      > >>[2] http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-iri-3987bis-07
>      > >>[3] http://www.w3.org/International/articles/idn-and-iri/
>      > >>[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_Resource_Identifier
>      > >>
>      > >>--
>      > >>Tom Baker <tom@tombaker.org <mailto:tom@tombaker.org>>
>      > >>
>      > >
>      > >
>      > >
>      > >
>      >
>      >
>      >
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