Re: Language Standards

Hi Coralie,

Ah, it sounds like there are quite a few associated legacy costs, but that
it's a matter of effort at the end of the day. This can be easily
solved, however. There is a script that converts articles/websites between
the varieties of English that can take care of this with relatively no
effort. Wikipedia uses this tool regularly to maintain its articles in a
certain English variety.

Would you be opposed to exploring this option?

Regards,
Varun


On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 at 04:23, Coralie Mercier <coralie@w3.org> wrote:

> Hello Varun,
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> > On 6 Apr 2020, at 22:38 , Varun Varada <varuncvarada@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hello,
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> > I've noticed that the W3C uses US English not only on its website, but
> in its technical standards as well (e.g., "color" as a CSS property and
> "bgcolor" as an HTML attribute). Most of the rest of the world uses
> Commonwealth English, and the international community uses Oxford English
> (i.e., Oxford spelling) or British English almost exclusively, such as the
> UN, the IEC, the BIPM, CERN (the WWW's birthplace), etc. Seeing as the W3C
> is purported to be an open and international organization, it seems quite
> partial to use US English which is really only used in the US. Why is this
> the case? And can it be changed to make the organization more inclusive?
>
> It is a convention that was adopted 25 years ago at the start of the
> Consortium.
> While I understand your concern, I would find this hard to change.
>
> With kind regards,
> Coralie Mercier, Head of W3C Marketing & Communications
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> >
> > Cheers,
> > Varun
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