- From: Patrick Andries <andries@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
- Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 11:21:30 -0500
- To: "'Ian Jacobs'" <ij@w3.org>, Francois Yergeau <yergeau@alis.com>
- Cc: "w3c-translators@w3.org" <w3c-translators@w3.org>, "'alb@sct.gouv.qc.ca'" <alb@sct.gouv.qc.ca>
Ian Jacobs wrote :
> Francois Yergeau wrote:
>
> > Oh, this is disappointing! I understand that it is W3C policy that the
> > original English version is the only normative, but not even wanting to
> > have translations on the site seems overly restrictive. Is this policy
> > cast in stone?
> I think almost nothing is cast in stone. However, if
> we accept one, where do we stop?
[Patrick Andries] I suspect this is a rhetorical question.
[Patrick Andries] Which brings forth another question :
will the W3C standards ever become ISO
standards ? Could a country, let say Canada, make XML,
for instance, a national standard and present it to the ISO
as a proposed international standard ? In this way, these
standards would have an officially approved (quality) translation
in all the countries that care to have one, as was the case for
SGML.
P. Andries
Received on Tuesday, 9 February 1999 11:21:37 UTC