- From: Jonathan Rosenne <rosennej@qsm.co.il>
- Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:44:11 +0200
- To: <www-international@w3.org>
> -----Original Message----- > From: CE Whitehead [mailto:cewcathar@hotmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 7:12 PM > To: rosennej@qsm.co.il; www-international@w3.org > Subject: RE: Comment on working draft "Specifying Language in > XHTML and HTML Content" > > > Hi, > > I think Azerbaijani is coded az: > > Type: language > Subtag: az > Description: Azerbaijani > Added: 2005-10-16 > > (http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry) Yes, it does say so, but it seems to be a mistake. I believe we should ask the people concerned what is their preference. I have submitted the question to CLDR. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijanis The French locale has azéri http://unicode.org/cldr/apps/survey?_=fr&x=languages&skip=80#Unconfirmed > > As for numerals in Arabic, they do run left-to-right > as they do in English, > while Arabic text runs right-to-left. > > according to the document below, the numbers do not automatically get > displayed properly: > http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-css3-text-20030226/#Progression > .date {writing-mode: lr-tb;} > <span class="date">1996</span> > > I'll have to let someone else speak more on numerals embedded in non > left-to-right scripts. "Note: Even when the inline-progression is left-to-right or right-to-left, some or all of the content within a given element might advance in the opposite direction because of the Unicode [UNICODE] bidirectional algorithm or because of explicit text advance overrides due to this property or 'direction' and 'unicode-bidi'. " For numbers, the inversion is implicit. Jony > > (I'm really still pretty novice, I think.) > > --C. E. Whitehead > cewcathar@hotmail.com > > > > > >Clause 3.3 Relationships between language, character encoding and > >directionality > > > >The 4th paragraph is misleading. One might get the > impression that bidi > >tags > >are required for numbers. I suggest that the second sentence > be deleted. > > > >"Similarly" in the 5th paragraph is not very clear. Similar to what? > >And shouldn't it be "Azeri"? > > > >Clause 4.2 Attributes or metadata? > > > >I would like to add that often the author is not able to control the > >metadata. It is handled by the server, and in any large organization > >the bureaucratic obstacles make it too difficult for most authors to > >manage, even if they are aware of it, which they may not be. > > > >Jony > >
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