[minutes] Internationalization telecon 2015-04-23

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Internationalization Working Group Teleconference

23 Apr 2015

    [2]Agenda

       [2] 
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-i18n-core/2015Apr/0025.html

    See also: [3]IRC log

       [3] http://www.w3.org/2015/04/23-i18n-irc

Attendees

    Present
           Leandro, aphillip, Richard, David, Steve_Atkin, JcK

    Regrets
    Chair
           Addison Phillips

    Scribe
           aphillip

Contents

      * [4]Topics
          1. [5]Agenda
          2. [6]Action Items
          3. [7]Info Share
          4. [8]RADAR and Active Work Review
          5. [9]Encoding
          6. [10]/TR stylesheets?
          7. [11]public knowledge base materials for use on w3c
             site
          8. [12]Best Practices when writing Specifications
          9. [13]AOB?
      * [14]Summary of Action Items
      __________________________________________________________

Agenda

Action Items

    action-364?

    <trackbot> action-364 -- Richard Ishida to Document how
    "sticky" language negotiation is done in our pages as an
    article -- due 2014-11-07 -- OPEN

    <trackbot>
    [15]http://www.w3.org/International/track/actions/364

      [15] http://www.w3.org/International/track/actions/364

    <r12a> [16]http://www.w3.org/International/track/actions/open

      [16] http://www.w3.org/International/track/actions/open

    action-426?

    <trackbot> action-426 -- Richard Ishida to Ask at domain
    meeting about whether webvtt will be used for tv and cinema --
    due 2015-04-02 -- OPEN

    <trackbot>
    [17]http://www.w3.org/International/track/actions/426

      [17] http://www.w3.org/International/track/actions/426

    richard: intended for use in browsers with media, not tv or
    cinema
    ... usage is similar to TV

    close action-426

    <trackbot> Closed action-426.

    <r12a> tv usage scenarios are, however, worth passing on to VTT
    folks

    action-434?

    <trackbot> action-434 -- Addison Phillips to Write to klreq
    editors seeking response on current edits and possible future
    participation -- due 2015-04-23 -- OPEN

    <trackbot>
    [18]http://www.w3.org/International/track/actions/434

      [18] http://www.w3.org/International/track/actions/434

    close action-434?

    <trackbot> Closed action-434.

    action-435?

    <trackbot> action-435 -- Richard Ishida to Publish new wd of
    ltli -- due 2015-04-23 -- OPEN

    <trackbot>
    [19]http://www.w3.org/International/track/actions/435

      [19] http://www.w3.org/International/track/actions/435

    close action-435

    <trackbot> Closed action-435.

    close action-436

    <trackbot> Closed action-436.

Info Share

    richard: preparing a document about mongolian variant forms
    ... corresponding with Greg Eck who is working on latest
    proposal on variants
    ... as well as experts in china
    ... this document takes three main sources
    ... one by chinese prof, one by unicode, and one put together
    in jan 2014
    ... for each character in mongolian block you get the three
    forms
    ... and then see what fonts actually do
    ... and hope to add other major fonts

    <r12a> [20]http://r12a.github.io/scripts/mongolian/variants/

      [20] http://r12a.github.io/scripts/mongolian/variants/

RADAR and Active Work Review

    [21]https://www.w3.org/International/wiki/Review_radar

      [21] https://www.w3.org/International/wiki/Review_radar

    steve: take generating JSON

    richard: reviewed a very early one of these
    ... had quite a lot of bidi concern at the time

    <r12a>
    [22]http://www.w3.org/International/techniques/developing-specs
    -dynamic

      [22] 
http://www.w3.org/International/techniques/developing-specs-dynamic

    richard: try using as a checklist??

    steve: also web payments use cases

    [23]https://www.w3.org/International/wiki/Project_radar

      [23] https://www.w3.org/International/wiki/Project_radar

    JcK: URNbis progress slow, may move to another venue

    richard: please add KLReq to wg documents
    ... and point to github

    <scribe> ACTION: addison: create article about the time zone
    proposal [recorded in
    [24]http://www.w3.org/2015/04/23-i18n-minutes.html#action01]

    <trackbot> Created ACTION-437 - Create article about the time
    zone proposal [on Addison Phillips - due 2015-04-30].

    ILReq

    richard: got some feedback from somnath and hopefully will get
    some html from him soon

Encoding

    richard: were thinking we had a couple months on CR period

    <r12a>
    [25]http://www.w3.org/International/docs/encoding/encoding-cr-d
    oc.html

      [25] 
http://www.w3.org/International/docs/encoding/encoding-cr-doc.html

    richard: potentially last month...
    ... above are comments and dispositions
    ... if we published a new WD with whatwg's edits
    ... we would go back to before LC
    ... addison and I will talk to PLH about what to do

    <r12a>
    [26]http://www.w3.org/International/tests/repo/results/encoding
    -1

      [26] http://www.w3.org/International/tests/repo/results/encoding-1

    richard: looked at tests and checked whether they work on
    browsers, what's available
    ... quite a few tests don't pass
    ... need more tests
    ... there are some not on above page
    ... but need others
    ... things moving/changing
    ... but not sure what next steps should be

/TR stylesheets?

    [27]https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-i18n-core/2015A
    pr/0022.html

      [27] 
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-i18n-core/2015Apr/0022.html

    <r12a> [28]https://github.com/w3c/tr-design/issues

      [28] https://github.com/w3c/tr-design/issues

    addison: update style sheets once per year (or regularly)
    ... any comments?

    richard: there is an issues list
    ... please raise issue if you have something you'd like to
    suggest on how to improve technical reports
    ... one topic is line lengths

public knowledge base materials for use on w3c site

    [29]http://www.inter-locale.com/w3c/grc

      [29] http://www.inter-locale.com/w3c/grc

    richard: why are we creating a github
    ... worried there are adobe specific things here

    leandro: best if we edited
    ... review the content and see what is useful
    ... not to post as-is

    <scribe> ACTION: leandro: edit GRC documents, create a github
    in your account, add top material, and bring to WG for review
    [recorded in
    [30]http://www.w3.org/2015/04/23-i18n-minutes.html#action02]

    <trackbot> Created ACTION-438 - Edit grc documents, create a
    github in your account, add top material, and bring to wg for
    review [on Leandro Reis - due 2015-04-30].

Best Practices when writing Specifications

    [31]http://www.w3.org/International/techniques/developing-specs
    -dynamic

      [31] 
http://www.w3.org/International/techniques/developing-specs-dynamic

    <r12a> [32]http://w3c.github.io/bp-i18n-specdev/

      [32] http://w3c.github.io/bp-i18n-specdev/

    [33]http://w3c.github.io/bp-i18n-specdev/

      [33] http://w3c.github.io/bp-i18n-specdev/

    richard: member list email?

    <scribe> ACTION: addison: send message to member list polling
    for document priority so we can schedule actions [recorded in
    [34]http://www.w3.org/2015/04/23-i18n-minutes.html#action03]

    <trackbot> Created ACTION-439 - Send message to member list
    polling for document priority so we can schedule actions [on
    Addison Phillips - due 2015-04-30].

    richard: specdev and charmod would be on my suggested list

AOB?

Summary of Action Items

    [NEW] ACTION: addison: create article about the time zone
    proposal [recorded in
    [35]http://www.w3.org/2015/04/23-i18n-minutes.html#action01]
    [NEW] ACTION: addison: send message to member list polling for
    document priority so we can schedule actions [recorded in
    [36]http://www.w3.org/2015/04/23-i18n-minutes.html#action03]
    [NEW] ACTION: leandro: edit GRC documents, create a github in
    your account, add top material, and bring to WG for review
    [recorded in
    [37]http://www.w3.org/2015/04/23-i18n-minutes.html#action02]

    [End of minutes]

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