[minutes] Internationalization telecon 2021-02-04

https://www.w3.org/2021/02/04-i18n-minutes.html






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– DRAFT –
            Internationalization Working Group Teleconference

04 February 2021

    [2]Agenda. [3]IRC log.

       [2] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-i18n-core/2021Feb/0000.html
       [3] https://www.w3.org/2021/02/04-i18n-irc

Attendees

    Present
           Addison, Atsushi, Bert, Felix, JcK, Richard

    Regrets
           Fuqiao

    Chair
           Addison Phillips

    Scribe
           addison

Contents

     1. [4]Agenda Review
     2. [5]Action Items
     3. [6]Info Share
     4. [7]RADAR Review
     5. [8]AOB?
     6. [9]Summary of action items

Meeting minutes

    trackbot, prepare teleconference

   Agenda Review

   Action Items

    [10]https://www.w3.org/International/track/actions/open

      [10] https://www.w3.org/International/track/actions/open

    action-989?

    <trackbot> [11]action-989: Addison Phillips to Check tus and if
    necessary ping unicode folks about d145 normalization case fold
    ordering questions -- due 2021-01-21 -- OPEN

      [11] https://www.w3.org/International/track/actions/989

    action-991?

    <trackbot> [12]action-991: Addison Phillips to Ping
    payment-request chairs to ask if it would be appropriate to do
    a fresh review based on our look into closing 251 and long time
    since last full review -- due 2021-02-04 -- OPEN

      [12] https://www.w3.org/International/track/actions/991

    close action-991

    <trackbot> Closed action-991.

    [13]https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-i18n-core/
    2021Feb/0002.html

      [13] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-i18n-core/2021Feb/0002.html

    action-992?

    <trackbot> [14]action-992: Atsushi Shimono to Close 8 items
    from email, adding comments from email to our issue and adding
    comment in matching issue in target wg's github iff needed --
    due 2021-02-04 -- OPEN

      [14] https://www.w3.org/International/track/actions/992

    close action-992

    <trackbot> Closed action-992.

   Info Share

    <r12a> [15]https://www.w3.org/Member/wiki/
    Internationalization_Initiative_Progress_report_Jan_2021

      [15] https://www.w3.org/Member/wiki/Internationalization_Initiative_Progress_report_Jan_2021

    richard: did a report on i18n language enablement initiative
    … here's a link
    … to a bunch of apple folks who are mostly the funders at the
    moment

    richard: we had someone from monotype join the group

   RADAR Review

    Action: r12a to check out access to progress report

    <trackbot> Created ACTION-993 - Check out access to progress
    report [on Richard Ishida - due 2021-02-11].

    [16]https://github.com/w3c/i18n-request/projects/1

      [16] https://github.com/w3c/i18n-request/projects/1

    Action: richard: update automated welcome e-mail template

    <trackbot> Created ACTION-994 - Update automated welcome e-mail
    template [on Richard Ishida - due 2021-02-11].

    <r12a> [17]https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2021/02/04/
    6-gap-analysis-first-public-working-drafts-published/

      [17] https://www.w3.org/blog/International/2021/02/04/6-gap-analysis-first-public-working-drafts-published/

    richard: just published 6 gap analysis documents
    … about an hour ago
    … as FPWD

    richard: some improvements in these, trying to spread to other
    docs
    … if create a new issue
    … the text users were previously left to own devices
    … now you get a template with sub-heads
    … specs, tests/results, browser bugs, priority
    … and some placeholder text in those so people will know sort
    of what to write

    <r12a> [18]https://www.w3.org/TR/latn-fr-gap/#vertical_text

      [18] https://www.w3.org/TR/latn-fr-gap/#vertical_text

    richard: so french document...

    <r12a> [19]https://www.w3.org/TR/latn-fr-gap/#quotations

      [19] https://www.w3.org/TR/latn-fr-gap/#quotations

    addison: underscore markdown...

    <r12a> [20]https://www.w3.org/Member/wiki/
    Internationalization_Initiative_Progress_report_Jan_2021

      [20] https://www.w3.org/Member/wiki/Internationalization_Initiative_Progress_report_Jan_2021

    richard: fuqiao has been very helpful in raising bugs against
    the browsers

    action-993?

    <trackbot> [21]action-993: Richard Ishida to Check out access
    to progress report -- due 2021-02-11 -- OPEN

      [21] https://www.w3.org/International/track/actions/993

    close action-993

    <trackbot> Closed action-993.

   AOB?

    <r12a> [22]https://github.com/WICG/open-ui/issues/258

      [22] https://github.com/WICG/open-ui/issues/258

    <r12a> "Arabic script has its own number separators, which are
    used in Arabic language text when the non-European digits are
    used. They are ٫ [U+066B ARABIC DECIMAL SEPARATOR] and ٬
    [U+066C ARABIC THOUSANDS SEPARATOR]."

    <r12a> [23]https://r12a.github.io/scripts/arabic/#numbers

      [23] https://r12a.github.io/scripts/arabic/#numbers

    <r12a> Specifying changes to parameters for fallback fonts
    [24]https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/126

      [24] https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/126

Summary of action items

     1. [25]r12a to check out access to progress report
     2. [26]richard: update automated welcome e-mail template