RE: [SMIL3.0] i18n comment 3: Define direction of start and end textAlign based on text direction

Thank you.  We are satisfied with your response.

For the i18n WG.

RI

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Richard Ishida
Internationalization Lead
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-i18n-core-request@w3.org 
> [mailto:public-i18n-core-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Richard Ishida
> Sent: 24 October 2007 14:02
> To: public-i18n-core@w3.org
> Cc: www-smil@w3.org
> Subject: [SMIL3.0] i18n comment 3: Define direction of start 
> and end textAlign based on text direction
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tmichel@w3.org [mailto:tmichel@w3.org]
> Sent: 23 October 2007 10:08
> To: Richard Ishida
> Cc: www-smil@w3.org
> Subject: Re: [SMIL3.0] i18n comment 3: Define direction of 
> start and end textAlign based on text direction
> 
> 
>  Dear Richard Ishida ,
> 
> The SYMM Working Group has reviewed the comments you sent [1] 
> on the Last
> Call Working Draft [2] of the Synchronized Multimedia 
> Integration Language
> (SMIL 3.0) published on 13 Jul 2007. Thank you for having 
> taken the time to
> review the document and to send us comments!
> 
> The Working Group's response to your comment is included below.
> 
> Please review it carefully and let us know by email at 
> www-smil@w3.org if
> you agree with it or not before 02 nov 2007. In case of 
> disagreement, you
> are requested to provide a specific solution for or a path to 
> a consensus
> with the Working Group. If such a consensus cannot be 
> achieved, you will be
> given the opportunity to raise a formal objection which will then be
> reviewed by the Director during the transition of this 
> document to the next
> stage in the W3C Recommendation Track.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> For the SYMM Working Group,
> Thierry Michel
> W3C Staff Contact
> 
>  1. http://www.w3.org/mid/20070830201228.108FE4F018@homer.w3.org
>  2. http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-SMIL3-20070713/
> 
> 
> =====
> 
> Your comment on 8. SMIL 3.0 smilText:
> > Comment from the i18n review of:
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-SMIL3-20070713/
> > 
> > Comment 3
> > At http://www.w3.org/International/reviews/0708-smil30/
> > Editorial/substantive: S
> > Owner: AP
> > 
> > Location in reviewed document:
> > 8 [http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-SMIL3-20070713/smil-text.html]
> > 
> > Comment: The textAlign attribute defines a number of values (start, 
> > end, left, right, center) that assume left-to-right text 
> progression.
> > While 'left' and 'right' seem obvious, start and end should 
> depend on 
> > text direction (which can be set by textDirection).
> 
> 
> Working Group Resolution:
> We feel that this comment is based on a miss-reading of the existing
> specification. For start-aligned text, the LCWD spec 
> explicitly states that
> "text is left-aligned in the region if the effective value of the
> textDirection attribute is ltr, or right-aligned otherwise", and the
> definition for end-aligned text states that "text is 
> right-aligned in the
> region if the effective value of the  textDirection attribute 
> is ltr, or
> left-aligned otherwise".
> 
> Note that in the CR version of smilText, the textDirection 
> attribute will be
> replaced by the textWriteMode attribute (which expands the 
> options available
> for layout), but the essence of the support remains unchanged.
> 
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> 
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