Tag(s): article-inline-bidi-markup

Creating HTML Pages in Arabic, Hebrew and Other Right-to-left Scripts
This tutorial has been modified to bring it in line with the current tutorial format. Rather than contain duplicate content, it now introduces the novice to key concepts and points off to useful further reading in an organized fashion. It has been completely rewritten.

Text direction and structural markup in HTML
This article has been created from material formerly in the tutorial “Creating HTML Pages in Arabic, Hebrew and Other Right-to-left Scripts” and augmented with information about new HTML5 markup constructs that are beginning to see adoption. It should be regarded as a new article, focusing on applying bidi markup to document- and block-level content, including forms.

What you need to know about the bidi algorithm and inline markup
This is an update of an existing article, but it has been almost completely rewritten. The most significant changes are the new parts describing how to apply the new HTML5 constructs which are beginning to see adoption. Additional changes will be needed as HTML5 bidi markup is finalised over the coming months. The article also proposes a simpler way to approach markup of bidi text, particularly useful for those with less experience, that relies less on a deep understanding of the issues involved.

Visual vs. logical ordering of text
This is a new article created from material that has been removed from the previously mentioned articles. It was removed into a separate article because visual ordering is much less important these days, and to avoid duplication. Only a few changes have been made to the content itself.

Comments are requested on the following proposed updates to material on the Internationalization site, prior to final publication. NOTE THAT the articles are in a temporary location, and will be moved to their final location after the review.

Text direction and structural markup in HTML
This article has been created from material formerly in the tutorial “Creating HTML Pages in Arabic, Hebrew and Other Right-to-left Scripts” and augmented with information about new HTML5 markup constructs that are beginning to see adoption. It should be regarded as a new article, focusing on applying bidi markup to document- and block-level situations and to forms.

What you need to know about the bidi algorithm and inline markup
This is an update of an existing article. It has been almost completely rewritten. The most significant changes are the new parts describing how to apply the new HTML5 constructs which are beginning to see adoption. Additional changes will be needed as HTML5 bidi markup is finalised over the coming months. The article also proposes a simpler way to approach markup of bidi text, particularly useful for those with less experience, that relies less on a deep understanding of the issues involved.

Visual vs. logical ordering of text
This is a new article created from material that has been removed from the previously mentioned material. It was removed into a separate article because visual ordering is much less important these days, and to avoid duplication. Only a few changes have been made to the content itself.

Creating HTML Pages in Arabic, Hebrew and Other Right-to-left Scripts
This tutorial has been modified to bring it in line with the current tutorial format. Rather than contain duplicate content, it now introduces the novice to key concepts and points off to useful further reading in an organized fashion. It has been completely rewritten.

Please send any comments over the next two weeks to www-international@w3.org (subscribe).

We hope to publish a final version shortly after that.

Thanks to the Spanish Translation Team, Spanish Translation US, the following articles have been translated into Spanish.

Creación de páginas HTML en árabe, hebreo y otros sistemas de escritura de derecha a izquierda (Creating HTML Pages in Arabic, Hebrew and Other Right-to-left Scripts)
Qué debe conocer acerca del algoritmo bidi y las etiquetas en línea (What you need to know about the bidi algorithm and inline markup)
Caracteres de control Unicode en contraposición a las etiquetas para compatibilidad bidi (Unicode controls vs. markup for bidi support)

This article was revised substantially.

Translators should consider retranslating the whole article.

This article was revised to provide more clarity. More examples were added, and a new approach was taken, using images for examples and providing links to live code.

The term ‘directional context’ was replaced with ‘base direction’, the meaning and impact of that was expressed better. It also shows a little more clearly the types of problem the bidi algorithm needs help with, and how the proposed solutions related to each other.

Thanks to Andrew Osobka and Kamil Wiśniewski the article “What you need to know about the bidi algorithm and inline markup” has now been translated into Polish (language negotiated).

Thanks to the Arabic Translation team‏, WTB Language Group, the article “What you need to know about the bidi algorithm and inline markup” has now been translated into Arabic (language negotiated).

Thanks to Oleg Gaivoronsky the translation of the article “What you need to know about the bidi algorithm and inline markup” has now been updated in Hebrew (language negotiated).

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Describes some of the basic principles underlying how the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm works, and some scenarios where inline markup or codes are needed to correctly render web content written in a right-to-left script. Applies to both XHTML/HTML and XML documents.

By Richard Ishida, W3C.