IRC log of i18n on 2011-11-23

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trackbot, prepare teleconference
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Zakim, this will be 4186
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ok, trackbot; I see I18N_CoreWG()11:00AM scheduled to start in 4 minutes
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Meeting: Internationalization Core Working Group Teleconference
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Date: 23 November 2011
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Agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-i18n-core/2011Nov/0000.html
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Chair: Addison Phillips
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Scribe: Addison Phillips
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ScribeNick: aphillip
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rrsagent, draft minutes
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2011/11/23-i18n-minutes.html aphillip
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Regrets: Felix
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I18N_CoreWG()11:00AM has now started
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Agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-i18n-core/2011Nov/0004.html
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+??P0
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2011/11/23-i18n-minutes.html aphillip
15:59:25 [matial]
zakim, ??P0 is me
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+matial; got it
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+Addison_Phillips
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I'm having some phone problems.
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dialing in now
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zakim, dial richard please
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ok, r12a; the call is being made
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+Richard
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+ +1.720.256.aaaa
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+[IPcaller]
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zakim, who's here ?
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On the phone I see matial, Addison_Phillips, Richard, stpeter, anne
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On IRC I see prashant, r12a, Zakim, RRSAgent, David, matial, aphillip, stpeter, TANU, MikeSmith, anne, trackbot
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Topic: Agenda
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- felix blog post
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- jlreq document
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Topic: Action Items
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http://www.w3.org/International/track/actions/open
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close ACTION-79
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ACTION-79 Draft a blog post about HTML5 need for translate attribute, including why a language attribute can't do it closed
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Topic: Info Share
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http://w3c-test.org/framework/results/i18n-html5/
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richard: test framwork stuff moving along
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.... not complete
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... one of several planning ot put up
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... need some coding on framework to allow to work without manual intervention
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http://www.w3.org/International/tests/html-css/character-encoding/results-basics
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... no one to do that
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+Norbert
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richard: results summary pages
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... will offer to html5 folks to allow in their test suites
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Topic: IRI Progress and Status Report from IETF82
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peter: had a session at IETF meeting
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... didn't talk much about work to be done at w3
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... mostly work on 3987bis and 4395bis
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... no one complained that W3C would work on iri reference/parsting document
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s/parsting/parsing/
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+??P13
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... if anyone would like to provide feedback, need to get clear on that
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16:11:23 [kojiishi]
zakim, ??p13 is me
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+kojiishi; got it
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richard: help to step back of outline of the documents
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peter: had discussions about spinning up IRI WG
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... wanted a document about parsing IRIs and URIs
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... not something we've succeeded in IRI WG
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... so move to W3C??
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peter: other items on IETF's plate
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... mainly 3987bis
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... most difficult issues are:
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at IETF
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... protocol vs. presentation element
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... other issues, minor wording changes
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... Larry Masinter and Martin Duerst working on that
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peter: also have 4396-bis
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... procedures for registering URI schemes
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... updating to fit IRIs into that world
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... and process related issues/descriptions in line with best practice and consensus on how it should work
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2011/11/23-i18n-minutes.html aphillip
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... make it easier to register schems
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s/schems/schemes/
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peter: some split out items
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... one on bidi processing
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... one on processing-but-not-parsing
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+David
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... may merge back to 3987bis
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peter: hope to finish early next year
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addison: done means go to last call?
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zakim, mute me
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David should now be muted
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peter: yes. (explains IETF process)
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2011/11/23-i18n-minutes.html aphillip
16:18:08 [anne]
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-abarth-url
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is one such document
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document about how to properly parse an iri into constituent bits (Barth document)
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-David
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abarth actually started from scratch
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http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/url/raw-file/tip/Overview.html
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2011/11/23-i18n-minutes.html aphillip
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peter: discussion with paul and sam at tpac
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... want to pull out into separate document and work from there
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... mike smith was going to take the point on this
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... would be referenced by other specs
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addison: just concerned that someone is on receiving end
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peter: mike stepped up, we/html needs to figure out
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richard: mike also had some questions
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addison: do you see core spec dependent on parsing spec?
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peter: no, but needs to coordinate, pay attention to same issues
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anne: needs to be a REC
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... unclear why split out from IRI?
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ACTION: addison: invite mike or set up supplementary call to discuss progress on IRI
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Created ACTION-82 - Invite mike or set up supplementary call to discuss progress on IRI [on Addison Phillips - due 2011-11-30].
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richard: ask if a better day/time
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s/mike/mike and martin/
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2011/11/23-i18n-minutes.html aphillip
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-anne
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Topic: JLReq
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-stpeter
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richard: heads up
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... next tuesday will publish new working draft of JLReq
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... task force is keen to press ahead
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... not clear if WG needs to approve
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Chair: any objections to publishing this document?
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http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-jlreq-20111129/Overview.html
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richard: plan is to publish so we have dated version of WD, but short name will take you to the old version
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... changes are there is a part 4
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koji: agree to publish
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mati: don't disagree
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norbert: no objections to publishing a WG
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chair: WG approves publication
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s/a WG/a WD/
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rrsagent, draft minutes
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2011/11/23-i18n-minutes.html aphillip
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Topic: Review Felix's Blog Entry
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http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-i18n-core/2011Nov/0006.html
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richard: read and think it is pitched incorrectly
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... what we really need is something that summarizes pros/cons in bugzilla thread
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... so we can get MS and Google people on same page
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norbert: can't tell with @translate would do/not do
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... from article
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addison: need examples
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richard: first part of second para... this is not a problem of translation agenices (etc.)
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... is a problem for them, but needs to be solved before it gets to them
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norbert: they do care, but cannot fix it
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richard: obtained a contact at google about this topic
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ACTION: richard: talk to felix about fixing draft of blog article on 'translate' attribute
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Created ACTION-83 - Talk to felix about fixing draft of blog article on 'translate' attribute [on Richard Ishida - due 2011-11-30].
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Topic: ECMAScript Globalization Progress
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norbert: lot going on last week
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... had meeting of i18n ad hoc to work on standard
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... discussion was focused on making things less specified
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... allowed for alternative algorithm for "best fit"
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norbert: went to TC39 next day
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... and they feel things are too loosely specified
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... and they want same behaviro for a given locale
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norbert: lots of discussion
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... in particular setting global locale
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... bu tther eare problems with that
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norbert: want pattern or skeleton instead of options
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s/want/another person wants/
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... still working on es-discuss to try and resolve
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s/bu ther/but there/
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Topic: AOB?
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-kojiishi
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-Addison_Phillips
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-Norbert
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rrsagent, make minutes
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2011/11/23-i18n-minutes.html aphillip
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-matial
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zakim, who is here?
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On the phone I see Richard
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On IRC I see Norbert, kojiishi, r12a, Zakim, RRSAgent, aphillip, stpeter, MikeSmith, trackbot
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zakim, drop richard
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Richard is being disconnected
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I18N_CoreWG()11:00AM has ended
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zakim, bye
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Attendees were matial, Addison_Phillips, Richard, +1.720.256.aaaa, stpeter, anne, Norbert, kojiishi, David
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rrsagent, make minutes
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2011/11/23-i18n-minutes.html aphillip
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rrsagent, bye
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I see 2 open action items saved in http://www.w3.org/2011/11/23-i18n-actions.rdf :
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ACTION: addison: invite mike or set up supplementary call to discuss progress on IRI [1]
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recorded in http://www.w3.org/2011/11/23-i18n-irc#T16-36-59
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ACTION: richard: talk to felix about fixing draft of blog article on 'translate' attribute [2]
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recorded in http://www.w3.org/2011/11/23-i18n-irc#T16-49-21