IRC log of i18n on 2012-02-29

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logging to http://www.w3.org/2012/02/29-i18n-irc
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RRSAgent, make logs world
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Zakim, this will be 4186
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I do not see a conference matching that name scheduled within the next hour, trackbot
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Meeting: Internationalization Core Working Group Teleconference
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Date: 29 February 2012
16:00:06 [aphillip]
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16:00:16 [r12a]
addison, i started the meeting
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already
16:00:21 [Norbert]
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ie. with trackbot
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Agenda: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-i18n-core/2012Feb/0016.html
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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/2012/02/29-i18n-minutes.html aphillip
16:01:49 [r12a]
zakim, dial richard
16:01:50 [Zakim]
sorry, r12a, I don't know what conference this is
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hmm
16:02:02 [aphillip]
zakim, this is i18n
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ok, aphillip; that matches I18N_CoreWG()11:00AM
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+Norbert
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zakim, dial richard
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ok, r12a; the call is being made
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+Richard
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+Addison_Phillips
16:02:27 [aphillip]
zakim, who is here?
16:02:27 [Zakim]
On the phone I see [Microsoft], [IPcaller], ??P11, Norbert, Richard, Addison_Phillips
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On IRC I see Norbert, aphillip, Zakim, RRSAgent, Gwyneth, matial, fsasaki, andrewc, najib-ma, r12a, trackbot
16:02:39 [aphillip]
zakim, [Microsoft] is Gwyneth
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+Gwyneth; got it
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zakim, [IPcaller] is andrewc
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+andrewc; got it
16:02:53 [aphillip]
zakim, who is here?
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On the phone I see Gwyneth, andrewc, ??P11, Norbert, Richard, Addison_Phillips
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On IRC I see Norbert, aphillip, Zakim, RRSAgent, Gwyneth, matial, fsasaki, andrewc, najib-ma, r12a, trackbot
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Chair: Addison Phillips
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Topic: Minutes/Agenda
16:03:29 [r12a]
zakim, P11 is Felix
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sorry, r12a, I do not recognize a party named 'P11'
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zakim, ??P11 is Felix
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+Felix; got it
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agenda+: bidi attributes
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zakim, I am Addison_Phillips
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ok, aphillip, I now associate you with Addison_Phillips
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+joconner
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Topic: Action Items
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+??P26
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zakim, ??p26 is me
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+kojiishi; got it
16:09:20 [aphillip]
ACTION: David: run the time change poll
16:09:20 [trackbot]
Sorry, amibiguous username (more than one match) - David
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Try using a different identifier, such as family name or username (eg. dfilip, dclarke)
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ACTION: dclarke: run the time change poll
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Created ACTION-102 - Run the time change poll [on David Clarke - due 2012-03-07].
16:10:25 [aphillip]
acttion 100: wrote to sam, but not hixie yet
16:10:53 [r12a]
http://www.w3.org/International/track/actions/open
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close ACTION-99
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ACTION-99 Invite mike to next meeting to discuss ruby spec development closed
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close ACTION-98
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ACTION-98 Update ruby bug with summary of current situation and asking for no re-escalation closed
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Topic: Info Share
16:13:23 [Norbert]
http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=globalization:specification_drafts
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Norbert: ECMAScript Internationalization
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... published new spec (above link)
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... and new version of my guide:
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http://norbertlindenberg.com/2012/02/ecmascript-internationalization-api/index.html
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Norbert:: some progress, but needed to have a final version as of, well, yesterday
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... not enough review
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... started to discuss new schedule
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... send comments to es-discuss@
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Norbert; put "internationalization" or "internationalization API" in email subject so it's visible
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... or "INTL"
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+??P34
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zakim, ??p34 is me
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+matial; got it
16:17:33 [aphillip]
Topic: Clearing issues in "prep"
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HTML5 http://www.w3.org/International/track/products/10 (Issues 136 - 141) Additional Predefined Counter Styles for CSS http://www.w3.org/International/track/products/16 CSS3 Generated and Replaced Content Module http://www.w3.org/International/track/products/14 HTML: The Markup Language http://www.w3.org/International/track/products/12
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richard: these are things we ought to bless and or non-bless these
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... and then forward, as needed
16:20:08 [aphillip]
http://www.w3.org/International/track/issues/136
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"The algorithm to convert a string to a number, given a string input, is as follows: If applying the rules for parsing floating point number values to input results in an error, then return an error; otherwise, return the resulting number." Does this refer to conversion of the text the user inputs into the field, ie. if the user types in 12.345,67 will the rules for parsing floating point number values be applied to that to determine whether or not that is
16:20:36 [RRSAgent]
I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2012/02/29-i18n-minutes.html aphillip
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http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/number-state.html#number-state
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http://www.w3.org/International/track/issues/138
16:24:25 [aphillip]
I imagine this will get shot down, but I've been thinking I should suggest it for some time. It's a pain in the neck to have to write both lang and xml:lang attributes on an element in a polyglot document, and I've seen plenty of pages in the wild from people who should know better where either the lang attribute is missing in XHTML 1.x but the xml:lang attribute is there, as well as vice versa. Can we not just make xml:lang a synonym of the lang attribute?
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richard: rare to use both
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addison: inconvenient to have to use both
16:26:06 [aphillip]
http://www.w3.org/International/track/issues/141
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it's a typo
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chair: any opposed to these being official
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(various and sundry approve)
16:27:00 [r12a]
http://www.w3.org/International/track/issues/146
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http://www.w3.org/International/track/issues/141
16:27:32 [aphillip]
"For each group with an odd index (as given in the second step) that did not have its digits removed in the third step, append ፻ U+137B." In the example 78010092, in ethiopic, is ፸፰፻፩፼፻፺፪ U+1378 U+1370 U+137B U+1369 U+137C U+137B U+137A U+136A, the group that contains 00 seems to have been replaced by ፻. This seems to contradict the text "did not have its digits removed in the third step".
16:27:57 [andrewc]
http://www.geez.org/Numerals/
16:28:23 [r12a]
http://www.w3.org/International/track/issues/140
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<q> element nesting
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this is to *reset* the nesting level
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addison: this is to start the conversation with them
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http://www.w3.org/International/track/issues/75
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addison: I will supply a summary by next week of the remainder
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Topic: bidi and attribute direction
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matial: thread about direction and how to specify on attrbitues
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... like @alt
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... some attributes include text that is in language and needs a direction
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... the attribute's direction is the same as that of the element itself
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... but sometimes this is inappropriate
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<p lang="en">This is something with an Arabic image <img alt="CIBARA SI SIHT"></p>
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rtl, ltr, auto values for 'attribdir' attribute
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... to override the direction of the text in the attributes
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... if specified as auto, would be computed
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2012/02/29-i18n-minutes.html aphillip
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... discussion about what the best way to handle it is