IRC log of i18n on 2014-09-25

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logging to http://www.w3.org/2014/09/25-i18n-irc
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13:56:55 [aphillip]
trackbot, prepare teleconference
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RRSAgent, make logs world
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Zakim, this will be 4186
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ok, trackbot; I see I18N_CoreWG()10:00AM scheduled to start in 4 minutes
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Meeting: Internationalization Working Group Teleconference
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Date: 25 September 2014
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Agenda: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-i18n-core/2014Sep/0017.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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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2014/09/25-i18n-minutes.html aphillip
13:59:12 [aphillip]
agenda additions at https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-i18n-core/2014Sep/0019.html and https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-i18n-core/2014Sep/0020.html
13:59:23 [aphillip]
zakim, who is here?
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I18N_CoreWG()10:00AM has not yet started, aphillip
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On IRC I see RRSAgent, aphillip, r12a, fantasai, xiaoqian, trackbot
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Regrets: David
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I18N_CoreWG()10:00AM has now started
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+aphillip
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agenda+ RADAR
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agenda+ What Time is This Meeting At?
14:01:21 [r12a]
zakim, dial richard please
14:01:21 [Zakim]
ok, r12a; the call is being made
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+Richard
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agenda+ Chinese generic font family names in CSS
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agenda+ Plans for Chinese Layout task force
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agenda+ Charmod
14:02:01 [aphillip]
agenda?
14:02:31 [xiaoqian]
zakim, call xiaoqian-mobile
14:02:31 [Zakim]
ok, xiaoqian; the call is being made
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+Xiaoqian
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+ +1.408.536.aaaa
14:05:37 [aphillip]
zakim, +1.408.536.aaaa is Leandro
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+Leandro; got it
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Topic: Agenda
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agenda?
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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-81
14:07:34 [trackbot]
Closed action-81.
14:09:05 [koji]
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Topic: Info Share
14:09:38 [aphillip]
addison: will be on holiday next week
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... richard to host
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... leandro to scribe
14:10:25 [RRSAgent]
I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2014/09/25-i18n-minutes.html aphillip
14:10:37 [aphillip]
richard: mongolian is really hard
14:11:07 [aphillip]
... I have a mongolian character picker that doesn't work terribly well
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+koji
14:11:19 [aphillip]
... FF doesn't support vertical LR text
14:11:38 [aphillip]
... and chrome not so much in tables and such
14:11:45 [RRSAgent]
I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2014/09/25-i18n-minutes.html aphillip
14:12:11 [aphillip]
richard: and challenges for mongolian characters with ZWJ
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... need to write more writing-mode tests
14:12:54 [xiaoqian]
q+
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ack xiaoqian
14:15:07 [aphillip]
xiaoqian: does counter styles support mongolian and tibetan?
14:15:12 [r12a]
http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-predefined-counter-styles-20130725/
14:15:13 [aphillip]
richard: yes
14:15:28 [RRSAgent]
I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2014/09/25-i18n-minutes.html aphillip
14:15:55 [aphillip]
xiaoqian: browser vendors interested in minority scripts, want more examples
14:16:19 [r12a]
http://rishida.net/blog/
14:16:20 [aphillip]
richard: a few notes in my blog
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... scroll down
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... justificaiton, line breaking rules
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... and working on a new entry which calls out features of typography
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... and asks if people have problems with features
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zakim, take up agendum 1
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agendum 1. "RADAR" taken up [from aphillip]
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https://www.w3.org/International/wiki/Review_radar
14:18:15 [r12a]
and points to the current spec locations and tests
14:19:11 [aphillip]
agenda?
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zakim, take up agendum 2
14:19:23 [Zakim]
agendum 2. "What Time is This Meeting At?" taken up [from aphillip]
14:19:38 [aphillip]
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-i18n-core/2014Sep/0018.html
14:23:02 [aphillip]
Option B "What we've been doing, sort of": 1500 UTC
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midnight tokyo
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koji: works for me
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action: addison: send email to the group seeking objections from non-attendees
14:24:54 [trackbot]
Created ACTION-346 - Send email to the group seeking objections from non-attendees [on Addison Phillips - due 2014-10-02].
14:25:09 [aphillip]
agenda?
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zakim, take up agendum 3
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agendum 3. "Chinese generic font family names in CSS" taken up [from aphillip]
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https://www.w3.org/International/wiki/Chinese_font_families
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richard: publishers in China
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... serif, sans, fantasy, monospaced, etc.
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... we have more than that (and different)
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... also can't easily solve problem using downloading
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... because the fonts are very large
14:27:33 [aphillip]
... wrote wiki page to summarize
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... probably affects JP and KO users also
14:27:53 [aphillip]
... might need more categories?
14:28:06 [aphillip]
richard: other scripts and publishing traditions need other styles
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... what can we do about this?
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... start discussion on CSS + CJK list
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xiaoqian: describe problem clearly
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s/describe/described/
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koji: interesting
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... in japan most systems don't have many fonts
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... can I confirm who the "customer" is? browser vendor? web authors?
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xiaoqian: digital publishers
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2014/09/25-i18n-minutes.html aphillip
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koji: different from epub and web
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... only four or five font families
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... epub different: kindle or kobo have different fonts
14:36:28 [r12a]
http://rishida.net/scripts/fontlist/#chinese-t
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http://rishida.net/scripts/fontlist/#chinese-s
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http://rishida.net/scripts/fontlist/#japanese
14:47:35 [aphillip]
action: xiaoqian: ask for more input on the problem of font family names
14:47:35 [trackbot]
Created ACTION-347 - Ask for more input on the problem of font family names [on Xiaoqian Wu - due 2014-10-02].
14:48:14 [aphillip]
xiaoqian: how will webfonts work for east asian languages?
14:49:04 [aphillip]
koji: font subsetting makes them smaller, so not really 10 mb
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... but data plans can be an issue
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agenda?
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leandro: link to css spec is to wrong place
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richard: will add some questions to the page as well
14:54:46 [aphillip]
zakim, take up agendum 4
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agendum 4. "Plans for Chinese Layout task force" taken up [from aphillip]
14:55:37 [aphillip]
richard: watch for activity
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-Leandro
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Folks, I have to run to another meeting. Talk to you next week.
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-aphillip
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-koji
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-Xiaoqian
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Topic: AOB?
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rrsagent, make minutes
15:23:14 [RRSAgent]
I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2014/09/25-i18n-minutes.html aphillip
15:23:18 [r12a]
zakim, drop richard please
15:23:18 [Zakim]
Richard is being disconnected
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I18N_CoreWG()10:00AM has ended
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Attendees were aphillip, Richard, Xiaoqian, Leandro, koji
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Present: Addison, Richard, Xiaoqian, Koji, Leandro
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rrsagent, make minutes
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2014/09/25-i18n-minutes.html aphillip
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zakim, bye
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rrsagent, make minutes
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2014/09/25-i18n-minutes.html aphillip
15:24:21 [aphillip]
rrsagent, bye
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I see 2 open action items saved in http://www.w3.org/2014/09/25-i18n-actions.rdf :
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ACTION: addison: send email to the group seeking objections from non-attendees [1]
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recorded in http://www.w3.org/2014/09/25-i18n-irc#T14-24-53
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ACTION: xiaoqian: ask for more input on the problem of font family names [2]
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recorded in http://www.w3.org/2014/09/25-i18n-irc#T14-47-35