IRC log of alreq on 2015-10-20
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- logging to http://www.w3.org/2015/10/20-alreq-irc
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- Zakim, this is ALReq Weekly, 20 October 2015
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- got it, Shervin
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- present+ Shervin
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- ScribeNick: Shervin
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- present+ mostafa
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- present+ Behnam
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- zakim, this is Arabic Layout Requirements 5th Weekly Meeting
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- got it, Behnam
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- ScribeNick: Behnam
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- ScribeNick: Shervin
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- agenda+ Status review of action items from previous meeting
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- agenda+ Recruiting Status
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- agenda+ Status report on glossary work
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- agenda+ Status report on list of references
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- agenda+ Planning for start of drafting
- 15:03:35 [Behnam]
- Shervin, are you calling in?
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- Trying. WebEx ain't working. Trying to dial in.
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- present+ r12a
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- agenda?
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- Chair: Behnam
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- Hi
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- present+ Najib
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- calling...
- 15:08:01 [r12a]
- ACTION: Behnam to file github issues for special cases,
- 15:08:02 [r12a]
- like Quran [recorded in [34]http://www.w3.org/2015/10/13-alreq-minutes.html#action09]
- 15:10:13 [r12a]
- action- 1
- 15:10:19 [Behnam]
- actions?
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- ACTION: Behnam to file github issues for special cases, like Quran
- 15:10:25 [r12a]
- actions?
- 15:11:54 [r12a]
- ACTION: Behnam to follow-up with Martin about a Lightning Talk at the IUC
- 15:12:07 [r12a]
- ACTION: Behnam to prepare slides for the talk and share with the TF
- 15:12:34 [r12a]
- Gather information about Arabic-specific Typesetting software
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- actions?
- 15:14:07 [Shervin]
- Behnam: Is working on the slides for the IUC presentation.
- 15:14:24 [Shervin]
- Behnam: Next agenda item is about typesetting software.
- 15:14:42 [r12a]
- ACTION: Everybody to gather information about Arabic-specific Typesetting software
- 15:15:06 [r12a]
- ACTION: Richard to figure out how to maintain action items
- 15:15:11 [Shervin]
- Zakim, open agendum 1
- 15:15:11 [Zakim]
- agendum 1. "Status review of action items from previous meeting" taken up [from Shervin]
- 15:15:14 [r12a]
- closed
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- actions?
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- action- 6
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- actions?
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- ACTION: Behnam to file an issue re Math and whether to exclude that in the first version
- 15:16:34 [r12a]
- ongoing
- 15:17:18 [Shervin]
- Behnam: is still working on action item related to math.
- 15:17:28 [r12a]
- ACTION: Behnam to research the existing experts for other languages like Urdu
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- ACTION: r12a to check regarding processing of the minutes and get back to the group
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- agenda- 9
- 15:18:06 [Shervin]
- Behnam: Will keep the action item open regarding other languages experts (e.g. Urdu).
- 15:18:19 [r12a]
- ACTION: Shervin to put together a preliminary list of existing literature
- 15:18:51 [Shervin]
- Behnam: Question for Richard regarding publishing the minutes.
- 15:19:08 [Shervin]
- r12a: Will publish the minute.
- 15:19:14 [Behnam]
- scribenick: Behnam
- 15:19:34 [Behnam]
- Shervin: On the email sent to the ML, there's a Dropbox link to see the files
- 15:19:59 [Shervin]
- https://www.dropbox.com/s/u7kn9sy9tuve0s9/ALReq_Refs_List.md?dl=0
- 15:20:49 [Behnam]
- ... Not all the items will be referenced first-hand
- 15:21:08 [Behnam]
- ... and some are more valuable than others
- 15:21:39 [Shervin]
- https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jt161nncj3c6xez/AABCFWUdKCGZTW9gXS9tYSpVa?dl=0
- 15:21:48 [Behnam]
- RRSAgent, draft minutes
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- I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2015/10/20-alreq-minutes.html Behnam
- 15:22:48 [Behnam]
- ... We need someone with knowledge of Arabic to help understanding some of these documents
- 15:23:03 [Behnam]
- ... some taken from the website of standard organization of Saudi Arabia
- 15:23:27 [r12a]
- q+
- 15:23:39 [r12a]
- http://w3c.github.io/typography/#justification
- 15:23:42 [Behnam]
- ack r12a
- 15:23:46 [Shervin]
- ScribeNick: Shervin
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- 1+
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- q+
- 15:24:18 [azzeddine]
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- http://www.tug.org/tugboat/tb27-2/tb87benatia.pdf
- 15:24:27 [Shervin]
- r12a: Topics provided in the email.
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- http://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jep/3336451.0013.105/--justify-just-or-just-justify?rgn=main;view=fulltext
- 15:24:35 [r12a]
- http://www.cle.org.pk/Publication/papers/2004/rule-based-expert-system.pdf
- 15:25:15 [Behnam]
- Shervin: Anyone with a Dropbox account can ask for write permission to add documents directly, or, if not, send Shervin change requests over email
- 15:25:24 [r12a]
- http://rishida.net/blog/?p=1059
- 15:25:27 [Shervin]
- Shervin: Going to put in the topics that Richard sent over
- 15:25:47 [Behnam]
- q?
- 15:25:54 [Shervin]
- r12a: Some of them might not want to go into the list.
- 15:26:00 [r12a]
- the last url just give ideas to consider for alreq, rather than being a reference doc
- 15:26:00 [Shervin]
- q-
- 15:26:11 [Behnam]
- agenda?
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- present+ azzeddine
- 15:26:42 [Behnam]
- Topic: Recruiting Status
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- agenda- 10
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- Zakim, next agendum
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- agendum 2. "Recruiting Status" taken up [from Shervin]
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- q+
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- q+
- 15:27:07 [Behnam]
- ack mostafa
- 15:27:16 [r12a]
- zakim, who's here?
- 15:27:16 [Zakim]
- Present: Shervin, mostafa, Behnam, r12a, Najib, azzeddine
- 15:27:18 [Zakim]
- On IRC I see azzeddine, Najib, r12a, Behnam, mostafa, Shervin, Zakim, RRSAgent
- 15:27:22 [r12a]
- q+
- 15:27:26 [Behnam]
- ack Shervin
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- Mostafa: No update from contacts.
- 15:28:05 [Shervin]
- Shervin: Welcoming, Azzeddine.
- 15:28:24 [Shervin]
- Shervin: Question for Mostafa regarding Salar's participation.
- 15:28:33 [Najib]
- q+
- 15:28:52 [Shervin]
- Behnam: Is Salar on the mailing list?
- 15:29:13 [Shervin]
- r12a: He's on the list.
- 15:29:16 [Behnam]
- q?
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- ack r12a
- 15:30:01 [Shervin]
- r12a: Sent some information to the University in Oman. Copied people who are going to go there for a meeting re Unicode.
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- present+ Azzeddine_on_IRC
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- ... Craig Cummings showed interest and he will follow the conversation on mailing list.
- 15:30:42 [r12a]
- zakim, who's here?
- 15:30:42 [Zakim]
- Present: Shervin, mostafa, Behnam, r12a, Najib, azzeddine, Azzeddine_on_IRC
- 15:30:44 [Zakim]
- On IRC I see azzeddine, Najib, r12a, Behnam, mostafa, Shervin, Zakim, RRSAgent
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- present- azzeddine
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- zakim, who's here?
- 15:30:51 [Zakim]
- Present: Shervin, mostafa, Behnam, r12a, Najib, Azzeddine_on_IRC
- 15:30:52 [Zakim]
- On IRC I see azzeddine, Najib, r12a, Behnam, mostafa, Shervin, Zakim, RRSAgent
- 15:31:06 [Behnam]
- q?
- 15:31:32 [Shervin]
- Najib: Still looking for right people who are aware of Arabic publishing including Quran.
- 15:31:44 [Shervin]
- ... People contacted don't know what's expected from them.
- 15:31:57 [Shervin]
- ... May want to contact them regularly as we advance in the document.
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- q+
- 15:32:01 [Behnam]
- agenda?
- 15:32:10 [Behnam]
- ack Shervin
- 15:32:47 [azzeddine]
- azzeddine
- 15:32:51 [azzeddine]
- hello all, my apologies
- 15:33:04 [Behnam]
- Shervin: As a follow up to Najib's comment: we can point people to the keywords list and document structure, as well as other Layout Requirement documents published
- 15:33:21 [Shervin]
- Shervin: Re: Recruiting. Would be good to share JLReq and list of keywords with people who might be interested.
- 15:33:33 [Behnam]
- azzeddine, Hi. Are you calling in to the teleconf?
- 15:33:38 [Behnam]
- agenda?
- 15:33:59 [Shervin]
- Zakim, take next agendum
- 15:33:59 [Zakim]
- I don't understand 'take next agendum', Shervin
- 15:34:09 [Shervin]
- Zakim, next agendum
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- I see a speaker queue remaining and respectfully decline to close this agendum, Shervin
- 15:34:17 [Behnam]
- q?
- 15:34:25 [Najib]
- q-
- 15:34:38 [Shervin]
- Zakim, open next agendum
- 15:34:38 [Zakim]
- agendum 3. "Status report on glossary work" taken up [from Shervin]
- 15:35:14 [azzeddine]
- on: http://irc.w3.org/
- 15:35:43 [mostafa]
- q+
- 15:36:02 [Behnam]
- azzeddine, we have a WebEx conf call going on here: https://mit.webex.com/mit/j.php?MTID=m2be0a83f0c7797b80b69ce09c45e0419
- 15:36:14 [Shervin]
- Shervin: Have the spreadsheet. Shared with people who showed interest. Mostafa added some terms. How people feel about starting the translation?
- 15:36:41 [Behnam]
- ack mostafa
- 15:37:10 [Shervin]
- mostafa: Suggests to look in the existing literature. Find the words used.
- 15:37:25 [Shervin]
- ... If there's one, we're good. If there is more we can decide about it later.
- 15:37:39 [Shervin]
- ... this would reduce the amount of work.
- 15:37:40 [Shervin]
- +1
- 15:37:46 [Najib]
- q+
- 15:37:50 [Behnam]
- q?
- 15:38:11 [azzeddine]
- i have thisproblem: Java is not working., on https://mit.webex.com
- 15:38:19 [Shervin]
- Najib: Didn't start conributing yet. Have a set of terms to add. Some already added.
- 15:38:28 [Shervin]
- ... Not sure how to fill the glossary with translation.
- 15:38:40 [r12a]
- azzeddine, you can also dial in direct using a phone - would that work?
- 15:38:41 [Behnam]
- azzeddine, i just sent you phone numbers to dial in via direct message
- 15:38:46 [Shervin]
- ... We can have many terms which means the same concept.
- 15:38:54 [Shervin]
- ... This is the question for the group.
- 15:38:54 [Shervin]
- q+
- 15:38:56 [Behnam]
- ack Najib
- 15:39:01 [Behnam]
- ack Shervin
- 15:39:34 [Behnam]
- Shervin: As mostafa mentioned, there can exist duplicate terms
- 15:40:04 [Behnam]
- ... the requirement document will be in English, and we can have all the different terms used in other languages
- 15:40:39 [mostafa]
- q+
- 15:41:04 [Shervin]
- Mostafa: Another aspect of what Najib mentioned; different terms in English for same concept.
- 15:41:05 [Behnam]
- ... and the second thing is that we don't need limit the glossary to one translation per term
- 15:41:42 [Shervin]
- ... We can use one of them. Others can just appear or be linked to original.
- 15:41:58 [Behnam]
- +1
- 15:42:13 [Shervin]
- q+
- 15:42:18 [Behnam]
- ack mostafa
- 15:42:19 [r12a]
- q+
- 15:42:25 [Behnam]
- ack Shervin
- 15:42:52 [Behnam]
- Shervin: Question for mostafa and Najib: do you have access to the google-docs document?
- 15:43:37 [Behnam]
- ... (both confirm) Feel free to work on the document there and I will chip in myself
- 15:44:52 [mostafa]
- q+
- 15:45:10 [Behnam]
- This is the document: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nSxYKQm_mKroCmxU4fyJ-g70Eo1_mF89yHZg8YNOuzc/edit#gid=0
- 15:45:30 [r12a]
- q-
- 15:45:31 [Behnam]
- Shervin: Added columns for Persian and Arabic translations
- 15:45:36 [Behnam]
- ack mostafa
- 15:45:56 [Behnam]
- Shervin: Let's start with priorities 1 and 2, for now
- 15:46:16 [Shervin]
- Mostafa: Sources should be document. We need to have them documented in a spreadsheet.
- 15:46:25 [Shervin]
- q+
- 15:46:56 [Shervin]
- Behnam: How is different than current state of the doc?
- 15:47:21 [Shervin]
- Mostafa: There is no bibliography. e.g. "Soltani" is not specified.
- 15:47:24 [Behnam]
- ack Shervin
- 15:48:03 [Behnam]
- Shervin: I'm going to add a unique identifier to all the items in our references list
- 15:48:26 [mostafa]
- +1
- 15:48:47 [Behnam]
- ... for now, if you see something in the glossary that's not clear, you can add a new tab to the spreadsheet and keep them there temporarily
- 15:48:51 [Behnam]
- q?
- 15:49:06 [Behnam]
- agenda?
- 15:49:13 [Shervin]
- Behnam: Other discussion about glossary work.
- 15:49:21 [Shervin]
- Mostafa: Actions needed to be defined?
- 15:49:59 [Behnam]
- ACTION: Shervin to add unique ids to the references list
- 15:50:31 [Behnam]
- ACTION: Shervin to process links proposed by Richard
- 15:50:42 [Behnam]
- draft minutes
- 15:51:01 [Behnam]
- ACTION: Mostafa and Najib to populate translations in the Glossary
- 15:51:08 [Behnam]
- agenda?
- 15:51:15 [Behnam]
- next agendum
- 15:51:34 [Shervin]
- Zakim, open next agendum
- 15:51:34 [Zakim]
- agendum 4 was just opened, Shervin
- 15:52:13 [Behnam]
- Shervin: We already covered the topic and got the actions, which I'll follow up on
- 15:52:39 [Behnam]
- agenda?
- 15:52:42 [r12a]
- ACTION: Shervin to add list of references to spreadsheet and assign unique identifiers
- 15:53:39 [Behnam]
- Zakim, next agendum
- 15:53:39 [Zakim]
- agendum 5. "Planning for start of drafting" taken up [from Shervin]
- 15:53:47 [Shervin]
- Zakim, open next agendum
- 15:53:47 [Zakim]
- agendum 5 was just opened, Shervin
- 15:54:02 [Shervin]
- q+
- 15:54:08 [Behnam]
- ack Shervin
- 15:55:18 [Behnam]
- Shervin: Najib, in an email, mentioned the use/misuse of typefaces/fonts
- 15:55:32 [r12a]
- q+
- 15:55:33 [Behnam]
- ... this is a good example of what we can cover
- 15:56:01 [Behnam]
- ... in section "Font and Typography Considerations"
- 15:56:26 [Behnam]
- ... and there are other writing styles to also consider, like Nasta'liq
- 15:56:32 [Shervin]
- Najib: Will propose some text for this section. Will email the content.
- 15:56:42 [Behnam]
- ack r12a
- 15:56:56 [r12a]
- for reference, here's a similar section in clreq http://w3c.github.io/clreq/#commonly_used_chinese_typefaces
- 15:57:22 [Shervin]
- r12a: One thought is to avoid the style-guide pitfall. There is a similar section in CLReq. We should be careful not to write recommendations.
- 15:57:29 [Shervin]
- q+
- 15:57:35 [Behnam]
- ack Shervin
- 15:58:45 [Shervin]
- Shervin: Readability issue of font styles something to put in the document?
- 15:59:13 [Shervin]
- r12a: Can be. Styling and justifications, etc. of fonts are different. Styling of Nastaliq is very different.
- 16:00:09 [Shervin]
- Behnam: Wanted to note that although we don't want to recommend, for the sake of describing the problem, we need to get to the description and classes of styles.
- 16:00:33 [Behnam]
- q?
- 16:00:36 [Behnam]
- agenda?
- 16:00:47 [Shervin]
- r12a: The behaviour varies from font style to font style. We rather document rather than providing recommendations.
- 16:00:48 [Shervin]
- q+
- 16:01:13 [Behnam]
- rrsagent, draft minutes
- 16:01:13 [RRSAgent]
- I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2015/10/20-alreq-minutes.html Behnam
- 16:01:41 [r12a]
- another example: fonts in the Ruqah style never use elongation at all (see http://rishida.net/blog/?p=1059)
- 16:01:51 [Behnam]
- RRSAgent, access public
- 16:01:51 [RRSAgent]
- I'm logging. I don't understand 'access public', Behnam. Try /msg RRSAgent help
- 16:01:55 [r12a]
- q+
- 16:02:04 [r12a]
- rrsagent, make log public
- 16:02:32 [r12a]
- q-
- 16:02:40 [Behnam]
- ack Shervin
- 16:02:42 [r12a]
- +1 to Shervin's comment
- 16:02:57 [r12a]
- q+
- 16:02:59 [Najib]
- +1 too
- 16:03:13 [Shervin]
- Shervin: Document the usages without favoring one over the other.
- 16:03:50 [Shervin]
- Najib: The intention was to describe styles. And what not to do with styles. Some remarks to make people aware of how to use them.
- 16:04:01 [Shervin]
- ... Not to recommend or put rules.
- 16:04:07 [Shervin]
- r12a: Sounds good to me.
- 16:04:35 [Shervin]
- q+
- 16:04:53 [Shervin]
- Behnam: Any other section of the document we want to talk about?
- 16:05:25 [Shervin]
- r12a: I've been hearing this for a long time; for Persian if Nastaliq is not used then Tahoma is a good font.
- 16:05:37 [mostafa]
- q+
- 16:05:58 [Shervin]
- Behnam: Lacking other fonts, Tahoma is a font to use. Specifically for publications, it's prefered to use other fonts.
- 16:06:11 [Shervin]
- q-
- 16:06:17 [r12a]
- q-
- 16:06:57 [Najib]
- +1 to Behnam about Tahoma
- 16:07:00 [Shervin]
- Mostafa: Agrees with Behnam. Tahoma rarely appears in print. More options are available these days and other options are used.
- 16:07:12 [Behnam]
- q?
- 16:07:13 [Shervin]
- ... Statistically it doesn't have much appeal to Iranians.
- 16:07:18 [Shervin]
- q+
- 16:07:20 [Behnam]
- ack mostafa
- 16:07:25 [mostafa]
- s/statistically/aesthetically/
- 16:07:38 [Behnam]
- ack Shervin
- 16:08:39 [Shervin]
- q+
- 16:09:54 [Behnam]
- Shervin: Mostafa likes to start working on the Characters section
- 16:10:14 [Behnam]
- ... and Najib is willing to start the Styles and Fonts section
- 16:11:30 [Shervin]
- Mostafa: Glossary is not going to be done in a week and it's an ongoing task.
- 16:11:52 [Behnam]
- Zakim, draft minutes
- 16:11:52 [Zakim]
- I don't understand 'draft minutes', Behnam
- 16:11:58 [Behnam]
- RRSAgent, draft minutes
- 16:11:58 [RRSAgent]
- I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2015/10/20-alreq-minutes.html Behnam
- 16:12:21 [Shervin]
- Action: Mostafa to start the section on Characters and provide some draft for everyone's feedback and contribution.
- 16:13:06 [Shervin]
- Action: Najib to produce some text for the section "Fonts and Typographical Considerations" based on discussions on the mailing list and IRC.
- 16:13:47 [r12a]
- i'm finding some interesting pages that might inspire Najib: http://islamicart.com/main/calligraphy/styles/, http://www.shutterstock.com/blog/2013/07/a-brief-guide-to-arabic-scripts-and-calligraphy/
- 16:14:03 [Najib]
- Thank Richard
- 16:14:15 [Behnam]
- azzeddine, since we don't have you on the phone, is there anything you like to share with us here?
- 16:14:18 [Najib]
- Gonna look at it.
- 16:14:37 [Behnam]
- azzeddine, here's the minutes draft up to now: http://www.w3.org/2015/10/20-alreq-minutes.html
- 16:14:46 [Behnam]
- RRSAgent, draft minutes
- 16:14:46 [RRSAgent]
- I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2015/10/20-alreq-minutes.html Behnam
- 16:15:00 [azzeddine]
- no, i follow you
- 16:15:38 [Shervin]
- agenda?
- 16:15:53 [r12a]
- q+
- 16:16:08 [Shervin]
- Behnam: I can also work with drafting of Characters sections.
- 16:16:15 [Shervin]
- q-
- 16:16:21 [Behnam]
- ack r12a
- 16:16:29 [Najib]
- @ Richard. Links looks inspiring
- 16:16:36 [Shervin]
- Mostafa: Will communicate regarding drafting.
- 16:16:58 [Behnam]
- q+
- 16:17:06 [Shervin]
- r12a: One thing that comes to mind; there was discussions on CSS regarding default styles and fallback styles.
- 16:17:23 [Shervin]
- ... which fonts one expects to see for serif, sans-serif, etc.
- 16:17:35 [Shervin]
- ... These questions might be relevant to Arabic as well./
- 16:17:53 [Behnam]
- ack r12a
- 16:17:56 [Shervin]
- ... Without saying "In CSS you should do this..."
- 16:18:27 [Shervin]
- Behnam: Agrees. Topic of classifying writing styles.
- 16:18:42 [Shervin]
- ... Default writing styles for different languages might be different.
- 16:18:47 [Shervin]
- q+
- 16:18:47 [Behnam]
- ack Behnam
- 16:18:54 [Behnam]
- ack Shervin
- 16:20:25 [Najib]
- q+
- 16:20:39 [mostafa]
- q+
- 16:20:52 [Behnam]
- ack Najib
- 16:21:05 [Shervin]
- Shervin: Not enough study and literature about the topic of mapping the styles to serif, sans-, etc.
- 16:21:41 [Shervin]
- Najib: We can separate the problem of Arabic style in general and Arabic mixed with others.
- 16:21:45 [Behnam]
- q+
- 16:21:54 [Behnam]
- ack mostafa
- 16:21:54 [Shervin]
- ... That's why I'm not mentioning CSS firsthand.\
- 16:22:30 [Shervin]
- Mostafa: Shervin mentioned Naskh as bookish type. There's not much certainty about these.
- 16:23:03 [Shervin]
- ... As we don't want to come across as a style guide. We don't have to make statement that there's not enough info.
- 16:23:04 [Shervin]
- q+
- 16:23:32 [Shervin]
- r12a: We can describe general tendency as background information.
- 16:23:35 [Shervin]
- q-
- 16:23:54 [Shervin]
- Mostafa: The amount of content that we go into details not clear to us just yet.
- 16:24:46 [Shervin]
- Behnam: Agrees. There is the lack of enough study on these topics. If we look deeper we might be able to do something that benefits from the existing studies...
- 16:25:32 [Shervin]
- ... For the case of CSS (serif, sans-, monospace), because they were there in the beginning of desktop pub
- 16:26:07 [Shervin]
- ... The reason for having these classes was different use-cases in the western world.
- 16:26:16 [Shervin]
- ... They had connotations in design.
- 16:26:24 [Shervin]
- q+
- 16:26:43 [Shervin]
- ... That's why something like computer source code is present in monospace.
- 16:27:03 [Shervin]
- ... The root cause of having these definition is the use cases.
- 16:27:35 [Shervin]
- ... For Arabic we have Nastaliq for fancy documents (like a graduation certificate)
- 16:27:42 [azzeddine]
- I can't give any opinion Now about these topics. However, when we propose a text, I'll study it with a confirmed arabic calligraph
- 16:27:50 [Shervin]
- ... Handwriting style used for some friendly note
- 16:28:06 [Shervin]
- ... These use cases are not documented.
- 16:28:19 [Behnam]
- ack Behnam
- 16:28:22 [Shervin]
- ... I don't see a big problem in documenting on what we know and agree on.
- 16:30:36 [mostafa]
- +1
- 16:31:00 [Behnam]
- Shervin: I see your point, but I think there's not enough consensus about the style usage
- 16:31:11 [Behnam]
- ... specially when it gets to different languages/regions
- 16:31:44 [Behnam]
- ... we can show people some usages of styles
- 16:32:09 [Behnam]
- ... but we cannot recommend any style explicitly
- 16:32:21 [Behnam]
- ... because, for example, a handwriting font may not look good enough
- 16:32:23 [Behnam]
- +1
- 16:32:27 [Behnam]
- ack Shervin
- 16:33:47 [Shervin]
- Behnam: We can agree on what's formal or official.
- 16:34:08 [Shervin]
- I am disconnected from the call.
- 16:35:22 [Behnam]
- Shervin, we're waiting for you on the call
- 16:35:34 [Shervin]
- Just a second.
- 16:36:03 [r12a]
- rrsagent, draft minutes
- 16:36:03 [RRSAgent]
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- 16:36:37 [Najib]
- q+ on AOB
- 16:36:59 [Shervin]
- Behnam: We can agree with a good probability that an official certificate would be in Nastaliq or a variation.
- 16:37:02 [Shervin]
- q+
- 16:37:22 [Shervin]
- Behnam: It's a thin line between recommending and this is the common practice.
- 16:37:42 [Shervin]
- Behnam: It's a slightly different case from Latin script when it comes to use-cases.
- 16:37:55 [Shervin]
- Behnam: The practices are different between languages.
- 16:38:14 [Shervin]
- Behnam: We can agree that we want to document the styles.
- 16:38:35 [Shervin]
- ... After that the use-cases can be talked about based on region and language.
- 16:38:43 [Shervin]
- ... We can find resources regarding that.
- 16:38:45 [Behnam]
- q?
- 16:38:58 [Behnam]
- ack Najib
- 16:38:58 [Zakim]
- Najib, you wanted to comment on AOB
- 16:39:27 [Behnam]
- ack Shervin
- 16:41:01 [r12a]
- we can say "Nastaliq tends to be used for ..."
- 16:41:13 [Shervin]
- Najib: Question on Unicode conference remote participation?
- 16:41:39 [Shervin]
- Behnam: I guess not. If people are interested in some talks, then we can setup some video conferencing.
- 16:42:22 [Shervin]
- Behnam: We can set up a video conf for the lightening talk.
- 16:42:27 [Behnam]
- https://github.com/w3c/alreq
- 16:42:43 [r12a]
- ACTION: Richard to ensure that people are notified about github issues
- 16:42:46 [Shervin]
- Najib: Question about getting notification when someone files a Github issue.
- 16:42:57 [Shervin]
- Behnam: You need to watch the repository.
- 16:43:36 [Shervin]
- Behnam: Any other topics before we close the call?
- 16:45:53 [Najib]
- Najib has left #alreq
- 16:45:54 [Behnam]
- Thanks everyone!
- 16:46:06 [mostafa]
- Thank you.
- 16:46:08 [mostafa]
- Bye.
- 16:46:13 [Behnam]
- RRSAgent, draft minutes
- 16:46:13 [RRSAgent]
- I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2015/10/20-alreq-minutes.html Behnam