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<Behnam> https://www.w3.org/International/groups/arabic-layout/track/actions/open?sort=owner
Behnam: Opening the meeting. Status of action items.
Shervin: for ACTION-46, ETA is next week
Behnam: for ACTION-42, I checked the Github guide. Didn't see anything missing. Had a pull request. We can close this aciton.
<Behnam> close action-42
<trackbot> Closed action-42.
<Behnam> ACTION-45: Write a paragraph to reference to the arabic script chapter of the unicode standard
<trackbot> Notes added to ACTION-45 Write a paragraph to reference to the arabic script chapter of the unicode standard.
Behnam: For ACTION-45, htmltidy was used.
<Behnam> https://github.com/w3c/alreq/pull/30
<Behnam> close action-45
<trackbot> Closed action-45.
Behnam: there are two short paragraphs. Task can be closed. Please provide comments and feedback.
Bahnam: ACTION-23 is still in the works.
Mostafa: Working on ACTION-36. Changing the code for this.
Mostafa: some characters are
mis-categorized.
... Persian Gaf is categorized as Arabic.
Shervin: This is because of the structure of auxiliary chars in CLDR.
<mostafa> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uPrxdtedlodiabT4SjptfVqumeHJCe8Pkl8eWXFiFJc/edit
<najib> Gaf is a spoken Arabic letter but not a writing letter in general.
Mostafa: We need to see how can we drop the aux chars for tables.
Richard: Suggesting that the aux chars can have a bullet point that they are aux. No need for extra column.
Shervin: ... Presentation has to be decided so we can keep them in the charts.
Mostafa: We can try and see how would it work.
Najib: Should we add a column to distinguish the letters written in Persian and Arabic.
Behnam: Unicode is encoding many
characters under "ARABIC LETTER".
... We need to document which are being used.
... By Unicode categorization, all are Arabic letters.
Najib: Line 56, 51, or others.
Should we keep the letters as they are?
... Discussion was to add a new column.
Behnam: Mostafa, any comments?
Mostafa: Aux chars are defined by CLDR. If there are other special chars, we can discuss.
+1
Najib: I'm okay with that.
<Behnam> ScribeNick: Behnam
<Shervin> Mostafa: If there is any chars which we need to say more about them, we can mark and talk about them.
<Shervin> Najib: Normal letters and others columns 49 and above.
<Shervin> Mostafa: I'm working on producing new tables. I will have something to show and get feedback.
<Shervin> Najib: Let's wait and see the results.
<Shervin> Shervin: We're gonna see the presentation of aux and main.
<Shervin> Behnam: We don't get into linguistic. Typography focus.
<Shervin> ... If the letter is used and needs to be supported, should be added.
<Shervin> +1
<Shervin> Behnam: Closing the action? Keep it open?
<mostafa> https://github.com/w3c/alreq/issues/31
<Shervin> Mostafa: It's ongoing. There would be Github issues for discussions.
<Shervin> Mostafa: ACTION-41, was finished last week. Kept open for feedback.
<mostafa> https://docs.google.com/document/d/177yHWJ9WZLDyekFioxFPOrmycN-76ueXnQ2jrucxh3w/edit?usp=drive_web
<Shervin> Behnam: I haven't looked at it yet.
<mostafa> https://github.com/w3c/alreq/issues/28
+1
<r12a> https://www.w3.org/International/articles/inline-bidi-markup/uba-basics
<Shervin> Shervin: A summary of what's happening in UAX-9 might be good.
<Shervin> Mostafa: A good idea. Can take a look at it.
<Shervin> Najib: Richard has good documents on this topic.
<Shervin> Behnam: I think Richard shared the link to that doc.
present?
<Shervin> Richard: Hard to summarize UAX9 easily, but we can summarize briefly and point at the article above.
<Shervin> ... For people who are not experts per se.
<Shervin> ... Generally, a brief summary and pointing to this document can be helpful.
present?
<Shervin> Najib: Richard's document doesn't talk about the layout of the page. Different parts in rtl presentation.
<Shervin> ... columns, etc.
<Shervin> ... We should have that covered.
<Shervin> Shervin: Re: Layout. Not the topic of UAX9/UBA. Layout would be covered some other place.
<mostafa> +1
<Shervin> Richard: Agreeing.
<Shervin> Najib: Agreeing.
<Shervin> Mostafa: I will work on the section to expand.
<Shervin> Richard: ACTION-4 is ongoing.
<Shervin> Najib: ACTION-7, finally finished the pull request and waiting for feedback.
<Shervin> ... on Github.
<r12a> https://github.com/w3c/alreq/pulls
<Shervin> Richard: Don't see the PR.
<Shervin> Richard: Followed the document.
<Shervin> Behnam: Najib has a commit on his branch but no PR.
https://github.com/ntounsi/alreq/commit/8faeabf7ad3c323b2b058c689e08aa0ef166ae56
<Shervin> Behnam: Submitted a PR to your own repo and not our main repo.
<Shervin> ... Can help you with that.
<Shervin> +1
<Shervin> Behnam: After the meeting we can walk through the PR to main repo.
<Shervin> Richard: If you spot anything which is wrong with the doc, please do let me know.
<Shervin> Behnam: These were all the actions that we had.
HTML Tidy: http://www.html-tidy.org/
Command used to normalize HTML code, specially indents and line-breaks:
<Shervin> Behnam: Sharing htmltidy code...
$ tidy -q -i -m -w 100 --tidy-mark false index.html
<Shervin> Behnam: This is the command used to format the file.
<Shervin> Behnam: The latest version supports HTML5 and doesn't throw warnings.
<Shervin> Behnam: We can keep tidying regularly if it's not possible for everyone to do that by themselves.
<Shervin> Richard: If tidying changes things a lot, we should keep them separate from other editorial/content changes.
<Shervin> ... easier to spot the diffs.
https://github.com/w3c/alreq/issues
<Shervin> Behnam: Picking up Github issues...
<Shervin> ... wanted to look at everything labeled "Drafting".
<Shervin> https://github.com/w3c/alreq/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Adrafting
<Shervin> Behnam: Issue 29 is filed to address some of the questions about lists.
<mostafa> https://github.com/w3c/alreq/issues?utf8=✓&q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Adrafting+-label%3Afuture
<mostafa> Sorry for the link. My mistake.
<Shervin> Behnam: PR number 30. Talking about presentation forms.
http://www.w3c.org.ma/Tests/joiningColoredLetters.html
<Shervin> ... this topic came up multiple times on W3C mailing list; there hasn't be any resolution on how to do that.
<Shervin> Najib: Wanted to have a discussion about this topic.
<Shervin> ... Would like to have opinion on this issue.
<Shervin> Behnam: The test page is good.
<r12a> http://www.w3c.org.ma/Tests/joiningColoredLetters.html
<Shervin> Richard: Looking at the test page...
<Shervin> ... It describe the situation when one wants to use precomposed chars.
<Shervin> ... although it doesn't work in FF, FF needs to be fixed.
<Shervin> ... Shouldn't change the data.
<Shervin> Behnam: A little more complicated than that.
<Shervin> ... FF looks like it's working. Chrome is broken.
<najib> I prefer firefox
<Shervin> ... Most implementation break Arabic joining around these cases.
<Shervin> Richard: We should step back and ask what do we think should happen.
<Shervin> ... in the doc, we should talk about what we expect to happen.
<Shervin> ... in the document, there is no need to get into the details.
<Shervin> ... The key thing is to say how should this work rather than how does it work.
<Shervin> Behanm: Correct. Issue 4 is filed to cover this.
<Shervin> ... We don't need to use presentation forms for these.
<Shervin> ... Special needs can be ZWJed.
<Shervin> ... either case we are polluting the data. Causing issues with search.
<Shervin> Najib: The same discussion happened in i18n WG.
<Shervin> ... Software rarely support joining, the only way around it is using pres forms.
<Shervin> ... No other solution with that software.
<Shervin> Behnam: That can be a case.
<mostafa> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/137j59fPt1nkl0h6O72SR50SX3MHk0lWzmqcEaAmo1zM/edit#gid=0
+1
<mostafa> +1
<Shervin> Shervin: We need to focus how the script works and the software should follow. Not the other way around.
<Shervin> Najib: No particular opinion on this. A point of discussion only.
<najib> Ok
<Shervin> Behanm: Issue 4 and 30 are related.
<Shervin> ... We have covered all the GH issues.
<Shervin> Waseem: Interested to have some contribution to section regarding numerals. Shall I draft something and share with Khaled? Or share it with the group?
<Shervin> Behnam: Will contact Khaled regarding this.
<Shervin> Richard: Everyone can contribute.
https://www.w3.org/International/groups/arabic-layout/track/actions/37
<Shervin> "Brief description of different sets of numerals and their usage for Arabic and Persian languages."
<scribe> ACTION: Waseem to draft a section on numerals for Arabic Script Overview [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2016/01/26-alreq-minutes.html#action01]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-47 - Draft a section on numerals for arabic script overview [on Waseem Daoud - due 2016-02-02].
<najib> Arabic transliteration is on going
<Shervin> Shervin: We don't have any transliteration for Persian? Shall we not that column? ICU transliteration?
<Shervin> Behnam: Prefer not to do automatic.
<Shervin> ... Get higher quality translitation.
<najib> :-) good tool
http://r12a.github.io/pickers/arabic/
<najib> http://r12a.github.io/pickers/arabic/index.html
<Shervin> Richard: Using Arabic picker tool, Najib generates the draft transliteration.
<Shervin> ... A picker tool can be provided for Persian as well.
<Shervin> Richard: It's mostly manual.
<Shervin> Behnam: One column with diacritics which can be used to generate the transliteration.
<Shervin> Behnam: Is the code available?
<Shervin> Richard: JS file.
<Shervin> Shervin: We can do the scripting, but the diacritics should be put in there.
<Shervin> Richard: Every entry we put in the glossary, we can have it with diacritics.
<Shervin> ... Not displaying that ones with diacritics.
<Shervin> Behnam: Going to get an action item to get the Persian picker to work.
<Shervin> ... we need to pick one standard and then work on the picker.
<Shervin> Richard: It sounds good.
http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_fa.htm
<Shervin> Shervin: Actually like Richard's proposition. The problem is that we don't have the diacritics for existing Persian.
http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_fa.pdf
<Shervin> ... LOC schema is odd and old for Persian. Prefer UN schema.
<Shervin> Richard: Picker is not using ICU format for transforms. It's a regular expression based implemenation.
<Shervin> Behnam: UN schema looks better and closer to what people use.
<Shervin> Richard: Will take a look at the UNGEN schema.
<Shervin> Behnam: We can keep the original with diacritics.
<scribe> ACTION: Behnam to work with Richard on the Persian transliteration column in glossary [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2016/01/26-alreq-minutes.html#action02]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-48 - Work with richard on the persian transliteration column in glossary [on Behnam Esfahbod - due 2016-02-02].
<Shervin> Mostafa: If we find a book like a dictionary and script to get diacritics out.
<mostafa> http://www.vajehyab.com/dehkhoda/کتاب
<Shervin> Shervin: Too much of a specific set of glossary terms.
<Shervin> ... the existing sources might not have any information.
<Shervin> Behnam: Will work on this and inform the rest.
<Shervin> Behnam: Closing the meeting.