The goal of the workshop is to define the path that leads to support for all the world's languages on the World-Wide Web. This implies changes to HTML, HTTP, and probably many other things as well, such as style sheets, URL's and forms. Therefore, it also raises questions of deployment: what are the issues that keep internationalization from being used, what are the facilitators? The workshop should result in a recommendation to the World-Wide Web Consortium.
Chairman:
Steven Pemberton
Steven.Pemberton@cwi.nl
http://www.cwi.nl/htbin/cwi.py?lastname=pemberton
CWI
We invite browser and server developers, content providers (such as publishers), and other people to participate.
The workshop will, hopefully, lead to a set of recommendations that can guide Web development for some time to come, both as regards technical development as well as deployment issues. Based on the outcome of the workshop, the W3C will define its i18n activities.
Issues that might be discussed include:
Participants are expected to submit a `position paper'. A position paper is a text that explains what your interest in the workshop is. It can be a previously written paper, an argument for a particular solution to an i18n problem, a description of the work you do, etc. It can be anywhere from one page to as many as you need. It should also help other participants to prepare themselves. Include as many hyperlinks as you want, including those to your home page.
The papers will be put on-line. They will also be handed out to participants at the workshop itself. Current goal is to have around 20 participants (and as many position papers). The workshop's organizing committee is responsable for selecting the participants and may refuse or invite people.
bert@w3.org, Bert Bos, Workshop Organizer