Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) Version 1.0 Disposition of Comments

This is the Disposition of Comments for the 8 May 2006 Last Call of Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) Version 1.0. This document lists the comments recieved on the Last Call specification and the extent to which we believe they have been addressed.

Last update: 2006-10-20

1. Overview of Comments

Total number of comments: 66

1.1 Reaction of the Working Group and (dis)satisfaction of the Reviewer

-	Reviewer satisfied	Reviewer not satisfied	No reply from reviewer
WG accepted comment	59	0	0
WG rejects comment	6	0	1

1.2 List of Comments per Category

The reviewer is not satisfied with the response of the Working Group.

Total number: 0.
The reviewer is satisfied with the response of the Working Group.

Total number: 65 (98.48%).

3126 3290 3292 3293 3317 3318 3320 3321 3323 3330 3331 3360 3361 3456 3457 3458 3459 3460 3461 3462 3463 3464 3465 3466 3467 3468 3469 3473 3479 3480 3481 3482 3487 3488 3489 3490 3491 3492 3493 3494 3495 3496 3497 3498 3499 3500 3501 3502 3503 3504 3505 3506 3507 3508 3509 3510 3511 3512 3513 3514 3515 3516 3612 3640 3803
The Working Group declined to implement the change which the reviewer requested.

Total number: 7 (10.61%).

3126 3292 3317 3319 3320 3360 3361
The reviewer did not respond to the decision of the Working Group.

Total number: 1 (1.52%).

3319
The Working Group has accepted the proposal of the reviewer.

Total number: 59 (89.39%).

3290 3293 3318 3321 3323 3330 3331 3456 3457 3458 3459 3460 3461 3462 3463 3464 3465 3466 3467 3468 3469 3473 3479 3480 3481 3482 3487 3488 3489 3490 3491 3492 3493 3494 3495 3496 3497 3498 3499 3500 3501 3502 3503 3504 3505 3506 3507 3508 3509 3510 3511 3512 3513 3514 3515 3516 3612 3640 3803

1.3 Non-editorial Changes in the Draft

To implement the comment, the Working Group made a non-editorial change to the specification. Nevertheless, the Working Group believes that the change does not invalidate previous reviews of the draft or implementation experiences, since no new concept was introduced, and no existing concept was modified.

Total number: 7 (10.61%).

3459 3464 3466 3467 3612 3640 3803

2. Detailed Description of Comments

3126: Attaching information to the object associated to a selected node

First recorded: 2006-04-20

Last modified: 2006-09-27

Summary: The Working Group decided to postpone this issue.

Review Status: Change declined. Reviewer is satisfied.

3290: Introduction too "positive" and not enough informative :)

First recorded: 2006-05-17

Last modified: 2006-09-27

Summary: The Working Group agreed with the proposal and clarified the introduction.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3292: XHTML Module for XHTML 1.1 or XHTML 2.0

First recorded: 2006-05-17

Last modified: 2006-09-27

Summary: The comment does not apply any more since the Working Group handles the topic now in a different document.

Review Status: Change declined. Reviewer is satisfied.

3293: Conformance/Compliance

First recorded: 2006-05-17

Last modified: 2006-09-27

Summary: The Working Group made the correction.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3317: Linking of versions of textual segments via "localization information" data category

First recorded: 2006-06-07

Last modified: 2006-09-27

Summary: The Working Group declined to change the specification. In addition, the name of the data category was changed to "localization note", to clarify its intention. See also issue http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=3460 .

Review Status: Change declined. Reviewer is satisfied.

3318: Clarify "within text" data category

First recorded: 2006-06-07

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 3495.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3319: Namespace binding mechanism

First recorded: 2006-06-07

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided not to change the namespace binding mechanism, because we want ITS global rules to be independent of existing (and possibly changing) namespace declarations.

Review Status: Change declined. No response from reviewer.

3320: Using IDs for nodes instead of / in addition to XPath

First recorded: 2006-06-07

Last modified: 2006-09-27

Summary: The Working Group decided to decline the change.

Review Status: Change declined. Reviewer is satisfied.

3321: Relation of terminology data category to existing standards for terminology

First recorded: 2006-06-07

Last modified: 2006-09-27

Summary: The Working Group agreed to accept the proposal and clarified the relation of the "Terminology" data category to existing standards.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3323: Version of XPath: Write "XPath 1.0 or its successor"

First recorded: 2006-06-08

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group accepts the proposal and changes the reference to "XPath 1.0 or its successor".

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3330: lro and rlo explanation

First recorded: 2006-06-13

Last modified: 2006-10-03

Summary: The Working Group clarified the explanation of the "lro" and "rlo" values.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3331: Please use XHTML Modularization for defining ITS DTD and Schema

First recorded: 2006-06-14

Last modified: 2006-10-13

Summary: The Working Group agreed to use XHTML Modularization to define an ITS DTD and Schemas in a separate document on "Best Practices for XML Internationalization".

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3360: Following the inheritance of the rules can be difficult

First recorded: 2006-06-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided not to modify the rules for inheritance.

Review Status: Change declined. Reviewer is satisfied.

3361: No defined behavior if external rules can't be accessed

First recorded: 2006-06-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided not to define error conditions for non-accessible external rules.

Review Status: Change declined. Reviewer is satisfied.

3456: Attribute used for locInfo

First recorded: 2006-07-14

Last modified: 2006-09-27

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and added an explanation for the attribute used for locInfo (now called "locNote", see comment http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=3460 ).

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3457: RFC 3066bis

First recorded: 2006-07-14

Last modified: 2006-09-27

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to change the reference for language identification.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3458: Default translate value

First recorded: 2006-07-14

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group has accepted the comment and added an explanation of the default values.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3459: Use of elements

First recorded: 2006-07-14

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group has accepted the proposal and clarified the model of the locInfo element (now called "locNote", see comment http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=3460 ) as desired.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied. Non-editorial change.

3460: Loc Info or Loc Note

First recorded: 2006-07-14

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group has accepted the proposal and changed the name of the data category from "localization information" to "localization note", and the element and attribute names respectively.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3461: Role of termInfo

First recorded: 2006-07-14

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group agreed with the proposal and clarified the role of the terminology data category.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3462: Pointing to terms

First recorded: 2006-07-14

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group agreed to accept the proposal and clarified the role of mechanisms for pointing to terms.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3463: termInfoRef should allow for id strings

First recorded: 2006-07-14

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group agreed to accept to proposal and decided to apply the ITS pointing mechanisms also for terminology information, that is, to introduce a termInfoPointer attribute.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3464: Allowing for xpath expressions to point to term definitions

First recorded: 2006-07-14

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and introduced a termInfoPointer attribute. See also the resolution for issue 3463.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied. Non-editorial change.

3465: Default is ltr

First recorded: 2006-07-14

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group accepted the proposal and added an explanation of the default for the directionality data category.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3466: Existing ruby markup

First recorded: 2006-07-14

Last modified: 2006-10-13

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to clarify the relation of the specification to the W3C ruby specification, directionality as defined in CSS 2.1, and the usage of IRIs.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied. Non-editorial change.

3467: rubyText is an attribute

First recorded: 2006-07-14

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to have rubyText as an element.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied. Non-editorial change.

3468: xml:lang missing

First recorded: 2006-07-14

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to clarify that xml:lang is available in the non-normative ITS schemas at the desired elements.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3469: Example 19 xml:lang

First recorded: 2006-07-14

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to clarify the role of xml:lang for the "language information" data category.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3473: Language information data category overview I18NCORE c1

First recorded: 2006-07-17

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to clarify the role of the langRule element.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3479: Example 33

First recorded: 2006-07-18

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to modify example 33.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3480: Use of xml:lang

First recorded: 2006-07-18

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to clarify the role of xml:lang for the "language information" data category.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3481: Translatability

First recorded: 2006-07-18

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to change the name of the data category "translation information" to "Translate".

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3482: Inheritance of translation information

First recorded: 2006-07-18

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to make the role of inheritance of translation information within global rules more explicit.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3487: Invert translate examples

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to modify the examples as desired.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3488: 6.3 ed 1

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to make the wording change as desired.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3489: Mention translation tools

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to mention translation tools in the desired section.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3490: Examples 22 and 23

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to improve the examples.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3491: Explanations for examples

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to add explanations to the examples.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3492: Example 24

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to change the example as desired.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3493: Marks terms and meanings

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to clarify the purpose of the terminology data category.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3494: termInfoRefPointer referant's data

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to clarify the explanation of the termInfoRefPointer attribute.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3495: Hard to know what this is about

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and clarified the description of the "elements within text" data category.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3496: Standardised wording

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to use more standardized wordings for the description of the various data categories.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3497: No implementation section

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to add an implementation section for the "language information" data category.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3498: Repetition

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to drop the sentence as desired.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3499: Is dir mandatory?

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to make explicit that the dir attribute is mandatory at dirRule elements.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3500: Avoid xml:lang='he'

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to change the example as desired.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3501: Some Hebrew quotation

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to change the wording as desired.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3502: Example 30

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to modify the example.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3503: Refer to bidi article

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to add a reference to the article as desired.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3504: Example 31 lacks rp

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to add rp to the example.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3505: Use Japanese in Example 31

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to use Japanese in the example.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3506: Make the application of legacy ruby clearer

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to clarify the application of legacy ruby.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3507: in the case of no selection

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group removed the sentence part which had led to confusion.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3508: Example 32 head

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to fix the example as desired.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3509: Too many places to look

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to create a more consistent description of data categories (see also issue http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=3496 ).

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3510: Spell out the attributes

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to list explicitely the "pointer" attributes as desired.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3511: Example 14 translate

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and changed the example as desired.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3512: Example 14 dir

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to change the example as desired.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3513: ITS markup must be integrated

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group clarified the specification to make the optionality of ITS markup in the targeted XML file(s) explicit.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3514: Attributes missing?

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-10-20

Summary: The Working Group agreed to make the change and to spell out the attributes which can appear locally.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3515: xml:lang = language info, please

First recorded: 2006-07-19

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to clarify the role of xml:lang.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3516: Editorial comments on ITS from i18n core

First recorded: 2006-07-20

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the editorial comments and to implement many of them in the working draft, until the reviewer is satisfied.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied.

3612: Missing term="yes|no" in termRule element

First recorded: 2006-08-21

Last modified: 2006-09-28

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to add the term attribute as desired.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied. Non-editorial change.

3640: Need to handle inheritance for terminology

First recorded: 2006-08-30

Last modified: 2006-10-01

Summary: The Working Group decided to accept the proposal and to add a more explicit description of the inheritance / default / overriding behavior of the data categories.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied. Non-editorial change.

3803: Both selector and the rbPointer attributes are base text in rubyRule

First recorded: 2006-10-05

Last modified: 2006-10-06

Summary: The Working Group agreed that the functionality of the two attributes is identical and decided to remove the rbPointer attribute.

Review Status: Working Group accepted proposal. Reviewer is satisfied. Non-editorial change.

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