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Use this page to track certain projects that we are actively working on.

Note that this page doesn't reflect review work, tracking of email lists, and other adhoc discussions and advice, in a wide range of topic areas, that take up much of the working group's time.

For review of specs, see the Review RADAR.


REVIEWS, DISCUSSION, ADVICE

Review Radar

See the review radar page

Other topics arise from emails or other communications on an adhoc basis.


DEVELOPER GUIDELINES

Best Practices for Specification Authors

WG Contact: Richard

Document location:

Actions:

  • develop best practices for specification authors

Character Model for the World-Wide Web: String Matching and Searching

WG Contact: Addison

Document location:

Actions:

  • update to reflect wider string matching issues
  • remove early normalization as a one-size-fits-all solution

Note: This document is the current primary development focus of the WG.

Encoding spec

WG Contact: Addison, Richard

Document location:

Actions:

  • 2015-09-24: (just prior to our telecon) Addison, Richard sync with Anne about testing status
  • 2015-09-23: begin preparation of updated CR document
  • create tests, and help Anne manage feedback during CR period
  • transition from CR around mid-2015transition from CR to be planned based on spec maturity
  • ACTION-407: addison: work with richard to invite test contributions
  • 2015-04-15: Need to plan document update to incorporate changes
  • 2015-05-21: WG adopted the 2014 Process, which will apply to the next revision of this document

Locales and Locale-affected Formats

WG Contact: Addison, Richard

Document Location:

Actions:

  • review pros and cons of adapting date, number, etc formats to the

language of the content in HTML

  • develop a working paper to express our findings (Richard, Addison)
  • find a final solution for the LTLI document

Unicode in XML (formerly UTR#20)

WG Contact: Martin Dürst

Document Location:

Actions:

  • WG: review document for necessary changes and add to issues in github
  • ACTION-505: add text disclaimer and update the document status, given Unicode's withdrawal of the document


I18N Metadata in Data Structures and JSON

WG Contact: Addison

Document Location: ContentMetadataJavaScriptDiscussion

Actions:

  • develop requirements and best practices
  • develop guidelines

Time Zones article

WG Contact: Addison

Document location:

Actions:

  • create an article about it
  • track proposal


Q+A on Floating Times

WG Contact: Addison

Document Location:

Actions:

  • finalize article for WG review
  • distribute for wide review
  • publish


Other

Actions:

REQUIREMENTS

Arabic Layout Requirements

WG Contact: Shervin, Behnam, Richard

Document location:

Lists:

Chinese Layout Requirements

WG Contact: Xiaoqian, Bobby, Ethan, Richard

Actions:

  • support chinese contributors to produce FPWD of SC and TC requirements
  • produce Chinese Layout Task Force charter encompassing work with in-China groups on development of Mongolian, Tibetan and Uighur layout requirements
  • produce initial drafts of Mongolian, Tibetan and Uighur requirements

Ethiopic Layout Requirements

WG Contact: Daniel Yacob, Richard

Document location:

Indic Layout Requirements

WG Contact: Richard

Document location:

Actions:

  • continue to collaborate on additional WDs, and help manage feedback
  • consider means of accommodating additional language contributions
  • (wish) expand coverage of languages beyond Hindi
  • (wish) produce second document documenting gaps in current technology offerings

Korean Layout Requirements

WG Contact: Richard

Document location:

Actions:

  • help contributors to implement changes driven by feedback on FPWD
  • produce a second WD with changes
  • agree on action plan for further work

Latin Layout Requirements

WG Contact: (all)

Actions:

  • monitor and contribute to developments in the Digital Pubs IG wrt Latin layout requirements

Custom Counter Styles

see below

GAP ANALYSIS & BRIDGING

Ruby

WG Contact: Richard

Actions:

  • support implementation of html/css ruby model, where possible
  • provide tests
  • document how to use ruby in HTML and CSS as functionality becomes available
  • support bopomofo implementation


  • 2015-05-27: RI: made updates to test results reflecting FF38 implementation!

Bidi

WG Contact: Richard

Actions:

  • produce final version of Bidi in HTML & CSS doc
  • publish as Note
  • support and test implementation of isolation in browsers, including implementation of RLI etc.

Vertical Text

WG Contact: Richard

https://w3c.github.io/i18n-drafts/articles/vertical-text.en

TESTING

general test development

WG Contact: Richard, Leandro

Link:

Actions:

  • produce tests for i18n features of browsers, especially for upcoming CSS features, and produce summaries of the results on latest UA versions
  • collaborate on development of CSS Writing Modes tests
  • Encoding tests? See #Encoding+spec

Encoding tests

see above

CSS tests

Actions:

  • develop tests for Writing Modes, Text, Inline Layout, Ruby, etc
  • run tests and develop notes on current implementation status


MULTILINGUALWEB

WG Contact: Felix

EDUCATION & OUTREACH

Custom Counter Styles

WG Contact: Richard, Leandro

Document location:

Actions:

  • keep the document up to date with any changes to the CSS Counter Styles spec
  • add new counter styles as they appear
  • move to Note when the CSS spec moves to Rec

general article and tutorial development

WG Contact: Richard

Actions:

  • Richard working through articles, upgrading to latest non-php template and identifying needed updates
  • parking lot/incubator

Out for wide review:

  • none

In internal review:

  • none

In development:

TRACK INDUSTRY

IDN/IRI/URI and EAI

WG Contact: Dennis

Document locations:

Actions:

  • track developments in this area
  • revamp the article on IDN & IRI
  • consider ways to contribute to raising awareness
  • review the URL spec



BACK BURNER

I18N Checker

WG Contact: Richard

Actions:

  • localise
  • add more tests
  • add language detection component

JavaScript

ES-402 development is here: http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=globalization:specification_drafts

The above specification is for the Intl extension of JavaScript/ECMAScript.