This group allows a network of experts to share information about gaps and requirements for support of Japanese on the Web and in eBooks.
A significant problem faced by the Web is that experts don't know how to tell the W3C what problems exist for support of their script or language, and the W3C doesn't know how to contact people who can help when questions arise. This network of experts should help to significantly reduce that problem.
Some experts go a step further, and contribute to a the gap-analysis or requirements document, or to other documents produced by the group.
Topics for discussion are suggested by the gap-analysis document. This work supports the development of the language matrix which indicates hot-spots for language support. The focus is especially on typographic features for which information in English is hard to find, such as justification, letter-spacing, vertical text, text decoration, page layout, emphasis, etc. We want to ensure that we have captured local user needs in CSS, HTML, Timed Text, Web Payments, Web Publishing, and the many other specifications that the W3C produces.
- Japanese Gap Analysis
- Requirements for Japanese Text Layout (Editor's copy)
- Requirements for Japanese Text Layout (WG Note)
- Requirements for Japanese Text Layout (Japanese version)
Please use the GitHub issue list to to report issues for language support, for discussions, and to send feedback about documents.
Rather than just 'Watch' this repository, it is best to subscribe to the public-i18n-cjk mailing list. That list is notified once a day (in digest form) about activity in this repository, but also about any activity for other W3C Working Group issues related to Japanese. (Please use github issues rather than the mailing list to send feedback.) Meeting minutes are also sent to public-i18n-cjk.
You can find a list of open issues, including those from Working Groups, on the Layout Tracker page. (That link applies a japanese filter.)
All contributors must read and agree with CONTRIBUTING.md.
Group members are expert contributors participate actively in producing the work of the group, contributing text and advice to create the outputs, and participating in any meetings. For more information about becoming a group member contact Richard Ishida or 木田泰夫 (Yasuo Kida). We welcome participation requests.
Members of this group may communicate in Japanese, however any substantive discussions should be summarised in English at some point, so that non-Japanese speakers can follow the rationale and contribute comments.
- Issue tracker
- Github issues
- Charter
- Action tracker (tbd)
- Practical tips for task forces
- Meeting info (tbd)
- Mail archive
- Contacts: Richard Ishida
The following information describes work going on at the W3C to support languages on the Web.
- Language support heatmap
- Analysing support for text layout on the Web
- Overview of language enablement work in progress
- Setting up a Gap Analysis Project
- Internationalization Sponsorship Program
If you end up creating a document, you should be familiar with and use the following:
- Github guidelines for working with i18n documents
- Editorial guidelines for working with i18n documents
The following templates are available: