This may start to address it : http://www.w3.org/TR/ltli/
---- Steven Livingstone http://stevenR2.com ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Ryan King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Microformats Discuss <microformats-discuss@microformats.org> Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 11:24:08 -0700 >On May 1, 2006, at 1:33 AM, Joe Andrieu wrote: >> The current microformat model is certainly better than POX, but I >> think it >> still leaves something to be desired. > >Certainly. Its not perfect, but it works. > >> This approach still requires that >> everyone uses the Microformats Approved(r) Anglo-biased namespace, >> even if >> they get to add their own term to the class. > >Worse, you have t use the English-based HTML, the English-based CSS, >the English-based HTTP and so on. > >Internationalization in protocols and formats is a big problem. Much >bigger than microformats. Maybe we'll be able to advance things in >microformats, even if only a little. > >I'm curious has anyone here had experience with Internationalizing a >data format or communication protocol? > >> To the extent we can enable other peoples and languages to "own" >> Microformats and participate as first class citizens, I suggest it >> would be >> a Good Thing(tm). > >I agree. Anything to increase neutrality and accessibility is a Good >Thing. > >> Couldn't we allow a mapping of any microformat into any >> language? This seems to be a simple solution for both humans and >> computers. > >You know, I don't think its really that simple. > >-ryan_______________________________________________ >microformats-discuss mailing list >microformats-discuss@microformats.org >http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss > _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
