The Web Standards Project » Internationalization http://www.webstandards.org Working together for standards Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:30:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 WaSP International Liaison Group http://www.webstandards.org/2006/04/18/wasp-international-liaison-group/ http://www.webstandards.org/2006/04/18/wasp-international-liaison-group/#comments Tue, 18 Apr 2006 19:18:12 +0000 mollyeh http://www.webstandards.org/2006/04/18/wasp-international-liaison-group/ The Web Standards Project is formally putting together an International Liaison Group (ILG). This group will consist of individuals who live in and represent as many countries as possible to:

  • Discuss with and inform the public about Web standards and accessibility issues as they relate to the practices and laws within your country and/or region
  • Publish multilingual educational information
  • Provide resources about Web standards through such outreach as blogs, books, articles, presentations, code, design, vision and leadership
  • Internationalize relevant documents and resources for the public use
  • Encourage and invigorate international discussion about the Web
  • Study how the Web is and will be used in a global context

We currently have or are formalizing representation from Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and United States. If you are interested in volunteering, enjoy a challenge, have the time and the drive to be involved, please drop a note in comments.

Update: The ILG activity has gotten underway. Please contact ILG co-leaders directly if you would like to contribute.

]]> http://www.webstandards.org/2006/04/18/wasp-international-liaison-group/feed/ 64 Best Practices for Declaring Languages in HTML and XHTML http://www.webstandards.org/2005/09/04/best-practices-for-declaring-languages-in-html-and-xhtml/ http://www.webstandards.org/2005/09/04/best-practices-for-declaring-languages-in-html-and-xhtml/#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2005 17:39:05 +0000 mollyeh http://www.kimberlyblessing.com/wasp/internationalization/2005/09/best-practices-for-declaring-languages-in-html-and-xhtml/ There’s a lot of misinformation about how, when and where to declare a language – or multiple languages – within HTML and XHTML documents. Fortunately, the GEO group at the W3C provides us with details as to how to do this. Here are some guidelines to help:

  • Always declare the default text processing language of the page, using the html tag, unless there are more than one primary languages.
  • Use the lang and/or xml:lang attributes around text to indicate any changes in language.
  • Do not use Content-Language to declare the default text processing language, and do not use language attributes to declare the primary language metadata.
  • Do not declare the language of a document in the body tag.
  • For HTML use the lang attribute only, for XHTML 1.0 served as text/html use the lang and xml:lang attributes, and for XHTML served as XML use the xml:lang attribute only.
  • If the text in attribute values and element content is in different languages, consider using a russian doll approach.
  • For documents with multiple primary languages, decide whether you want to declare a single text processing language in the html tag, or leave it undefined.

This BUZZ entry is also available in German.

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