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Programmatically determine the language of text #1882

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xfq opened this issue Jul 15, 2024 · 4 comments
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Programmatically determine the language of text #1882

xfq opened this issue Jul 15, 2024 · 4 comments
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close? The related issue was closed by the Group but open here needs-resolution i18n expects this item to be resolved to their satisfaction. needs-review Needs attention but not urgent s:wcag2ict https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag2ict-22/ t:lang_strings 2.4 Identifying the language of strings wg:ag https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/ag

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xfq commented Jul 15, 2024 •
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This is a tracker issue. Only discuss things here if they are i18n group internal meta-discussions about the issue. Contribute to the actual discussion at the following link:

§ w3c/wcag2ict#463
@xfq xfq added pending Issue not yet sent to WG, or raised by tracker tool & needing labels. t:lang_strings 2.4 Identifying the language of strings s:wcag2ict https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag2ict-22/ labels Jul 15, 2024
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I'm not sure I agree with the assertion as a whole! One can try to determine the language programmatically. Such a prediction will often enough be wrong.

@plehegar plehegar added the wg:ag https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/ag label Jul 15, 2024
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xfq commented Jul 16, 2024

I think "programmatically determined" means attributes like lang and xml:lang here, see:

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@xfq: are you going to file this? https://www.w3.org/2024/07/18-i18n-minutes.html#t05

@xfq xfq changed the title Programmatically determine language of proper names and technical terms Programmatically determine the language of text Aug 2, 2024
@xfq xfq added needs-resolution i18n expects this item to be resolved to their satisfaction. and removed pending Issue not yet sent to WG, or raised by tracker tool & needing labels. labels Aug 2, 2024
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xfq commented Aug 2, 2024

I just filed the issue.

@w3cbot w3cbot added the close? The related issue was closed by the Group but open here label Sep 10, 2024
@aphillips aphillips added the needs-review Needs attention but not urgent label Sep 19, 2024
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