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This work feeds into the <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/typography/gap-analysis/language-matrix.html">language matrix</a> which provides a heat-map for language issues on the Web.</p> <h3 id="key-links">Key links</h3> <p><a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip">GitHub repo</a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/issues">Discussion threads</a> • <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/iip/charter/">Charter</a></p> <hr /> <h2 id="help-wanted">Help wanted!</h2> <p><strong>We’re looking for information about these writing systems. Follow the links for specific questions.</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Al%3Abn+label%3Aquestion">Bengali</a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Al%3Ahi+label%3Aquestion">Hindi</a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Al%3Agu+label%3Aquestion">Gujarati</a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Al%3Apa-guru+label%3Aquestion">Punjabi</a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Al%3Ata+label%3Aquestion">Tamil</a></strong></p> <hr /> <h3 id="lreq-docs">LReq docs</h3> <ul> <li><strong>Bengali Layout Requirements</strong> • <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/ilreq/bengali/"><em>Editor’s draft</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/commits/gh-pages/bengali/index.html"><em>Latest commits</em></a></li> <li><strong>Devanagari Layout Requirements</strong> • <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/ilreq/devanagari/"><em>Editor’s draft</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/commits/gh-pages/devanagari/index.html"><em>Latest commits</em></a></li> <li><strong>Gujarati Layout Requirements</strong> • <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/gujr-lreq">DNOTE</a> • <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/ilreq/gujr/"><em>Editor’s draft</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/commits/gh-pages/gujr/"><em>Latest commits</em></a></li> <li><strong>Gurmukhi Layout Requirements</strong> • <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/guru-lreq">DNOTE</a> • <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/ilreq/gurmukhi/"><em>Editor’s draft</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/commits/gh-pages/gurmukhi/index.html"><em>Latest commits</em></a></li> <li><strong>Tamil Layout Requirements</strong> • <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/ilreq-taml">DNOTE</a> • <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/ilreq/tamil/"><em>Editor’s draft</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/commits/gh-pages/tamil/index.html"><em>Latest commits</em></a></li> </ul> <h3 id="gap-docs">Gap docs</h3> <ul> <li><strong>Bengali Gap Analysis</strong> • <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/beng-gap">DNOTE</a> • <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/ilreq/gap-analysis/beng-gap"><em>Editor’s draft</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/commits/gh-pages/gap-analysis/beng-gap.html"><em>Latest commits</em></a></li> <li><strong>Devanagari Gap Analysis</strong> • <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/deva-gap">DNOTE</a> • <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/ilreq/gap-analysis/deva-gap"><em>Editor’s draft</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/commits/gh-pages/gap-analysis/deva-gap.html"><em>Latest commits</em></a></li> <li><strong>Gujarati Gap Analysis</strong> • <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/gujr-gap">DNOTE</a> • <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/ilreq/gap-analysis/gujr-gap"><em>Editor’s draft</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/commits/gh-pages/gap-analysis/gujr-gap.html"><em>Latest commits</em></a></li> <li><strong>Gurmukhi Gap Analysis</strong> • <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/guru-gap">DNOTE</a> • <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/ilreq/gap-analysis/guru-gap"><em>Editor’s draft</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/commits/gh-pages/gap-analysis/guru-gap.html"><em>Latest commits</em></a></li> <li><strong>Tamil Gap Analysis</strong> • <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/taml-gap">DNOTE</a> • <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/ilreq/gap-analysis/taml-gap"><em>Editor’s draft</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/commits/gh-pages/gap-analysis/taml-gap.html"><em>Latest commits</em></a></li> </ul> <h3 id="discussions">Discussions</h3> <ul> <li><strong>Bengali</strong> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Al%3Abn+label%3Aquestion"><em>Questions</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/labels/doc%3Abeng"><em>Gap reports</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3Al%3Abn+-label%3Aquestion"><em>Other</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/i18n-activity/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3Ailreq+label%3Aspec-type-issue"><em>Spec issues</em></a></li> <li><strong>Hindi</strong> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Al%3Ahi+label%3Aquestion"><em>Questions</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/labels/doc%3Adeva"><em>Gap reports</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3Al%3Ahi+-label%3Aquestion"><em>Other</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/i18n-activity/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3Ailreq+label%3Aspec-type-issue"><em>Spec issues</em></a></li> <li><strong>Gujarati</strong> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Al%3Agu+label%3Aquestion"><em>Questions</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/labels/doc%3Agujr"><em>Gap reports</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3Al%3Agu+-label%3Aquestion"><em>Other</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/i18n-activity/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3Ailreq+label%3Aspec-type-issue"><em>Spec issues</em></a></li> <li><strong>Punjabi</strong> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Al%3Apa-guru+label%3Aquestion"><em>Questions</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/labels/doc%3Aguru"><em>Gap reports</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3Al%3Apa-guru+-label%3Aquestion"><em>Other</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/i18n-activity/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3Ailreq+label%3Aspec-type-issue"><em>Spec issues</em></a></li> <li><strong>Tamil</strong> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Al%3Ata+label%3Aquestion"><em>Questions</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/labels/doc%3Ataml"><em>Gap reports</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3Al%3Ata+-label%3Aquestion"><em>Other</em></a> • <a href="https://github.com/w3c/i18n-activity/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3Ailreq+label%3Aspec-type-issue"><em>Spec issues</em></a></li> </ul> <h3 id="related-documents">Related documents</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/ilreq/">Indic Layout Requirements</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/predefined-counter-styles/">Ready-made Counter Styles</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="feedback">Feedback</h3> <p>Please use the <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/issues">GitHub issue list</a> to report issues for language support, for discussions, and to send feedback about documents. (Learn <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/i18n-activity/guidelines/issues.html">how GitHub issues work</a>.)</p> <p>Note that the public-i18n-indic mailing list is used to send notification digests & meeting minutes. It is <strong>not</strong> for technical discussion.</p> <h3 id="participate">Participate</h3> <p>You can participate in the work at various levels. In order of increasing commitment, these include List subscriber, Participant, Editor, and Chair. <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/i18n-drafts/pages/languagedev_participation.html">Explore the options</a>.</p> <p><strong>To just follow the work:</strong> Rather than ‘Watch’ this repository, <a href="mailto:public-i18n-indic-request@w3.org?subject=subscribe">subscribe</a> to the <a href="https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-i18n-indic/">public-i18n-indic</a> mailing list. That list is notified (no more than once a day, and in digest form), about changes to issues in this repository, but also about other W3C Working Group issues related to the Indian writing systems.</p> <p><strong>To contribute content:</strong> All contributors must read and agree with <a href="/iip/CONTRIBUTING.md">CONTRIBUTING.md</a>.</p> <p><strong>To become a participant, editor, or chair:</strong> contact <a href="mailto:ishida@w3.org">Richard Ishida</a>. We welcome participation requests.</p> <h3 id="contacts">Contacts</h3> <ul> <li>Chairs: Alolita Sharma, Abhijit Dutta</li> <li>W3C staff: <a href="mailto:atsushi@w3.org">Atsushi Shimono</a>, <a href="mailto:ishida@w3.org">Richard Ishida</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="links-to-practical-information">Links to practical information</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-i18n-indic/">Mail archive</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/w3c/i18n-activity/wiki/Writing-i18n-tests">Writing i18n tests</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/i18n-activity/guidelines/process.html">Practical tips for task forces</a> (See also the github and editorial guidelines below)</li> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/2017/07/ilreq-meeting-info.html">Meeting info</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/2000/09/dbwg/details?group=104979&public=1">Group members</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/groups/indic-layout/track/">Archived, former action tracker</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="links-to-background-information">Links to background information</h3> <p>The following information describes work going on at the W3C to support languages on the Web.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/typography/gap-analysis/language-matrix.html">Language support heatmap (matrix)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/i18n-drafts/nav/languagedev">Analysing support for text layout on the Web</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/i18n-drafts/nav/languagedev">Overview of language enablement work in progress</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/i18n-drafts/pages/languagedev_participation">Get involved with Language Enablement</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/w3c/typography/wiki/Setting-up-a-Gap-Analysis-Project">Setting up a Gap Analysis Project</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/sponsorship/">Internationalization Sponsorship Program</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="links-for-editors">Links for editors</h3> <p>If you end up creating a document, you should be familiar with and use the following:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/i18n-activity/guidelines/github">Github guidelines for working with i18n documents</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/International/i18n-activity/guidelines/editing">Editorial guidelines for working with i18n documents</a></li> </ul> </div> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/anchor-js/4.1.0/anchor.min.js" integrity="sha256-lZaRhKri35AyJSypXXs4o6OPFTbTmUoltBbDCbdzegg=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <script>anchors.add();</script> </body> </html>