RE: Call for dissent on BIDi solution Re: [xliff] bidi

From
Yves Savourel <>
Date
2013-12-19T00:43:04+00:00
ID
002c01cefc53$45073b30$cf15b190$@com
Thread
RE: Call for dissent on BIDi solution Re: [xliff] bidi
> 1) Introduce the third value "auto" in our markup solution 
> for directionality and make "auto" the default.
> "auto" sets directionality heuristically, i.e. based on 
> the first strongly directional character within its scope

OK.

> 2) drop the dir attributes from <source> and <target>, so that 
> trgDir and srcDir is inherited directly from <unit>
> This will make re-segmentation PR simpler and will less 
> likely lead to usage of directional controls.

OK.

> 3) Inline the agents will be required to have full UAX#9 support 
> [we alreadu have UAX#9 as a normative reference, we just update 
> to the 6.3 edition with the isolates]
> That is we do not prohibit using any legal characters including 
> the directionality controls

I don't know what "the agents will be required to have full UAX#9 support" means but I guess we don't have to change any text as the
current one already mentions UAX#9.

OK for the current text mentioning UAX#9 and updating the UAX#9 reference.

Cheers,
-yves