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(AKA '''internationalisation''', '''i18n'''.)<br />
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What can we do, to make microformats more easily usable, by people who are not publishing in (US) English?<br />
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==Background==<br />
* Internet and web standards in general use US English terms and spelling (ref: W3C, IETF) for elements, attributes, properties and values.<br />
** e.g. (X)HTML is defined in US English (e.g "color", "center").<br />
* However such standards also strongly advocate the support of character sets such as UTF-8 for broader/better support of international content.<br />
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==Issues==<br />
*<code>type</code> attributes, such as those for <code>tel</code> in [[hcard|hCard]], require either English-language content on the page, or English-language <code>abbr</code> titles.<br />
**March 2007 discussion (ongoing) of [http://microformats.org/discuss/mail/microformats-discuss/2007-March/009000.html abbr title for non-English values]. Is <code><nowiki><abbr class="type" title="fax">Téléc</abbr></nowiki></code> acceptable?<br />
*[[genealogy-brainstorming#Gender|Gender values in Genealogy]]<br />
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==Solutions==<br />
* Use the [http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/dirlang.html HTML <code>lang</code> and diretion (<code>dir</code>) attributes] wisely.<br />
*For telephone numbers in hCard, use abbr and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.123 ITU E.123 standard] international format, for example:<br />
:<code><nowiki><abbr class="tel" title=" 44 1233 456 7890">01233 456 7890</abbr></nowiki></code><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[faq#Q: How do microformats breach language barriers?|FAQ: How do microformats breach language barriers?]]<br />
*[[hcard-examples-in-wild#UTF8_Examples|hCards using UTF8]]<br />
*[[accessibility]]<br />
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==Microformats wiki in other languages==<br />
See:<br />
*[[other-languages|microformats wiki in other languages]]<br />
*[[how-to-start-new-translation|how to start a new translation]]<br />
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==Internationalization/localization references==<br />
*[http://www.w3.org/International/ WC3 Internationalization and Localization] - Lots of information in all areas.<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization Wikipedia's definition] - As well as further links to related articles.<br />
*[http://www.lisa.org/ The Localization Industry Standards Association] - Some information requires site registration (like the primer), but not paid membership. Specific marketing details require paid membership.<br />
*[http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9608.html Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox article on localization] - To remind this is actually for people first.</div>UnoR2f