docbook-apps

Re: DocBook XSL and Internationalization

  • 1.  Re: DocBook XSL and Internationalization

    Posted 03-20-2007 23:37
    / "Bill Burns" <bburns@verbumcomm.com> was heard to say:
    | - Default fonts
    | This would be the actual definition in a template, not the inclusion of the
    | font files themselves in the tools.
    |
    | While Unicode fonts, can contain all characters, some (perhaps most?) do
    | not, and sometimes a Unicode font isn't appropriate for an output. Do the
    | DocBook style sheets take this into consideration and provide separate
    | locale-specific control for fonts, or is this a customization that would
    | need to be added to test for specific locales?

    The font sets are parameterized, but not by locale. Unfortunately, I
    don't see any way *to* properly parameterize by locale without knowing
    in advance what fonts work in which locales.

    | - Word/character order for autogenerated components (xrefs, headers and
    | footers, chapter and appendix numbering)
    |
    | Items containing autgenerated page numbers, chapter numbers, or other
    | autogenerated text may vary depending on the syntax of the target language.
    | Is this already addressed in DocBook XSL?

    Yes.

    | - Chapter, appendix and list numbering (for those locales that don't use
    | Arabic numerals)

    I think that's handled.
    |
    | Are there any other areas of concern that DocBook XSL addresses in part or
    | in whole? Are there any areas of concern for localizers who work with
    | DocBook data?

    I'm not an I18N or L10N expert, but we've tried to be responsive to
    requests from folks who are.

    Be seeing you,
    norm

    --
    Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> | Throughout history the world has
    http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/ | been laid waste to ensure the
    Chair, DocBook Technical Committee | triumph of conceptions that are
    | now as dead as the men that died
    | for them.--Henry De Montherlant