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This is the public homepage of the Japanese Layout Task Force. Further, W3C member-confidential information is available on the task force administrative homepage.
The goal of this task force is the creation of a document about requirements for general Japanese layout realized with technologies like CSS, SVG and XSL-FO. The document will be mainly based on a standard for Japanese layout, JIS X 4051. However, it will address also areas which are not covered by JIS X 4051. The document is currently in draft stage and is being developed further by the Japanese participants in the task force.
The task force will gather and integrate feedback from the participating working groups about the need and technical feasability of various requirements.
The output of the task force will be an English document (a Working Group Note) describing requirements for Japanese Layout. The description will not be on a technology-specific level. It is assumed that the participating working groups (see below) will decide independently how (and if) to implement the requirements in their specifications.
The following working groups are participating in this task force:
The following draft has been published Requirements of Japanese Text Layout
(English version, Japanese version).
The task force is developing the following drafts. NOTE: currently these drafts are only visible with W3C member access.
Some prototypical examples of KIHONHANMEN (one of the basic units of Japanese layout) are publicly available.
As an input to the taskforce work, a document provided by Jagat is used.
A unique feature of the task force is that the work of its Japanese participants is mostly conducted in their native language. Documents are then translated into English, comments from English speaking participants are gathered and brought back etc. This is a new way of W3C helping local communities to make their expertise available for a world-wide audience.
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