The MultilingualWeb-LT (Language Technologies) Working Group is part of the W3C Internationalization Activity and the MultilingualWeb community.
Aims: define the Internationalization Tag Set (ITS
2.0), that is: meta-data for web content (mainly HTML5) and deep Web
content, for example a CMS or XML files from which HTML pages are generated, that
facilitates its interaction with multilingual technologies and localization
processes.
For more details, see the Working Group Charter.
The working group uses the public-multilingualweb-lt mailing list. [Archive] [Subscribe]
There is also a member-only list [ArchiveMO] which is used for group administravia and any member-confidential topics.
On 29 October 2013, ITS 2.0 has been finalized and published as a W3C Recommendation. Work on application scenarios for ITS 2.0 and gathering of usage and implementation experience will now take place in the ITS Interest Group.
Please see the Working Group wiki for further details on work items, face-to-face and virtual meetings etc.
Press
The following press releases have been published to announce the creation of the working group.
- W3C Launches Work to Simplify Creation of Content in World's Languages. W3C Press Release, 7 March 2012. The MultilingualWeb-LT Project under the lead of Linguaserve and VistaTEC has translated this press release into these languages: عربي (Arabic), Български (Bulgarian), Čeština (Czech), Dansk (Danish), Deutsch (German), Ελληνικά (Greek), Español (Spanish), Eesti (Estonian), Suomi (Finnish), Français (French), Gaeilge (Gaelic), Magyar (Hungarian), Italiano (Italian), 日本語 (Japanese), Lietuvių (Lithuanian), Latviešu (Latvian), Malti (Maltese), Nederlands (Dutch), Português (Portuguese), Română (Romanian), Pусский (Russian), Slovenčina (Slovak), Slovenščina (Slovenian), Svenska (Swedish), 简体汉语 (Chinese).
- One Web, many Languages - W3C is starting Standardization process for easier translation of Web content in world's languages. Press release by DFKI (in German).
- Internet experts in Dublin to talk about multilingual web. Article in Silicon Republic, 14 June 2012.
We have gathered input at the March 2012 MultilingualWeb workshop in Luxembourg and at the June 2012 MultilingualWeb workshop in Dublin (see the workshop report).
Also, we conducted a dedicated questionnaire about international Web content requirements. We will use this questionnaire to gather initial input and expressions of interest in participation in our work.
We also welcome feedback on our public mailing list about
The Working Group will be shut down at the end of 2013; work on application scenarios for ITS 2.0 and gathering of usage and implementation experience will now take place in the ITS Interest Group.