The Multilingual Web: A Status Report

New standards activity at the W3C and other standards bodies is helping improve the globalization of the Web. From HTML5 to CSS3, from JavaScript to Unicode bidi, support for creating international content and Web-based applications is evolving quickly. This presentation focuses on the activity of the W3C Internationalization Working Group, exploring developments over the past year, as well as the status and challenges of on-going work.

Addison Phillips is the International Architect at Amazon Lab126, creator of the Kindle and Kindle Fire. He is also the current chair of the W3C Internationalization Working Group.

Schedule:

6:30-7:00 Social time with snacks
7:00-8:00 Presentation and discussion
8:00-8:30 Social time

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