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STRING META

Or why you need language and direction for your strings

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WHICH IS CORRECT?

STRING-META

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WHICH IS CORRECT?

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BOTH LANGUAGE AND BASE DIRECTION

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Web Page

Data File

Data Source

Price of {$price :currency} + {$shipping :currency} shipping.

Price,�Shipping

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SPILLOVER EFFECTS

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https://w3c.github.io/i18n-discuss/explainers/bidi-html-demo.html?item=13

Price of {$price :currency} + {$shipping :currency} shipping.

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STRINGS ARE DATA TOO

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ALL NATURAL LANGUAGE STRINGS…

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LOTS OF STRINGS ALL IN ONE LANGUAGE

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Document Level Defaults

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@context {

@language: "en-US",

@direction: "ltr"

},

"name": "Hello world!"

JSON-LD

But not…

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Schema.org

JSON-Schema

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THE WORLD IS NOT MONOLINGUAL

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REFERENCES

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W3C I18N WANTS YOU

https://www.w3.org/International

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