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Date: Thursday 09 February, 2006
Introduction to Character Encoding (Part 2)
Richard Ishida (W3C)
09-February-2006 WSG Melbourne meeting
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Duration: 42:09 - File size: 9.65 MB
W3C Internationalisation Lead Richard Ishida talks about the different character encoding options available, and how the encoding you choose to use can impact a user's experience of your site in different locales, from a technical and cultural perspective.
Introduction to Internationalisation (Part 1)
Richard Ishida (W3C)
09-February-2006 WSG Melbourne meeting
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Duration: 1:15:39 - File size: 17.32 MB
W3C Internationalisation Lead Richard Ishida provides an entertaining and easily digested overview of the internationalisation issues web designers and developers should be thinking of when building sites, including a description of the difference between internationalisation and localisation.
Richard Ishida from the W3C is in Australia and has kindly agreed to talk on his area of specialty - internationalisation of web sites and web applications. This is a joint presentation by the WSG and the W3C. Please note details of our new venue below.
6:30pm - 7:00pm - Pizza, drinks and networking
7:00pm - 8:30pm - Richard Ishida on internationalisation
8:30pm - 9:00pm - discussion and questions
Meetings are now held at the Victorian government's excellent Centre for Innovation & Technology Commercialisation.
Centre for Innovation & Technology Commercialisation
Level 1, 257 Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
There is no cost to attend. No, really! Food and beverages are kindly being made available thanks to SitePoint. SitePoint is a Melbourne-based company who, when not handing out free pizza, publish articles and books on best practice web development, with a focus on web standards. Their discussion forums are also home to the web's most active web development community, so I encourage you to check them out at www.sitepoint.com if you haven't already.
Please ensure you arrive well before the presentation begins. The door will be locked to the public by 7pm so it is important you arrive on time. Besides, how could you pass up free pizza?
For catering purposes, please register for this event via the Melbourne WSG online calendar. Click on the event and select the "Register for this event" link, where you will be asked to enter your name and an email address.
If you experience difficulties with this process, you can also RSVP by sending an email to melbourne AT webstandardsgroup DOT org. Your RSVP is appreciated, especially for popular presenters as room space may be limited.
By the way you can also subscribe (iCal | RSS) to the Melbourne WSG calendar which is updated as events are confirmed.
Anyone interested in best practice web design or development is welcome to attend. The meetings are very informal and we always allow time for open discussion.
One of our strong points is that the group has a broad range of skills and interests within the web development area (Flash, PHP, Ruby, DOM Scripting, CSS, XML, usability, accessibility etc). This means that discussions are always lively. All of us are interested in web standards!
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