Note that this apparently is not limited to European keyboard
layouts. Was anyone on this list able to attend the CEN meeting in Brussels in
January? Denis had mentioned he might make it. Anything to report relevant to
African languages? TIA. (Seen on Unicode and CLDR-users; apologies to
those who've seen it already)…
From:
cldr-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cldr-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Erkki I. Kolehmainen
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 11:21 AM
To: unicore@xxxxxxxxxxx; unicode@xxxxxxxxxxx; 'CLDR list';
cldr-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: meek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; 'Hillevi Vuori'; 'Le Gall Gaid';
CDFG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Invitation to Participate in a Workshop on Functional
Multilingual Extensions to Keyboard Layouts
Dear
All - with apologies to those who receive this in multiple copies,
CEN,
the European standards organization, has set up a Workshop on Functional
Multilingual Extensions to European Keyboard Layouts (CEN/ISSS WS/MEEK). In
spite of its name, the Workshop is not necessarily limited to European
aspects (although primarily to the Latin script), depending on the
participants. As per its business plan, participation to the Workshop is open
to all interested parties, whether European or not.
The
kick-off meeting was held in Brussels on 25 January 2008.
The
secretariat of the WS is held by CSC - The Finnish IT Centre for Science -
on behalf of SFS - The Finnish Standards Association. The officers of the WS
can be reached at: meek AT postit dot csc dot fi. The home site for
the WS is at http://www.csc.fi/meek.
The
CEN site for the WS is at:
The
CEN site holds the approved Busines Plan and a call for a Project Team of 3 to
5 voluntary experts. Applications for the Project Team are to be
submitted to CEN by 14 March 2008. Those wishing to participate in the
Workshop, should contact the secretary, Mr. Tero Aalto at CSC. The actual
operation of the Worksop will commence after the Project Team has been set up,
which will thus be somewhat later than envisaged in the Business Plan.
I'd
hope for an active, representative participation, which is the only way to
achieve a quality result.
As
per its business plan, the Workshop will prepare a single-part CWA (CEN
Workshop Agreement) covering at least the following areas:
- a
list of aspects to be taken into consideration when designing regional
multilingual keyboards and related input methods (both technical, legal
and relating to usability);
- specific
recommendation and guidance related to the above aspects;
- considerations
and possibly guidance for publicly available terminals, e.g. in Internet
Cafes, for travellers, etc.
The Workshop
will not define any national or language-specific keyboard layouts. Some such
layouts may be used as examples.
The WSA is
expected to be published in early 2009.
Erkki I. Kolehmainen, Chair, CEN/ISSS WS/MEEK
Tilkankatu 12 A 3, FI-00300 Helsinki, Finland
Tel. +358 9 4368 2643, Mob. +358 400 825 943
