... Towards Building an Egyptian Information Society .....
"The first steps towards creating an Egyptian Information Society is to respect the Language of the majority, where less than 5% of the population are functionally bilingual"
Why this Seminar?
Seminar Program
Major themes
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Who should attend?
How to register?
The aim of the Seminar is to facilitate the timely and coherent development of the Arabic Web presence, by identifying and promoting the resolution of outstanding standardization issues.
While web standards are still evolving, yet some have already provided for Internationalization, of which Arabic is one of. Therefore, the design of a multilingual site should respect existing standards interpreted within an internationalization framework. To insure interoperability, a web developer needs to learn about these standards and the problems they involve.
The Seminar focuses on Arabic Web standards. The objective is to offer an open Workshop for the key market players in the Arabic web in order to:
- Exchange views regarding actual and potential applications along with related practical experience
- Investigate the standards and related technical regulations that are needed to shape the implementation of multilingual web pages, so that it may realize its full potential in the global environment
- Share perspectives on the appropriate mean and timing of the implementation of applications to meet Arabic Internet standards
The seminar will be divided into 2 sessions:Session I : Internationalization of the Internet
This presentation will focus on the internationalization of the Internet , with particular emphasis on issues related to use of the Arabic language on the World Wide Web . Pertinent standards will be presented and discussed, as well as practical considerations about HTML and Arabic. The presentation will include a live demonstration of commercially available tools.
Session II : Workshop
The workshop intends to discuss issues and experience in standards development, in order to promote progressive action throughout the industry.
Francois Yergeau , Ph.D
Senior Technology Adviser
Alis Technologies Inc.
Francois Yergeau is one of the pioneers of Internet internationalization. While working in the academic world, he maintained and published an FAQ on using accented on Usenet. Having moved to the private sector, in the field of multilingual Internet software , he has been active since 1994 in ISO and Internet standardization , especially internationalization of the Web , while being instrumental in the design and creation of the very first truly multilingual Web browser , Tango . He is the principal author of the current Internet standard on HTML internationalization, RFC 2070 .
With its clear focus on Arabic web efficiency, the Seminar is essential for Web developers, Internet information service providers, content providers, standards related bodies, regulators, EIS policy makers, web development course instructors ...etc.
The audience should be semi-technical ; they don't need to be experts in Computer Science or programming, but they should be ready to digest a fair amount of technical issues. The aim is to achieve a carefully-balanced audience, ensuring that all major players effecting the Arabic Web presence are represented, like major IT organizations, public authorities, standardization parties, service providers and academics.
Please contact Ms. Randa Zarif by e-mail: randaz@ritsec1.com.eg
Deadline for registration is Thursday 13 November 1997