Labs/Ubiquity/Meetings/2009-03-03 i18n Meeting

Details

Time

5:00pm Pacific time

Location

• IRC channel: #ubiquity
• Dial in:
  • +1 800 707 2533 (pin 369) Conf# 201 (US Toll Free/Skype)
  • +1 650 903 0800 x92 Conf# 201 (US/International)
  • +1 416 848 3114 x92 Conf# 201 (Canada)

Agenda

• getting the word out
  • thoughts on last week's video
• getting another parser up and running
  • Portuguese (as per our discussion last time) ?

Attendees

1. Mitcho
2. Blair
3. Atul
4. Felipe
5. Seth (listening?)
6. marsf (listening?)

Notes

Reaching out

• Mitcho created the ubiquity-i18n group
• Mitcho created a i18n wiki page
• Mitcho made awesome video for linguists: Localizing Ubiquity: an open letter to linguists
  • Introduction to ubiquity and natural language - for non-technical people
  • Submitted to friends, linguistics industry, mailing lists, etc
• Mitcho is in the US, visiting linguistics departments and spreading the word

Additional parser

• Portuguese still looking like a good candidate
  • No major barriers?
  • Very strong Mozilla community in Brazil
  • Blog post from Felipe: Thinking Ubiquity in Portuguese