so that Web pages and eBooks can look and behave as people expect around the world. The W3C needs to make sure that the needs of scripts and languages around the world are built in to technologies such as HTML, CSS, SVG, etc. 3.8 Grapheme/word segmentation & selection.It is inappropriate to cite this document as otherĭoes not carry any licensing requirements or commitments on this This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by otherĭocuments at any time. This document was published by the Internationalization Working Group as The end target for this document is a Working Group Note. It is published by the Internationalization Working Group. The editor's draft of this document is being developed by the Arabic Layout Task Force, part of the W3C Internationalization Interest Group. It is linked to from the language matrix that tracks Web support for many languages. This document complements the document Text Layout Requirements for the Arabic Script, which describes the requirements for areas where gaps appear. It also checks whether the features have been implemented in browsers and ereaders. It checks that needed features are supported in W3C specifications, in particular HTML and CSS and those relating to digital publications. In particular, it is concerned with text layout. This document describes and prioritises gaps for the support of Arabic and Persian languages on the Web and in eBooks. Publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found This section describes the status of thisĭocument at the time of its publication.