Hi - How is this related to the work of the old ltru working group? Randy -----Original Message----- >From: IETF Secretariat <ietf-secretariat@xxxxxxxx> >Sent: Nov 10, 2014 6:04 PM >To: IETF Announcement List <ietf-announce@xxxxxxxx> >Cc: slim@xxxxxxxx, randy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, apps-discuss@xxxxxxxx >Subject: New Non-WG Mailing List: Slim -- Selection of Language for Internet Media > >A new IETF non-working group email list has been created. > >List address: slim@xxxxxxxx >Archive: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/slim/ >To subscribe: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/slim > >Purpose: > >A mutually comprehensible language is helpful for human communication. >This is true across a range of circumstances and environments. In >general, the problem is most acute in situations where there is not a >clear choice for a single language, such as environments lacking >contextual or out-of-band information regarding the identity of the >parties and the language to be used. > >This list is for discussion of mechanisms to present and select human >language options for Internet applications. Initial drafts address >two specific cases that most urgently need a technical solution: One >problem space is non-real-time communication, specifically email for >one-to-many or where the set of recipients is dynamic or different >recipients require different languages; the other is real-time >communication, especially emergency calling, and also including other >cases where the parties may not know each other personally or where >one party wishes to accommodate people with varying language and media >needs. Especially for real-time communication, language and media are >intrinsically linked, for example, signed languages require a video >media. > >For additional information, please contact the list administrators. >