9 July 2018 The World Wide Web Consortium today launched the Internationalization Initiative to expand core work in further internationalizing the Web. “Supporting the W3C Internationalization Initiative with funding or expertise is a vital way that our Web community creates the future of the global Web,” said Jeff Jaffe, W3C CEO. W3C thanks Alibaba, Apple, Advanced Publishing Lab (Keio University), Monotype, and The Paciello Group who have stepped up as Founding Sponsors. Read about  W3C Internationalization and its Sponsorship Program  and the  press release and testimonials .

22 February 2018 The  Arabic Layout Task Force , part of the  W3C   Internationalization Interest Group , has published a First Public Working Draft of  Text Layout Requirements for the Arabic Script . This document describes the basic requirements for Arabic script layout and text support on the Web and in eBooks. These requirements provide information for Web technologies such as CSS, HTML and digital publications about how to support users of Arabic scripts. Currently the document focuses on Standard Arabic and Persian. Public comments are welcome, please raise them as  github issues . Read how W3C  Internationalization (i18n)  is making the World Wide Web worldwide.