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{{FeatureStatus
|Feature name=Jetpack HTML Localization
|Feature stage=Development
|Feature status=In progress
|Feature health=OK
}}
{{FeatureTeam
|Feature product manager=Dave Mason
|Feature feature manager=Alex Poirot
|Feature lead engineer=Alex Poirot
}}
{{FeaturePageBody
|Feature overview=As we continue to answer the localization efforts for add-ons created with jetpack we must take a look at the HTML files included or referenced within these add-ons. Currently the Mozilla platform supports the localization of XUL and XHTML via their DTDs and entity references, but there is no support for localizing HTML. In addition, we have answered the localization of strings within jetpack code elements via an l10n module which uses .properties files.

This feature is to complement the work already done for localization by allowing text within HTML files used in jetpack add-ons to be localized.
|Feature users and use cases=There are two uses of HTML in jetpack currently: static and dynamic. Static usage is text included in HTML files that are displayed in elements provided by Jetpack. Dynamic usage is when a script is altering existing HTML with page scripts.

'''Static'''

The developer creating a new add-on with jetpack who makes use of html files in her add-on adds a property reference within the HTML as such ${foo}. This reference then looks to the .properties file to retrieve the text within the used locale. The locale's processor parser would be responsible for processing the property references and creating the localized text in the proper HTML files to be used in the add-on.

'''Dynamic'''
The localization of Dynamic HTML in jetpack should work more like the localization of strings in code elements. For the text to be localized, the developer would add her plain-text string like so: alert(_("foo")); 

This would be parsed and processed exactly as strings are currently processed in the exiting l10n module in jetpack



[https://github.com/mozilla/addon-sdk/wiki/HTML-Page-Localization A full, detailed proposal can be found on github]
|Feature non-goals=1. Dynamic Localization of HTML: processing HTML content with locale-specific plaintext strings that is dynamically inserted into a page. 

This feature page covers this:
 document.body.appendChild(_("Hello, World!"));

But not this:
 document.body.innerHTML = _("<p>${helloWorld}</p>");

At some point we should tackle the latter case of dynamic localization of HTML containing embedded plaintext strings.

2. Generic Template Processing: this proposal aims, instead, for interoperability with third-party template processors.
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{{FeatureInfo
|Feature priority=P1
|Feature roadmap=Jetpack
|Feature list=Jetpack
|Feature engineering team=Jetpack
}}
{{FeatureTeamStatus}}
[https://github.com/mozilla/addon-sdk/wiki/HTML-Page-Localization A full, detailed proposal can be found on github]