World Wide Localization
by
Martin J. Dürst
Table of contents
World Wide Localization
Overview
The Traditional Locale Model: A Closed World
The World Wide Web: A New World
General Principles
Keeping Data and Functionality Locale-Independent
Localize closest to the user possible
Allow for redundancy
Case Studies
Character Encoding
Sorting
Date Formatting: Problem Space
Date Formatting: Help from the Web
Currency Conversion and Formatting
Message Translation
Conclusions