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Internationalization (I18n), Localization (L10n), Globalization (G11n), Guidelines, Checklists, and Resources |
Here are checklists for proper internationalization (i18n), localization (l10n), globalization (g11n), etc.
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Web Sites With Internationalization And Localization Guidelines and Resources
| XenCraft | MultiLingual Computing | Localization Research Centre |
| I18n Book list | Everson Typography | Unicode Consortium |
| Unicode Consortium's Useful Resources | W3C I18n GEO FAQ | Resources for Locales |
Internationalization and Localization Guidelines and Checklists
| Author/Vendor | Document type | Document Location |
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| Tex Texin and Yves Savourel | Tutorial | Web Internationalization Tutorial (ppt, pdf, 2.6Mb) |
| Sun Microsystems | I18n Taxonomy |
Software I18n Taxonomy (Adobe V6 .pdf)
(Great document! Nice matrix for assessing I18n requirements for software products.) |
| Microsoft | Win32 Checklist | Win32 Checklist |
| EURESCOM | Report (Multivolume) |
Multilingual Web sites: Best Practice, Guidelines And Architectures
Graphical Report (.pdf) Main Report (.doc, .pdf, .zip) Annex A Web site technologies (.doc, .pdf, .zip) Annex B Overview of Language Processing Tools and Techniques (.doc, .pdf, .zip) Annex C Applications of speech technology (.doc, .pdf, .zip) Annex D Define possible architectures for the pre-selected services (.doc, .pdf, .zip) |
| I18nGuy | Unicode Win32 C/C++ Checklist | Cheat Sheet: Unicode-enabling Microsoft C/C++ Source Code |
| OpenOffice | Globalisation in Software Design | Globalisation in Software Design |
| Microsoft | Guidelines | Globalization Step By Step |
| Sun Microsystems | I18n Verification Checklist | I18n Verification Checklist |
| Graham Rhind
GRC Database Information |
Postal Address Formats | Postal Addresses |
| Kermit Project, Columbia U. | Frank Da Cruz's Guide To Postal Addresses | |
| Universal Postal Union | Postal Addresses And Formats
Also available in French and German |
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| The Cover Pages | International Address Standard UPU S42-1 | |
| BitBoost Systems ™ | International Mailing Address Formats | |
| OASIS Universal Business Language | UBL Address Package Drawing | |
| OASIS Universal Business Language | XML Format For Business Documents | UBL 1.0 |
| OASIS CIQ | Formats in XML standards
names, addresses formats, customer information and relationships |
XML standard for Customer Information Quality
(name, address formats and relationship info.) |
| World Telephone Numbering Guides | Formats | Telephone Codes And Formats |
| Markus Kuhn | Formats | Paper Sizes |
| Tomohiro KUBOTA | Resources for developers | Debian Developer's Introduction to I18n |
| Translation Reference Center | Resources | Translation Reference Center |
| Translation, Theory & Technology | Resources | Translation, Theory & Technology |
| OpenI18N.org | I18n Guidelines | The Free Standards Group I18n Initiative I18n Guidelines for OpenSource Developers |
| Opentag | XML Guides | XML Internationalization and Localization FAQ |
| Penn State | Resources | Internationalization Course
Computing with Accents, Symbols & Foreign Scripts |
| Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc. | Whitepapers | Several papers on Cultural Dimensions and Global Web User-Interface Design |
| Markus Kuhn | FAQ | UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ for Unix/Linux |
| Human-Computer Interaction Resources | Resources | Intercultural Issues (list of resources) |
| Alan Wood’s Unicode Resources | I18n Resources | Unicode and Multilingual Support in HTML, Fonts, Web Browsers and Other Applications |
Internationalisation (I18n), Localisation (L10n), Globalisation (G11n), Guidelines, Checklists, and Resources |
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