Globalization: Links
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Programming instructions and examples
- Java internationalization tutorial
An online tutorial that explains how to use the Java SDK Internationalization API.
- Globalize the On Demand Business
IBM's portal site for delivering globalized applications.
Programming specifications
- Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 Development Kit Documentation: Internationalization
The Java internationalization documentation from Sun Microsystems, including a list of supported locales and encodings. For other versions of the Java platform, click the "Internationalization Home Page" link on that page.
- Java Specification Request 150, Internationalization Service for J2EE
The spec of the Java internationalization service that was developed through the Java Community Process.
- W3C, Internationalization Core Working Group
The W3C's Internationalization Core Working Group responsible for investigating the internationalization of Web services, in particular, the dependence of Web services on language, culture, region, and locale-related contexts.
- Making the WWW truly World Wide
The W3C effort to make World Wide Web technology work with the many writing systems, languages, and cultural conventions of the global community:
Related concepts
Globalization
Related tasks
Task overview: Globalizing applications
Task overview: Internationalizing interface strings (localizable-text API)
Task overview: Internationalizing application components (internationalization service)
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Specifications and API documentation