End-to-end paths for Internationalization service

This page provides a starting point for finding information about globalization and the internationalization service, a WebSphere extension for improving developer productivity.

With the internationalization service, we can automatically recognize the time zone and location information of the calling client so that the application can act appropriately. The technology enables you to deliver each user, around the world, the right date and time information, the appropriate currencies and languages, and the correct date and decimal formats.

This documentation also includes information about internationalizing interface strings using the localizable-text API.

Subtopics

• Task overview: Globalizing applications
  An application that can present information to users according to regional cultural conventions is said to be globalized: The application can be configured to interact with users from different localities in culturally appropriate ways. In a globalized application, a user in one region sees error messages, output, and interface elements in the requested language. Date and time formats, as well as currencies, are presented appropriately for users in the specified region. A user in another region sees output in the conventional language or format for that region. Globalization consists of two phases: internationalization (enabling an application component for multicultural support) and localization (translating and implementing a specific regional convention). This product supports globalization through the use of its localizable-text API and internationalization service.

• Task overview: Internationalizing application components (internationalization service)
  This topic summarizes the steps involved in using the internationalization service.

• Task overview: Internationalizing interface strings (localizable-text API)
  This topic summarizes the steps involved in implementing message catalogs through the localizable-text API.

Related tasks

Task overview: Globalizing applications

Task overview: Internationalizing application components (internationalization service)

Task overview: Internationalizing interface strings (localizable-text API)