Globalization: Resources for learning
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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 your 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 specification of the 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.
- Make the WWW truly World Wide
The W3C effort to make web technologies work with the many writing systems, languages, and cultural conventions of the global community:
Related concepts:
Globalization
Related
Tasks: Globalizing applications
Tasks: Internationalizing interface strings (localizable-text API)
Tasks: Internationalizing application components (internationalization service)
Reference:
API documentation