From: JFC (Jefsey) Morfin (jefsey@jefsey.com)
Date: Tue Dec 13 2005 - 05:09:30 CST
At 02:14 13/12/2005, Mike Ayers wrote:
>Point me to some definitions, too, please. I find myself using
>"globalization" and "internationalization" interchangeably, which
>I'm rather sure is incorrect. I tried to find a trade dictionary
>online with no success.
Not incorrect as there are many understandings. But Unicode uses a
clear, comprehensive, well structured conceptual understanding. Here
is what I think is the easiest and the most exact summary to remember:
"ASCII Globalization (Unicode meaning): Environment
Internationalization + Computer localization".
Internationalization : uses Unicode table of characters
Localization: uses Unicode directories of locale files adapting the computer.
Langtag: tag matching the Internationalized support of a language and
its associated locale file.
Where to grab the globalization state of the arts:
http://www.unicodeconference.org/agenda
key idea: unified system centric.
NB: "Harmonization": "user context vernacularisation + space of
exchange lingual reference + supported by the universalisation of the
medium/space". key idea: multilateral user centric.
Globalization is commonly misunderstood as opposing Harmonization
because one starts from a supposed exclusive or universal environment
(ex. US ASCII). It should be the basis for Harmonisation which by
essence is the inclusion of all the globalized systems from every environment.
jfc
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