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Claude,
Unfortunately, I don't know the specifics. However, I
do know that this requirement was discussed and agreed to that support for
multilingual XML would be included in whatever technical specifications are
developed for the ebXML Framework. I've inserted below the language from
the most recent draft ebXML Requirements Document that addresses this issue.
Hope this helps.
Rachel
GlobalizationGlobalization
is critical in today's ever expanding marketplace. The underlying purpose of ebXML is to
facilitate international trade. To
achieve "a single global market" that
such facilitation implies, it is critical to simplify existing exchange
standards methodologies and harmonize divergent approaches. This simplification and harmonization
can be achieved through developing a business meta-model in conjunction with
syntax neutral core components.
Both of these deliverables should accommodate divergent national and
multi-national process requirements, and should support forward and backward
compatibility with the developing ebXML technical framework. To simplify development efforts, all
work should use English. To support globalization, all ebXML technical
specifications will be translatable into the other official UN languages- French
and Russian. Translation into other languages will be the responsibility of the
intended user, although such translations should be supported in the ebXML
repository. Regardless of language,
and in keeping with the requirements of XML 1.0, all work will be compliant with
Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646 for characters, Internet RFC 1766 for language
identification tags, ISO 639 for language name codes, and ISO 3166 for country
name codes.
Rachel,
Could you be more explicit about this multilingual "key component to be
included in the ebXML
technical specifications for the global ebXML
framework" ?
Claude Chiaramonti
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20:07
Objet : Multilingual XML
Armin,
The ebXML Initiative is keenly sensitive to the
need for mutilingual support
and capabilities. This is a key component to
be included in the ebXML
technical specifications for the global ebXML
framework. You may wish to
participate in this initiative. To do so go to
the ebXML web site at
http:/www.ebxml.org , select which project teams in
which you would like to
participate and subcribe following the
instructions on each team's page. I'm
sure your insights and comments
relative to multilingual support would be
invaluable.
Rachel
Foerster
ebXML Initiative
Marketing Awareness & Education Team
Lead
>
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Armin Osterholzer
wrote:
>
> > Could you or anyone else on the list shed some
light on
> > how the various XML activities intend to cater for
non-English
> > in tags. What is the situation regarding
transmission of Asian
> > language (2-byte letters), e.g.
Mandarine, Kanji, etc.. via XML?
> >
> > Maybe I
misunderstand and this is a "non-issue", however with
> >
"traditional" EDI (ANSI, EDIFACT) we continue to have difficulty
>
> in that area.
>
> In a pure XML environment this is
theoretically a non-issue
> because XML
> supports UNICODE which
supports 2 byte letters. However, theory and
> reality live in
two different realms. I think it is probably
> safe to
say
> that the standardization efforts will probably remain with
English
> characters. However, even though some believe
architectural
> forms (lofty
> name for standardized mapping)
are dead, I belief they can become very
> important in the
internationalization of EDI/XML standards.
>
> It will also take
some time for software to support UNICODE
> but it will
>
happen.
>
> Betty
>
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