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Standards
page link Linux - supports open source platform software with I18N specifications
page link ICU - Introduction to the International Components for Unicode
page link Unicode: Why globalized applications need it and how to migrate to it
page link Euro currency - IBM's European Union products are EuroReady
Scripts and languages
page link Introduction to bidirectional languages - How to handle languages that display text both right to left and left to right.
page link The challenges of East Asian languages for software developers and architects-The large sets of characters used by East Asian languages present challenges for software developers.
page link An introduction to the Thai language- Thai belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family. It is a tonal, uninflected and predominantly monosyllabic language that has been influenced by both Pali and Sanskrit.
page link Assessment of Thai usabilities and its implication on the JDK
page link Introduction to Indic languages - Indic languages provide challenges to developers because of their complexity.
Input/output
page link An introduction to Input Method Editors - What a developer needs to know about input method editors, including how and why an IME is used.
page link An introduction to keyboards -A basic understanding of keyboards will help developers avoid problems and improve testing.
page link Fonts and multilingual text - Successful globalized applications can process text in any language, and accommodate multiple languages and complex text.
Locales
page link Introduction to locales- Properly globalized applications require more than just language translation.
page link Using a Common XML Locale Repository- The Common XML Locale Repository is a step towards solving problems such as collation and date/time formatting that may be incorrect or inconsistent between systems.
page link Locales: an introduction to date and time formats - Date and time formats are not constant worldwide, and are sometimes different within individual countries.
page link Numbers - Locale information about numbering systems and practices around the world.
page link Currency- Creating successful software for worldwide use requires attention to locale details ranging from date and time to numeric formatting.
page link Calendars: an introduction - Although the Gregorian calendar is used for business transactions in most countries, national conventions and government requirements make it important that computer applications accommodate local calendar formats.
Character sets
page link Coded character sets: an overview-An understanding of coded character sets is essential when developing multilingual software.
page link Character Data Representation Architecture Reference-The reference publication provides the reader with the framework for the identifiers, descriptions of the supporting resources and APIs, as well as methods for data conversions.

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