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November 2006	Introducing Asian ideographic scripts
November 2005	F: Coded Character Sets �—�The entire collection of code points that encompasses a particular character set forms a code page. A code page and its character set constitute a coded character set.
October 2005	E: Input and output interfaces �—�This section reviews design considerations that make it easier to implement NLS at the input and output (I/O) interfaces.
October 2005	Globalization Guideline E: Input and output interfaces �—�Globalization Guideline E: Input and output interfaces
September 2005	IBM WebSphere� Commerce �—�A dynamic global infrastructure for every region or country in which a business operates.
August 2005	Guideline C: Respect for Culture and Conventions
July 2005	UPDATED: Chinese standard GB18030 �—�This is the new standard for supporting Chinese characters.
July 2005	Guidelines to design global solutions �—�A checklist of�guidelines�to help programmers�design software solutions that will work in all countries, languages, and cultures.
May 2005	Supporting GB18030 In Web Applications �—�GB18030-2000 is a superset of the existing character set GB2312 and GBK and is backward-compatible with them. The current requirement is to support the additional 6582 Unicode Extension-A characters and 2501 minority characters.
April 2005	Terminology management �—�Managing terminology supports your corporate brand image, and makes your products easier to use, easier to translate, and easier to adapt to global markets.
March 2005	Implementing Globalization Market Customization Using Struts Tiles Framework
February 2005	Translation, a critical component of globalization : Part VI : Streaming Media development and globalization �—�Along with the popularization of the Internet, multimedia information, especially streaming media, has been among the fastest growing technologies.
January 2005	Using Eclipse to work on ICU4J, an Open Source project �—�This topic will take you through the install and configuration processes to set up your Eclipse environment to participate in the International Components for Unicode Open source project.
January 2005	Assessment of Thai Usability and Its Implication in ICU �—�This article attempts to provide information on Thai related features/functionalities in ICU4C 3.2-d02 (beta) and their behaviors or output results which are presented as is throughout the article.
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December 2004	Translation, a critical component of globalization : Part V : Localisation with XLIFF �—�XLIFF (XML Localization Interchange File Format) is an XML-based standard format for accommodating and carrying the localizable data in the localization process.
December 2004	Translation of your business applications �—�Translation is one of the critical components of the overall user experience
December 2004	A J2EE-based Localization Services Architecture �—�Using WebSphere Portal to support a Localization Services Architecture.
November 2004	ICU �—�Introduction to the International Components for Unicode.
October 2004	Writing English for the English-speaking Markets �—�Just because someone can speak passable English does not mean that the person can translate a document into something that conveys all the necessary information and is easy to understand
October 2004	G11N Policy and Runtime Sub-patterns �—�Add globalization capability into your Web Services, so that your applications will be more intelligent and resilient.
September 2004	Assessment of Thai usabilities and its implication on the JDK �—�a few examples and source codes
September 2004	Translation Track Part IV: Internationalization of Graphical Images �—�Cultural norms influence almost every aspect of a graphical image from color, to shape, to image content elements.
September 2004	Unicode: Why globalized applications need it and how to migrate to it �—�Using a single encoding to represent data for all the world’s scripts and migrating existing textual data to that encoding is a key decision in managing a globalized application.
August 2004	Translation, a critical component of globalization : Part III : How to keep translation costs low while retaining high quality �—�Translation is one of the critical components of the overall user experience.
July 2004	Translation, a critical component of globalization : Part II : writing for an international audience �—�Ensure that your information and message is clear for all types of audiences.
July 2004	Developing J2EE Global Applications : Part II �—�How to develop J2EE global applications: Part II
June 2004	Introduction to bidirectional languages : Part II �—�How to handle languages that display text both right to left and left to right.
June 2004	Translation, a critical component of globalization : Part I �—�Translation is one of the critical components of the overall user experience.
May 2004	Retrofit Globalization onto a Web Application �—�As the Internet transcends national and geographical boundaries, a basic requirement of doing business is to win in an international marketplace.
April 2004	Machine Translation �—�Machine translation provides fast but potentially error-prone text translations.
April 2004	Internationalization with JavaScript �—�Many web sites use JavaScript to enrich their user interface. This article gives an overview of how JavaScript works in a unique way with its client/server environment to enable globalized web sites.
April 2004	Implementation of Machine Translation Service for Sametime �—�The real-time communication infrastructure allows you to create your own Sametime service for translation.
April 2004	The IBM Globalization Team �—�The IBM Globalization Team defines and maintains globalization strategies and requirements for IBM as a global corporate citizen, and for the products it creates and markets.
March 2004	Just-in-Time localization �—�Just-in-Time localization makes application data easier to transfer, manage and manipulate, and it lets applications more accurately reflect user preferences.
March 2004	Fonts and multilingual text �—�Successful globalized applications can process text in any language, and accommodate multiple languages and complex text.
February 2004	Locales: an introduction to date and time formats �—�Date and time formats are not constant worldwide, and are sometimes different within individual countries.
February 2004	Multilingual Information Management: a business partner perspective �—�Multilingual Information Management solutions enable you to deploy the appropriate mix of machine translation, localization and internationalization to your busines processes.
February 2004	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.
January 2004	Applying Globalization Architecture Imperatives to your business �—�Design and implement applications that best support global requirements.
January 2004	Developing global Web applications: Part I �—�How to develop Global applications using Java™ and the IBM development platform.
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December 2003	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.
December 2003	An introduction to Input Method Editors �—�What a developer needs to know about input method editors, including how and why an IME is used.
December 2003	An introduction to keyboards �—�A basic understanding of keyboards will help developers avoid problems and improve testing.
November 2003	Introduction to culture, diversity and multiculturalism �—�How does it affect your global e-business and the way your employees and managers behave daily?
November 2003	Coded character sets: an overview �—�An understanding of of coded character sets is essential when developing multilingual software.
October 2003	Currency �—�Creating successful software for worldwide use requires attention to locale details ranging from date and time to numeric formatting.
October 2003	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.
September 2003	WebSphere� Portal 5.0 easily creates e-busines portals �—�Combine the power of WebSphere Portal 5.0 and IBM machine translation technology.
September 2003	Linguini: Language identification for multilingual documents �—�Linguini is a vector-space based categorizer used for high-precision language identification in IBM Intelligent Miner for Text.
September 2003	Numbers �—�Locale information about numbering systems and practices around the world.
August 2003	Developing multilingual Web sites with Lotus� Domino Global WorkBench 6, Domino(tm) 6, and Notes(tm) 6 �—�Web site globalization tools are built-in features of the latest Lotus versions.
July 2003	WebSphere� Application Server Internationalization Service �—�helps you easily manage the distribution of locale information in globalized applications
July 2003	WebSphere� Portal �—�Dynamically create globalized e-business portals.
July 2003	An introduction to locales �—�Properly globalized applications require more than just language translation.
June 2003	Web services �—�Web services can streamline the path to software localization.
April 2003	Lotus� Domino(tm)6 & Notes(tm) 6 �—�Lotus Domino 6 and Notes 6 address the challenges of global e-business.
April 2003	IBM WorkPlace learning solutions go global �—�Train your workforce around�the globe with Lotus��learning software.
April 2003	Introduction to Indic languages �—�Indic languages provide challenges to developers because of their complexity.
February 2003	Linux �—�supports open source platform software with I18N specifications.
February 2003	Euro currency �—�IBM's European Union products are EuroReady.
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