Globalization reference information

Here is a comprehensive collection of supporting information about the concepts and tasks described in the Globalization topic collection.

National language version feature codes
This table lists the available national language version feature codes on the IBM i operating system. When you order an IBM i licensed program, you identify the national language version you want by specifying a language feature code.
Country and region identifiers
This table lists the country and region identifiers.
Default system values for national language versions
Jobs and functions on the IBM i operating system use system values as default values.
System values for other languages with no national language version
Some of the system values are associated with languages and countries that do not have a national language version. You should set these values immediately after initially installing the IBM i operating system.
Keyboard reference information
This reference information includes keyboard layouts, SBCS keyboard and display part numbers, the special-character keyboard set, and the keyboard types and SBCS code pages for each national language.
Code pages
Several IBM code pages match the International Standard ISO/IEC 8859. The IBM i operating system supports parts of the ISO Standard with equivalent IBM code pages.
Character sets
This reference information is about various character sets on the IBM i operating system.
CCSID reference information
Coded character set identifier (CCSID) is a 16-bit number that includes a specific set of encoding scheme identifiers, character set identifiers, code page identifiers, and other information that uniquely identifies the coded graphic-character representation.
Locale reference information
A locale is an identifier for a set of conventions governing the input, processing, and display of computerized data so that they match the requirements and expectations of a particular user community. This information covers locales on the IBM i operating system.
UCS-2 level-1 mapping tables
You can use the Convert Case API to convert characters encoded in universal character set 2 level 1 (UCS-2 level-1) between uppercase and lowercase.
Unicode Private Use Area mapping on IBM i
IBM i can allow a custom mapping between the EBCDIC user-defined character (UDC) range and the Unicode private use area (PUA) range for the mapping between Unicode and CCSID 1371.
REXX extension characters
These tables show the REXX extension characters that are supported on the IBM i operating system.
Default character data conversion that can use substitution
The default CCSID conversions use substitution because the character sets within the CCSIDs are different. The table shows which CCSIDs (From CCSID column) can be substituted by other CCSIDs (To CCSID column).

Parent topic: IBM i globalization