WSTF Teleconference Notes

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<apphillips> zakim, who is here? 
<Zakim> On the phone I see apphillips, Martin, avine
<Zakim> On IRC I see apphillips, Zakim, avine, MJDuerst

<apphillips> approvals in hand: takao, mary, self 
<apphillips> comments in hand: andrea 
<apphillips> unable: mike, tex
<apphillips> comments out of hand: martin :-) 
<apphillips> http://www.w3.org/International/ws/ws-i18n-scenarios-edit/Overview.html#id2260991 
<apphillips> A collection of international preferences, generally related to a geographic region that a (certain category) of users require. These are usually identified by a shorthand identifier. 
<apphillips> In most cases a locale is a token that is passed from the environment to a process to get culturally affected behavior. 
<apphillips> s/methodologies/technologies 
<apphillips> (in paragraph above) 
<apphillips> These are usually identified by a shorthand identifier or token that is passed from the environment to various processes to get culturally affected behavior. 
<apphillips> AP: +1 
<apphillips> (also: remove redund sentence from paragraph preceeding the definition) 
<MJDuerst> MD: +1!
<apphillips> Java, POSIX, .NET and other software development methodologies use a similar-looking (but not identical) construct known as a locale. In this document, we will use the term locale as the name for this shorthand indicator for a user's particular set of international preferences. 
<MJDuerst> btw, should be s/software development methologies/software technologies/
<apphillips> agree 
<avine> AV +1
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<avine> discussion on Java reflection and then the rechartering
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<apphillips> AV: +1 approve to publish 
<apphillips> (with edits) 
<apphillips> MD: +1 approve to publish (with edits) 
<apphillips> Addison to incorp and send to Martin. 
<apphillips> Document is approved for publication 
<Zakim> -avine
<Zakim> -apphillips
<Zakim> -MJDuerst
<Zakim> I18N_WSTF()7:00PM has ended
<Zakim> Attendees were apphillips, avine, MJDuerst

Addison P. Phillips
Director, Globalization Architecture
webMethods | Delivering Global Business Visibility
http://www.webMethods.com
Chair, W3C Internationalization (I18N) Working Group
Chair, W3C-I18N-WG, Web Services Task Force
http://www.w3.org/International

Internationalization is an architecture. 
It is not a feature.

Received on Thursday, 15 July 2004 20:22:30 UTC