- From: <Iain.URQUHART@LUX.DG13.cec.be>
- Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 11:31:34 +0200
- To: <clift@freenet.msp.mn.us>
- Cc: <www-international@w3.org>
> > I was wondering if there are any formal connections between efforts > at WWW internationalization (where I assume language and character > sets are the main focus) and localization with countries? > > I am researching how geography can made an attribute for defining > "digital crossroads" for community conferencing from the block club > and neighborhood on up. I am also following meta tag conversations > and see some geographical attributes emerging. > > Does anyone have any comment and is this group the appropriate W3 > group to take up such issues? > There is a related problem in electronic commerce, which is about locale as well as geography. An electronic commerce server should have some way of knowing e.g what currency and/or weights & measurements system a given user prefers. (which may of course be independent of geographical location, although a geographical location might also be relevant). It's probably possible to do all this with cookies but something like an Accept-Locale header would be a bit less trouble. Iain Urquhart European Commission DG XIII-E5 Language Engineering Tel: +352 4301 33661 Fax: +352 4301 34999 Email: iain.urquhart@lux.dg13.cec.be
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