- From: <David_Possin@i2.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 12:47:05 -0500
- To: www-international@w3.org
- Message-ID: <OFA900C643.CDCBB49E-ON86256AB8.0059299D@i2.com>
Hello everybody, I am currently working the i18n/l10n requirements for creating and maintaining company and person profile data for our ecommerce framework. Due to the large diversity of our customers we want to offer standard base data for international support in all supported languages. This was originally done by our customer in their respective local offices, but the magnitude is getting overwhelming and our support staff cannot keep up with their requests. I am looking for resources for specific profile data information in as many languages/locales/cultures/regions as possible, preferably backed up by national standards organizations. Here are the major areas I have started to research: Common Honorifics, Salutations, Titles; their placement rules and correct usage (regular expressions) Gender and Marriage Status specifications (some countries do not allow divorces, but may allow the term separated or legally separated) Surnames and Additions (like Henry III or the Third) Usage of Maiden Names and other genealogical information (I remember Spanish heritage listing as a nightmare: uuuu y vvvv y wwww y xxxxx and so on) Religions and Sub-Groups (like Protestant, Lutheran or Reformed) Legal business identifications (like in Germany: AG, KG, GmbH, GmbH & Co. KG, etc.) There are probably dozens more parts of information that should be used to be complete, there are probably additional fields that don't even apply to a Western culture. I would appreciate getting as much info as I can, I will compile a list and send it out to the group once it looks like I have all. I am especially interested in native standards in the respective languages. Thanking all in advance, David Possin International QA Engineer (i18n & l10n) i2 Technologies - Austin
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