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<meta name="DC.Title" content="Globalization and localization" />
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<title>Globalization and localization</title>
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<body id="rbagsinternatandlocal"><a name="rbagsinternatandlocal"><!-- --></a>
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<!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<h1 class="topictitle1">Globalization and localization</h1>
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<div><p>The operating system controls the operation of programs and provides
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services such as controlling resources, scheduling jobs, controlling input
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and output, and managing data. It is designed to complement and extend the
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capabilities of iSeries™ servers
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to provide fully-integrated support for interactive and batch applications.</p>
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<p>Many functions of the operating system apply directly
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to interactive data processing. Some of the functions are listed as follows:</p>
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<ul><li>Database support to make up-to-date business data available for rapid
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retrieval from any workstation</li>
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<li>Work management support to schedule the processing of requests from all
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work station users</li>
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<li>Application development support that allows online development and testing
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of new application programs to run at the same time as normal production activities</li>
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<li>System operation support that allows the user responsible for system operations
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to perform work from the display station using a single control language,
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complete with prompting and help for all commands</li>
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<li>Help and index search support that allows users to request
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online information about a wide variety of topics</li>
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<li>Message handling support that allows communication among the system, the
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user responsible for systems operations, workstation users, and programs running
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in the system</li>
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<li>Security support to protect data and other system resources from unauthorized
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access</li>
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</ul>
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<p>In addition to these functions, the operating system
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provides national language support. National language support allows users
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to interact with the system in the language of their choice, with results
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that are culturally acceptable. National language support consists of two
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parts: globalization and localization.</p>
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<p><span class="uicontrol">Globalization</span> is support that allows an application
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to operate in all language environments without any change to the application.
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This type of design is also known as enabling an application for national
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language support. A globalized application, shown in the following figure,
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is culturally neutral.</p>
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<br /><img src="rbags519.gif" alt="A globalized application" /><br /><p>By contrast, <span class="uicontrol">localization</span> allows an application
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to operate in a specific language, country, or culture. Localization of an
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application goes a step beyond globalization of the application, as shown
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in the following figure.</p>
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<br /><img src="rbags520.gif" alt="localization of an application" /><br /><p>When localized code is integrated with globalized code at run time, the
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resulting application appears to the user with full national language support.
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The processing environment defines which localization code is combined with
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the globalized code at run time, as shown in the following figure.</p>
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<br /><img src="rbags521.gif" alt="Full national language support for application" /><br /></div>
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<div>
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<div class="familylinks">
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbagsdevelopingappsdesign.htm" title="Your goal in designing international application components is to create components that support national languages independently.">Design globalized applications</a></div>
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