ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22/Java SG ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22/Java SG N 3-8 Date: 1998-10-14 REPLACES: N/A DOC TYPE: Plain DOS Text TITLE: Internationalized Java Documentation SOURCE: Takahisa Kimura (Japan), expert contribution PROJECT: N/A STATUS: This document is circulated to National Bodies of JTC 1/SC22/Java SG for review and consideration at the October 1998 SC22/Java SG meeting in Tokyo. ACTION ID: FYI DUE DATE: DISTRIBUTION: P and L Members MEDIUM: DISKETTE NO: NO. OF PAGES: 1 Text of contribution: ISO Java standard should specify a mandatory set of internationalized Java documents and a set of support tools for this document internationalization. In addition, reference implementations of the tools may be recommendable. Background of these requirements is related with distribution of Java internationalized software; Java supports both internationalization and localization of programs and a localized documentation tool but internationalized documentation. Due to lack of supports for internationalized documents, IT vendors which intend to supply internationalized Java software must conduct costly task for translation of Java documents.