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The success of the markup language XML is partly due to its internationalization capabilities. “internationalization” means the readiness of a product or a technology for an international market and users with different languages, cultures and cultural preferences. The aim of the paper is threefold. First, it introduces aspects of internationalization found within the XML standard itself, like the support of the Unicode character encoding. Second, it demonstrates specific benefits of XML-related technologies for users with internationalization and localization needs. That includes technologies like ITS and XLIFF which are used within the localization industry. Third, the paper discusses current and future topics of Web internationalization, with XML as the backbone of a yet to come truly multilingual web. These three aspects are presented in relation to other areas of information modeling which are part of this volume.
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Sasaki, F. (2010). Markup Languages and Internationalization. In: Witt, A., Metzing, D. (eds) Linguistic Modeling of Information and Markup Languages. Text, Speech and Language Technology, vol 41. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3331-4_4
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