- To: linux-i18n@sun.com (li18nux)
- Subject: [LI18NUX:109] Call for participation
- From: "Akio Kido" <KIDO@jp.ibm.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 99 07:10:35 JST
- Reply-To: KIDO@jp.ibm.com
Dear all,
Please forward/redistribute this call for particiaption as appropriate.
Best regards,
Akio Kido
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1999-09-13
From: Co-chairs of Linux Internationalization Initiative (Li18nux)
kido Kido (IBM) kido@jp.ibm.com
Hudeki Hiura (Sun Microsystems) Hideki.Hiura@Eng.Sun.Com
To: Technical experts in Linux and Open Source communities,
Technical experts of Internationalization and National Language
support, Linux Distributions, Linux related projects,
Linux related IT vendors, and Linux User Groups in each country
Subject: Call for participation to the Li18nux Working Group
Permission to re-distribution:
Please feel free to forward or redistribute this call for
participation to other organizations or mailing lists
We are pleased to inform you that the Linux Internationalization Initiative
(that may be abbreviated as Li18nux or LI18NUX) has been founded in
September 1999, and calling for your participation into this activity.
The Linux Internationalization is a voluntary working group, consisting of
Linux related contributors who are working on Globalization, which is
composed of Internationalization and Localization. The scope of the
activities will be focused on software and application portability and
Interoperability in the International context.
Objectives of the working group are as follows:
- Leverage collaborative efforts among contributors of Linux
Internationalization.
- Provide a forum for contributors to have technical discussions about
Internationalization.
- Perform necessary coordination among projects that are related to Linux
Internationalization.
- Actively disseminate Linux Internationalization related information.
- Provide specification of Internationalized APIs and components that
every distribution should include to ensure application portability and
interoperability among various Linux distributions.
- Develop a catalogue of Internationalized components of Linux
(including documentation, message catalogues, etc).
- Establish necessary liaisons with various committees and organizations
who are working on Internationalization.
- Define a process for creation of and dissemination of a core set of
Globalized documentation and localizable elements for Linux and
applications that run on Linux.
- Produce documentation on how to globalize applications and other
resources for Linux.
- Promote the universal translation of existing and future documentation
by working with existing documentation and localization providers.
The membership of this working group shall be open to anyone who is
interested in contributing to Linux Internationalization.
If you agree with the above objectives, and work with us together,
please fill in the attached application form and send it to
linux-i18n-request@sun.com. (or linux-i18n-request@li18nux.org
when it becomes available).
Additional information about this group will become available
though our Web page http://www.li18nux.org (temporaly
http://210.160.33.152/li18nux/ ). You will also find our
charter and latest members' list on the page.
The charter is attached at the bottom of this mail.
If you would have any question on the Li18nux WG, please feel free
to contact with Li18nux c/o Akio Kido and/or Hideki Hiura.
We are looking forward to seeing and co-working with you.
(See attached file: li18nux-charter.htm)
Best regards,
Akio Kido and Hideki Hiura
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Application form to join Li18nux
( Please use English to fill this form in, and send it to
linux-i18n-request@sun.com )
1. Your name:
2. Your organization / project (if applicable):
- Name of the organization / project
- Brief description of the organization / project
- Contact to the organization / project representative
3. Your E-mail address:
4. URL of your (your organization / project ) Web page:
5. Your postal address:
6. How can you participate in the working group activity?
- Face-to-face meeting in United States
Yes / Sometimes / No
- Face-to-face meeting in your geography if we have
Yes / No
- Is there any possibility to host this WG meeting
in your geography?
Yes / Provably / No
- E-mail discussion
Yes / No
- Other (please describe)
7. Please introduce yourself:
- Nationality and your native language;
- Your technical expertise:
- Your interest area of Linux and/or Open source components:
- What contribution would you like to do?
- What would you like to do in this working group?
- What would you expect for this working group?
- Your ambitions about this working group?
8. Please describe your support message to this Working Group
A. Can we put your profile available in our Web site?
Yes (everything)
Yes (except the following items)
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