Thank you everyone for the information about Internationalisation...
It seems that other than postal codes, dates, and a few other minor things,
there is not much different.
By the way, although I haven't yet got brochures (they come in a few weeks)
you can see an overview of the software at http://www.brileigh.net/PIC/
The software is written with Perl scripts, with DP as the backend
application, and database "server". In this app DataPerfect only ever sends
out XML, which is transformed at the server side using XSLT. The result to
the browser can be chosen to be HTML or XML which can be used with various
client software, .NET, Flash, AJAX. I am still labouring through on the
client side. The PERL script do all the transformation, and connection to
other web services such as SMS Text Messaging, mail servers and of course
the execution of DP.
I am hosting this on a standard commercial Linux based shared webhosting
site (about US$ 10 per month - for a very very basic service), using DOSEMU
(which, after lots of heckling, I managed to cajole the webmaster into
installing). This host is currently in Australia, but I am looking for other
hosters, as both backups, to get better service levels and to provide
geographic dispersal, (so that DP runs in roughly the same time zone as the
user). I perhaps should have provided time zone calculatons - maybe
something for the future.
I still have to work on a rapid deployment model, as it takes me an hour or
two to set up aq new site. I would like to automate that, so that potential
customers can pay online and get instant gratification
Thanks
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Perez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'DataPerfect Users Discussion Group'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:28 PM
Subject: RE: [Dataperf] Internationalisation or is Internationalization
Hi Brian,
Glad to hear about your success with your project. Will answer your
questions as they apply to the US.
Phone numbers: Format in US is xxx-zzz-zzzz - first three digits are the
area code; next seven digits, the telephone number. This format applies to
all cases.
Mobile phones are generally called cellphones or cellular phones. They are
sometimes called mobile phones. I believe leaving this as mobile phone
would
be generally understood.
I don't do text messaging, so I am not familiar with terms for this. Am
sure
someone else will chime in with this info.
Date format is the same as in Australia.
Address format is generally the same as in Australia. Differences: State
is
2-letter code. ZipCode is a 5 digit code. More complete ZipCode addressing
includes an additional 4 digit appendage, but this is not required.
Hope this helps.
All the best,
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brian Hancock
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 11:19 PM
To: DataPerfect Users Discussion Group
Subject: [Dataperf] Internationalisation or is Internationalization
Hi Everyone,
I am well on my way towards completing what I am hoping we will be a
commercially viable dynamic web application based on DataPerfect. Those
who
have followed what I have been doing I have been writing a web application
for my football (soccer) club, and have been successfully piloting it over
the past season. About 5 months ago, another of my other clients asked me
what I had been up to and I told him about it, and he showed interest, and
in fact committed his club to using it if I was prepared to sell it to
them.
I have had lots of similar responses, and so I have been spending lots of
time writing the software.
The market for the software in Australia would be reasonably limited, and
in
some measure would be hard to make commercially viable solely for this
market, so I have been internationalising it at much as I can, but now I
am
getting to the fine details I was just wanting to check out some details
about other markets. I want to concentrate on English speaking markets to
start with, eg Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada and the USA,
only because I am more familiar with those countries, but I still have
some
details, which I am hoping some of you might be able to help out with:
Phone Numbers
What is the format of phone numbers, eg for Australia it is
(xx) zzzz-zzzz (where "xx" is the area code and "zzzz-zzzz")
that basic format will also work for home, mobile (cell) and most work
phones in Australia,
What is the format that works most of the time there?
What are mobile phones usually called? mobile, cell?
When I send a text message from my mobile phone to another mobile phone, I
call that an SMS. Is it usually called an SMS ot Text Messaging or
something
else?
Generally do all mobile phones have SMS/Text capabilities?
Is there anything that distinguishes a mobile phone from landline phones,
in
Australia mobiles phones have the area code (04)
Dates
In Australia our date format is usually of the form dd/mm/yyyy or
dd-mm-yyyy, what is the normal date format there?
Addresses
In Australia I would my address as:
Brian Hancock
xx yyyyyyyyyy Rd
Gladesville NSW 2111
being:
name
xx=street_number yyyyyyyyy=street_name street_type
suburb/town/city state postcode
What is the most common format for addressing in your country?
In Australia we do not need to note the city, for example Gladeville is a
Suburb of Sydney, but we do not need to mention the city. Is that the same
in your country?
What do you call the component of the address
street address, or just address,
suburb or town or ???
state, province or region
postcode or zipcode
Do you usually use state or region abbreviations in addresses?
In Australia the format of a postcode is always 4 digits eg 2111. What is
the postalcode format there?
Is there anything I have missed that I should have asked.
Sorry to burden you with these question... I hope you do not mind.
Thanks
Brian
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