Steven Cogorno wrote:

> On Feb 9, 2006, at 4:53 AM, Rainer Heilke wrote:
>
>> I don't know about L10N, though. It has a similar note about  
>> internal documents only, which doesn't apply to OpenSolaris docs,  
>> but I haven't seen the designation at all (that I remember). So, I  
>> don't know whether it should be dropped for the reasons above, the  
>> note changed, or dropped because nobody else uses it, or... If  
>> someone else could comment on this one, that would be great (and by  
>> all means take their comments over mine).
>
> L10N is localization.  It's a commonly used term in the software  
> industry.
>
> Internationalization is the process of enabling software to be  
> localized.  Localization is the process of translating for a  
> particular language and locale.
>
> Does that distinction make sense?

Yes, it does. Thank you. Odd how I remember reading I18N for ages, but 
can't remember running across L10N. But that's immaterial. :-)

So, I think whatever gets decided for I18N should apply to L10N. Just my 
vote, anyway.

Rainer


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