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
