Hi John and all,
Not as a testimonial (I've never used these systems), but...
Adlib promises full Unicode support for content in text fields:
http://www.adlibsoft.com/products/museum-software
CollectionSpace "is built to handle Unicode from the outset":
http://www.collectionspace.org/about/faq#when
CollectiveAccess "offers support for multi-lingual cataloguing":
http://www.collectiveaccess.org/about/overview
http://wiki.collectiveaccess.org/index.php?title=WhatsNew
Gallery Systems' eMuseum "is fully Unicode compliant" (and I'm sure TMS
users can say whether TMS itself is; at least core fields are, I think):
http://www.gallerysystems.com/products/emuseum/features/unicode-languages
and IDEA foregrounds multi-lingual support in its marketing:
http://www.idea-alm.com/
Doubtless there are more!
Setting aside localized interface (not needed?), the key thing to seek
(as you may know) is Unicode support for contents in all text fields.
hope this helps
Rob
Rob Lancefield
Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459-0487 USA
rlancefield [at] wesleyan [dot] edu | tel. 860.685.2965
On 2/3/2011 2:00 PM, Gordy, John wrote:
> Hello everyone
> I have a question on behalf of the National Museum of Cambodia. They have
> approximately 17,000 objects, mostly sculptural including bronze, stone, and
> ceramics. They need to store collection information in 3 languages. Khmer,
> English, and French. They have imagery for all the objects and would
> ultimately like to put it online. We are interested if anyone?s found a
> collection engine that supports Latin and Asian Character sets.
> Happy Tet
> -jg
