Marco, Things are a bit more complicated. The address should be in the format & language of the recipient but the country should be in the language and positioned according to the sending country.
Unicode is not a complete solution. Yao mentioned Chinese addresses. These might be in Traditional or Simplified font depending on destination. Carl > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Marco Cimarosti > Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:31 AM > To: 'ByteCool Software'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ANN] World Address Project starts and relies on Unicode > heavily > > > > Dear all, > > > > World Address Project promotes an idea of utilizing Unicode on online > > shopping websites for solving the international shipping > > address problem. > > This will greatly benefit both customers and online businesses. > > > > Please take a look at http://www.bytecool.com/wap/ and feel > > free to send > > questions or comments. > > > > Best Regards, > > Yao Ziyuan > > A welcome initiative! I especially hope that your FAQ, when it will be > ready, will contain useful suggestions. > > I am really quite sick of those forms that, after I have specified my > country is Italy, force me to fill in my "state"! I usually, have > to select > "Michigan", which has the same acronym ("MI") as the province of Milan. I > hope I'll never move in the province of Florence, as there is no state in > the US whose acronym is "FI"... > > Also, I hope they'll stop refusing forms where I haven't filled > the "middle > initial" field. > > Ciao. > Marco "X" Cimarosti > >
