Fw: Call for Participation: Unicode Localization Interoperability Kick-off

[Helena S Chapman <hchapman@us.ibm.com>]

FYI

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From:      
 Helena S Chapman/San
Jose/IBM@IBMUS
To:      
 unicode@unicode.org
Date:      
 05/09/2011 05:46 PM
Subject:    
   Call for Participation:
Unicode Localization Interoperability Kick-off
Sent by:    
   unicode-bounce2@unicode.org

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Dear Unicode Community. 

As business moves to broader market space, enable offerings and services
to be available in those markets also becomes vital to the success and
survival of any organizations. According to a 2009 European Union study,
the language industry’s annual compounded growth rate was estimated at
10% minimum over the next few years, resulting in approximate value of
16.5 billion to 20 billion €
in 2015. Unicode's stated mission is to "enables
people around the world to use computers in any language". Technical
standard development forms the foundation of desired interoperability for
achieving that mission. Ultimately, the benefits of information and technology
should be available at the end user level in the friendliest interface
possible and to: 

1. Gather requirements for core and extension of the specified standards
in the areas of text segmentation and content memory,
2. Establish core specification scope, extension and implementations to
improve the usefulness of existing standards and profiles for interoperability,
3. Provide consistent interpretation of the specification, extension and
profiles. 

With the recent announcement of the Unicode Localization Interoperability
(ULI) Technical Committee, I would like to invite you to the kick off of
ULI and help shape the scope and plan for this TC. To receive the kick-off
invitation, please report your interests in ULI at http://www.unicode.org/reporting.html#form
with your contact information.

Thank you and look forward to speaking with you.

Best regards, 

Helena Shih Chapman
Globalization Technologies and Architecture
+1-720-396-6323 or T/L 938-6323
Waltham, Massachusetts