Re: [regrep] Question

["David RR Webber" <david@drrw.info>]

Duane,

The UN/EDIFACT approach has always been to use English as the reference
language and then store the alternate language names underneath that.

I suggest that is the way here too.

If you really want to have two peer-networks then you would have to create
two standalone registries and cross-associate between them at equivalence of
nodes.  Primarily this is because you may get subtle but important
differences from locale national traditions and methods.  An obvious example
is date formats - but standard accounting practices are legally laid down -
so a classification based on French accounting practice would be different
in the way it structures and prioritizes BIEs.

Of course if you are Canadian you are really messed up.  To be fair you
could randomly assign French or English, or English or French as the primary
key...  Better to point to an international governing body than an internal
one, eh?   ; -)

DW.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Nickull" <dnickull@adobe.com>
To: <regrep@lists.oasis-open.org>
Cc: "Aziz Abouelfoutouh" <Aziz.Abouelfoutouh@PWGSC.GC.CA>;
<Buchinski.Ed@tbs-sct.gc.ca>
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 4:48 AM
Subject: [regrep] Question


> I understand that we will have I have been working on a project that has
both English and French (or more) serialized into one Data Element Metadata
Object (think of a core component that has several BIE's serialized in
line).
> We understand that the same object can be classified under two
classification schemes (or more). My issue was that an object (BIE) has only
one Registry Object Name (that is the name in the RIM) and that name will be
shown to the user in any classification schema. So, if as a user I choose
French and I use the French classification schema to browse the registry, I
expect the Registry Object Name I see to be in French. Same in English. So,
my question is still the same: how do we accommodate bilingualism at the
Registry Object Name?
>
> Any ideas from the experts here????
>
> Duane Nickull
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