Re: [ubl-jplsc] encoding issue and OpenOffice

[jon.bosak@sun.com]

Sorry for the delay -- I'm traveling in Europe and not able to
keep up with email.

[NItoh@ariba.com:]

| This is my opinion regarding language translation.
| 
| 1) Target translation documents
|    a) OASIS overview & regulation
|       -TC process
|       -OASIS Bylaw
|       -IPR pilicy
|       -TC Guide
|    b) UBL presentations
|       -What, Why,......  (I think Tim McGrath's ppt is good for
| understanding)
|    c) UBL Specifications
|       -committee Draft 1.0
|       -delta files (the information of difference between old version and
| current version)

I agree with all of this, with the understanding that by
"translation of delta files" you mean that the translation of the
committee draft will be updated to reflect the changes made
between 1.0 Beta and the final 1.0 release.

| 2) encoding & applications
| 
|    a) We should use the shift-JIS encoding within Japan.
|    b) I think we should not merge Japanese, Chinese and Korean language
| fields into one spreadsheet yet.

As you know from the Pacific Coordination call that we held 12|13
January, I agree with you that we should not attempt to put all
the translations into a single spreadsheet.

|    -The OpenOffice (Japanese version) still has a problem.
|    (I tried to install. But 1.0.3 of OpenOffice and 1.1.0 caused the file
| error, and installation of them was not completed.)

I will report this problem and ask the openoffice developers to
contact you directly.

| 3) OASIS Web site
|    I think we need to build a local Web site. (Mailing-List, Web page and
| Database )
| 
|    -OASIS's KAVI system still has some problems in CJK handling.
|    (Please see the JPLSC KAVI page. Probably you can find out that the
| character is not displayed correctly.)
|    (And please check the attachment file which was sent automatically from
| KAVI when I posted a document into KAVI.)

I will forward this to OASIS and ask them for a solution.

Jon