Hi,
I just joined this group. It might be interesting for you to keep an
eye on the locales group here in Yahoo Groups, as well. We are also
looking at XML and the current restrictions it has for i18n and l10n.
We are trying to come up with a model to cover all locale parameters,
and not only existing ones, plus xml:lang is not enough, what else
should be added, like xml:locale. I am not sure about OSCAR, I
haven't seen much progress there either. Finding a 'home' is a big
issue everywhere, I guess.

Dave Possin
--- In lisa-its@y..., "Yves Savourel" <yves@o...> wrote:
> Hi Gustavo,
>
> You're right: not many things have happened since a while.
> The main reason is that ITS and the related efforts do not have
a 'legal
> umbrella' yet. For people to contribute to some common pool of
knowledge or
> share developments, you need some basic framework in which to work.
It's
> important to make sure any contribution is accessible to all and
stay
> accessible later on. That all IP issues are resolved and
contributions are
> made in a clear framework.
>
> The first effort of using OSCAR as the 'umbrella' was slow to
develop and
> bogged down since OSCAR wasn't made to host such thing initially.
The OSCAR
> goals and policy is currently being revised to allow initiative
such as ITS
> (and others) to truly exist. There is actually a meeting in Vienna
(this
> week I think) about this. I really hope progress can be made and
the new
> bylaws enacted at some point in the future.
> If ultimately OSCAR is not able, for a reason or another, to host
ITS, then
> we have the option to look for example at OASIS or other entities,
but here
> again, it takes time to set those things in place.
>
> I hope we'll find an official 'home' soon. Once this is done, I
hope we will
> have more contributions and we will be able to move forward
quickly. As the
> previous email mentioned, LionBridge just put its localization suite
> ForeignDesk on the public domain as open source software, this is
one more
> sign showing that common contribution in our industry is making
progress. A
> common framework would bring a lot of benefits to commercial, in-
house, and
> open-source tools. ITS is just a small part of this.
>
> best,
> -yves
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: g_hartmann2001@y... [mailto:g_hartmann2001@y...]
> Sent: Mon, November 05, 2001 10:32 AM
> To: lisa-its@y...
> Subject: [lisa-its] Current status
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> I haven't seen any discussions on the ITS group and I wonder,
> what's the current status of proposal ? Is there anything being
> developed at all ?
> It looks like nobody is willing to contribute with something but
> Yves and Robert. Am I missing something here ?
>
> bye,
> Gustavo.
>
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