Download the guide: FOSS Guide to Localization (pdf format - 10.8MB) http://www.iosn.net/l10n/l10n-howto-toolkit/guide.pdf

July 8th 2005

Free/Open Source Software, Guide to Localization assists people in localizing FOSS applications. It covers all the steps involved in the localization process starting from fundamental topics like Locale, Character Encoding and Fonts (including Font Creation) to advanced topics such as Input Methods and Gettext Framework to Translation Guidelines. The guide also takes some FOSS applications like KDE, GNOME, OpenOffice and Mozilla(Firefox) as case-studies. In addition, the guide includes a list of tools useful for the various tasks in localisation.

This guide is a production of the International Open Source Network (IOSN) an initiative of UNDP's Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP), in collaboration with the Centre for the Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Mumbai, India and supported by the International Development Research Center (IDRC), Canada.

The primer is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

Contact:

Sunil Abraham and Khairil Yusof info@iosn.net

Tel: (66-2) 288-1234

About UNDP-APDIP International Open Source Network

The International Open Source Network (IOSN - http://www.iosn.net) is a Centre of Excellence for Free/Open Source Software in the Asia-Pacific Region. IOSN is an initiative of the Asia-Pacific Information Development Programme (APDIP - http://www.apdip.net), which has been supporting the strategic and effective use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) for poverty alleviation and sustainable human development in the Asia-Pacific region since 1997. Via a small secretariat, the IOSN is tasked specifically to facilitate and network Free/Open Source Software advocates and human resources in the region.

About Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)

The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), a Scientific Society of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India, is primarily an R&D institution involved in the design, development and deployment of advanced Information Technology (IT) based solutions. The Mumbai centre of C-DAC has been an active player in the area of Open Source Software and Localisation. For more information please see http://www.ncst.ernet.in and http://www.cdac.in

About the International Development Research Center (IDRC)

The IDRC is a Canadian public corporation that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies. For more information please see http://www.idrc.ca.