Abstract
As more and more software applications are developed for user community across the world, Internationalization of the software is a key concern. From a mere, application design consideration, Internationalization has become a small field by itself and significant amount of research has been carried out in this field. While there is a large number of a literature available in the industry on various techniques of Internationalization, there are few survey papers. There is a need for understanding Internationalization in a holistic perspective and this paper addresses that need.

Based on a literature survey and practical experience of implementing Internationalization, this paper tries to present Internationalization in a holistic sense. It covers various aspects like need for Internationalization, sub areas of Internationalization, typical problems involved in implementing Internationalization, design guidelines and some of the recommended solutions.

Author Shridhar Rajgopalan

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