Designing for Localization

Localization is the process of adapting text and cultural content to a specific audience. Localization can be approached in two different ways:

• Localization of the entire product into a language that we don’t provide. This is usually done by a professional service organization.

• Localization of parts of Portal Server that can be translated to support localization include:

  • Template and JSP files

  • Resource Bundles

  • Display profile properties

For advanced language localization, create a well-defined directory structure for template directories. To preserve the upgrade path, maintain custom content and code outside of default directories. See the Sun Java System Portal Server 7.1 Developer’s Guide for more information on localization.