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 2006Q1 Developer’s Guide for more information on localization.