[Chameleon] Chameleon and internationalization

[Jason Fournier]

Bart,

Personally, I'd like to see Internationalization in XML - the benefits 
are numerous.  I guess another option could be SQLLite.

Jay


bartvde at xs4all.nl wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> the current Chameleon internationalization uses a language dbf file per
> widget, in which every language occupies a column in the dbf.
> 
> With updates from Chameleon coming it, this is a difficult system to
> maintain. Maybe widgets have been updated with new keys in the dbf, so the
> widget dbf file has been altered. This will mean you will need to get your
> own language added to the new dbf again.
> 
> What options would there be to simplify this process?
> -have separate dbf files per language, and make joins?
> -maintain the language resources in XML files, which can be validated
> whether or not they contain all the keys which need to be in there,
> assuming keys will end up being XML elements?
> 
> Any other ideas? Are there any plans to change this system?
> 
> Best regards,
> Bart
> 
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