Overview Goals Components Team / Resources Technology Procedures Q & A Oct 9, 2002 ELECTOnline Overview Goals Components Team / Resources Technology Procedures Q & A Angelika Haas, LRC, University of Limerick

Overview European Localisation Exchange Centre http://localisation.ie/research/projects/Elect_Project_Web/ EU funded project as part of the EU eContent program http://www.hltcentral.org Information, support and access to the latest technology on the web portal for the L10N industry beta version available on http://electonline.ie/

Goals Focus point for eContent providers and users, SMEs, business branches new to L10N and academia Web portal will provide reliable information on good practice for eContent development and L10N easy access to know-how and technology guidelines on linguistic and cultural customisation enhance visibility and recognition of this industry in Europe and world-wide

Components 4 Executive Briefings (2003) in Germany, Greece, Czech Republic, Spain 2 Foundation Courses held in four countries (2003) Development of Global Web Sites (I18N) L10N of eContent including cross-cultural aspects 2 Expert Workshops to get input and advice from the Expert Council (in conjunction with the conferences) 2 Localisation Europe Conferences 2002 and 2003)

Components – cntd. Localisation Tools Showcase Showcase and research of the latest L10N tools and technology Industry and academia will have free access to a dedicated lab during the duration of the project Benchmarking Compliance testing Remote access to save resources (under evaluation)

Components – cntd. European Localisation Best Research Award (annual) Industry sponsored award for the best research publication on eContent I18N and L10N European Localisation Scholar (bi-annual) Industry sponsored scholarship programme based on competitive proposal submission by post-grad researchers at European third-level institutions Europe’s Best Global Web Site (annual) Industry sponsored for Europe’s most innovative web site in relation to multilingual / multicultural issues

Components – cntd. Localisation Europe Newsletter Proceedings of Expert Workshops Localisation Europe Yellow Pages

Components – cntd. Web portal for the eContent and L10N industry Concise information and access to latest technology News, Events, Technology, Learning, Community, Business, Publications, Discussion Board etc.

Team / Resources Project team consists of Project Coordinator Reinhard Schäler 1 Project Manager 4 researchers 3 professionals Bowne Global Solutions as L10N partner Support from the industry is required Expert Council LRC Industrial Advisory Board Web developers, L10N companies, SW companies etc.

Technology Web portal LOTS Linux server coded in Perl and HTML Windows 2000 server 10 Windows 2000 clients VMware for OS emulation Ghost images for fast restoration after testing Separate firewall to the internet Remote access being evaluated

Procedures LOTS Access via the server allows you emulate any of the main OS on the PCs linked to it … … run any of the installed localisation tools on the selected OS … … test their suitability for your requirements … … and above all, evaluate new tools available. Use them with “real” sample files provided by the industry in various formats, or use your own samples to get real results. Remote access will save valuable resources and allow for fast evaluations BIG THANKS to all supporting companies!

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