Unicode and Distributed Systems
Intended Audience: |
Manager, Software Engineer, Systems Analyst |
Session Level: |
Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced |
Standards are finally consistent with the desired level of
internationalisation for distributed computing. But most implementations do
a poor job of providing intuitive solutions for heterogeneous multinational
interconnectivity. Most international and industry standards bodies are
addressing the problems of global systems. And virtually all standards have
already adopted Unicode. But that doesn't mean the integration tasks for an
international system will be easy.
Unicode is a solution for most of the current problems in global distributed
systems development and management. Many common distributed applications can
benefit from Unicode now, if they don;t already. There are several methods
for implementing robust global distributed systems using Unicode within the
framework of existing standards for distributed computing.
New, Unicode-enabled technologies will be discussed as to their role in
helping legacy enterprises solve their global issues. Specifically, Web
Services (SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI), Java, and XML will be looked at from a
systems-level view as tools for portability and universal data transmission.
The Internet and the WWW will be inspected briefly, with respect to Unicode,
as to their role in globalising user interfaces and increasing application
and data accessibility. Various Unicode-based implementations will be
discussed as case-studies for how different organizations have adopted
Unicode to solve their distributed application and communication problems.
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