Building an internationalaware website with Microsoft 'NET Framework

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Building an international-aware website with
Microsoft .NET Framework

• François Liger
• Program Manager
• Microsoft Corporation
• francl_at_microsoft.com

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Scenario and challenges

• Photo album web site
• Photo exhibitions through virtual galleries
• Additional features
• Site fully globalized
• Site localized in several languages
• (English, French, Japanese, Arabic)
• Challenges
• Single code-base
• Culture-dependant content and presentation
• BiDi support

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Implementation

• User interaction ASP.NET site
• Additional features .NET Web Service
• Data store Microsoft SQL Server

Client
Server
IIS ASP.NET web server
SQL Server database
ADO.NET
web service
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Database design

• Microsoft SQL Server 2000
• Single database
• information in multiple languages
• Specific table design to accommodate multiple
  languages
• Stored procedures
• All text information stored as UTF-16
• Collation order

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Website Architecture

• Using web controls to design pages
• Functionality factorization
• Globalization at the page and controls level
• Localization at the controls level
• Data and navigation items separation
• Data stored in the database
• Navigation localized using resources
• BiDi support
• Additional functionality

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Demo

• Database design
• Web site architecture
• Globalization
• Bidi support
• East Asian font support
• Other topics
• Localization
• Content
• Navigation

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International specifics (recap)

• Database design
• Web site design
• Separating content and interface
• Globalization comes first
• Localization support through resources and
  appropriate content / interface separation

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Questions and links

• Questions?
• Useful Links
• http//www.microsoft.com
• http//www.gotdotnet.com
• http//www.asp.net