Title :
An architecture for designing internationalized software
Author :
Kokkots, S. ; Spyropoulos, Constantine D.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Documentation Centre, Nat. Hellenic Res. Found., Athens, Greece
Abstract :
Presents a modular architecture for designing internationalized software, called ISDA-i (Internationalized Software Design Architecture). This architecture successfully combines the user requirements for highly personalized applications with the developer requirements for easily maintained, reusable software components incorporating high localization potential. It enlarges the reusable software libraries and minimizes the size of the program core. All the configurable components of a software application are systematically stored in external configuration and resource files, which a system administrator or end-user may edit in order to modify its appearance and behavior
Keywords :
character sets; software libraries; software maintenance; software reusability; ISDA-i; Internationalized Software Design Architecture; configurable components; developer requirements; easily maintained reusable software components; external configuration files; external resource files; highly personalized applications; localization potential; modular architecture; program core size minimization; reusable software libraries; system administrator; user requirements; Application software; Computer architecture; Cultural differences; Documentation; Embedded computing; Informatics; Software design; Software libraries; Software maintenance; Software reusability;
Conference_Titel :
Software Technology and Engineering Practice, 1997. Proceedings., Eighth IEEE International Workshop on [incorporating Computer Aided Software Engineering]
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7840-2
DOI :
10.1109/STEP.1997.615460
