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Articles and White Papers

Following we provide with some White Papers addressing specific subjects in ]project-open[ .

Contents

Translation Industry White papers
General Application White papers
LISE 2005 Presentations
Localization World 2005 Presentations
Technical White papers

Translation Industry

Title
Localization Project Management Best Practices A talk by Frank Bergmann at the 27th Unicode Conference. The paper describes the concepts underlying a number of Best Practices. There is a Wiki with detailed learned lessons, war stories, experiences, ... Checkout the next Unicode conference.
Open-Source Software and Localization Published March 2005 in Multilingual Computing & Technology. The article talks about the impact of open-source software localization on the language industry.
]project-translation[ Innovations Explains the most innovative features of ]project-translation[ such as the translation workflow, internet collaboration and quality management.
Technology Adoption and Competitiveness in the Translation Industry What are the critical factors governing competitiveness in the translation sector and how are they are influenced by technology.
Translation Workflow Explains "Translation Workflow", the core of ]project-translation[. This workflow automatizes the transfer of documents between Translators, Editors and Proof readers and provides the necessary information for Invoicing, Purchase orders etc.
Localization Workflow Explains "Localization Workflow", the greater environment of of ]project-translation[.
Multilingual Architecture Primer An introduction to multilingual software architectures
Translation Timesheet Management Explains how translation and l10n organizations can take advantage of timesheet management.
Translation Internet Collaboration Explains how virtual Internet collaboration may work for translation agencies

Non ]project-open[ Articles:

Title
Where's that Localization Business Model 2.0? Jaap van der Meer writes about the the state of the localization industry in 2002. He diagnoses a mismatch between customer needs and industry services and concludes that MLV's might transform themselves more into consulting companies.

General Application White Papers

Title
]project-open[ Business Vision Explains the concept of the "extended company" and why technology adoption is relevant to staying competitive.
Make or Buy your ERP? What are the criteria to build your own ERP system even though there are so many standard products on the market already?

Technical White papers

Title
]project-open[ "Core" Architecture GUI structure, data model, component architecture, permissions, module architecture and application lifecycle.
]project-open[ Data Model Everything you need to know about ]po[ in order to write reports or to integrate ]po[ with external systems.
]project-open[ Permission Model Explains the "vertical" (departmental) and "horizontal" (project related) permission concepts used widely in ]project-open[
]project-open[ Component Architecture Discusses design issues in component architecture such as "Reach against Richness" in library design and "Inheritance against Aggregation" and presents several architecture examples.
]project-open[ Incident Workflow The ]project-open[ workflow allows to involve customers more into projects by allowing them to post incidents and issues.

L10nW 2005 October 25-27, 2005, Seattle, Washington USA

Title
Translation Workflow Make or Buy? Business Process Analysis and Workflow Design
IT Lifecycle Management
Translation Workflow - Make or Buy?Textbook IT Sourcing Strategy for Localization Companies
Translation Workflow: The case for Open-Source

LISE Brasil - Software Localization and Internationalizacion for Export
Florianópolis, BRAZIL, 10-11 November 2005

Title
Workflow Management Systems in Translation and Localization companies.
Localization PM Best Practices
Effective L10n Project Management
L10n Sourcing
Translation Workflow
Software Architecture

Other:

Title
]project-open[ Free Online Conference & Training Howto How to setup online conferencing & training in order to teach your customers about your product?

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	Unicode '05 Localization PM Best Practices Wiki

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