[WG: I18N & L10N] I18N support for Role name and Site type

[Steve Swinsburg]

IMO these primary identifiers should not be internationalised. The reason
for this is that many parts of the code expect this to be a certain value,
some even hardcode it. Making this value a moving target *will* cause
difficulties. And how will it be handled in multiple locales? What will the
code be looking for? This is trouble waiting to happen.

In a perfect world these would not be an English string, but would be a
number or some other language agnostic identifier. Labels for roles should
be translated though so that anything user facing is i18n'ised.

cheers,
Steve


On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Jean-Francois Leveque <
jean-francois.leveque at upmc.fr> wrote:

> Hi Jun,
>
> You could check https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-12397 and
> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-22344 which might be the latest
> on both i18n of role names and site type labels.
>
> I think lots of us here would like this to be solved.
>
> If the names/labels are internationalized, they could be updated from
> database with https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-18678 and
> https://source.sakaiproject.org/contrib/rsmart/messagebundle/
> (https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-18984).
>
> Do you mean altering names on a site basis?
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Jean-François
> UPMC, Paris
>
> On 19/03/2014 09:34, Gao Jun wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm now working on I18N support for Role name (instructor, student,
> > maintain, etc.) and site type(course, project).
> > Since many tools use these names with string stored in DB, so a lot of
> > work need to be done.
> >
> > Up to now, I made I18N support for Role worked under site-manage and
> > authz tool, and the todo list is still long.
> >
> > I wonder if anyone has tried work on this before or any JIRA issue
> > already exists.
> > If there is no JIRA issue on this, I'll create a new one.
> >
> > Here is my solution(Role name for example)
> > Use a strategy like tool menu, which has default L10N message and user
> > can alter it.
> >
> > Add a new properties file under folder config/localization
> > Add a method getName to Role which use the way like get name of a tool.
> > Modify the corresponding tools to add I18N support.
> >
> > Is anyone interested in this?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Gao Jun
> > Fudan University
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