Presentation (in French) to the International Open Forum on E-Learning and Standards introducing the topic of globalization, diversity and special needs. The goal of globalization, notes the author, is to foster global commerce, to minimize tariff and non-tariff trade barriers, and to maximinze freedom of trade (a lot like standards, notice). Cultural barriers, though, are equally significant, and the author points to cases where translation errors have led to disasters, creating a need for "cultural and linguistic adaptability." The author, an internationally known IT expert of ISO/IEC JTC1 SC2 (Coded Character Sets) and JTC1 SC35 (User Interfaces), puts his in-depth knowledge of keyboards, calendars and vocabulary to goot use to illustrate this point.
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