Localization

[jqnatividad]

The data portal solution should provide the ability to be localized and adapted to the dominant languages in the jurisdiction. Ideally, this localization should extend to the metadata values as well, not just the metadata field names.

[technickle]

@jqnatividad I generally agree with this, though the metadata is a content issue for the jurisdiction, not specifically a portal issue. What if we added the following requirements to the non-functional list? (please suggest other variations)

• The portal must support unicode storage and transmission for both the data catalog and any stored data
• The portal must support a default language to be specified by the site administrator(s).
• The portal may support automatic detection or manual selection of a visitor's preferred language and deliver content in that language if the content is available in that language. When the content is not available in the preferred language, the default language must be used.
• The portal may support one or more versions of a dataset's metadata in different languages and present the appropriate language of metadata based upon a visitor's preference.