I have two not well thought out ideas for projects. This is the first: On 03/26/2013 04:36 AM, Janko Mivšek wrote:
Title:
Create a package that integrates the Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) into Squeak/Pharo
Level: (beginner, intermediate, advanced)
Beginner?
Possible mentor: (if already known)
Possible second mentor: (if already known)
I could help out (or not) but may be someone better to lead.
Description
See: http://cldr.unicode.org/ The CLDR is a maintained set of locale specific information for use in programs. Creating a package that integrates it into Squeak & Pharo would help with i18n and l10n for the platforms. It would be preferable to be able to load a limited number of locales rather than the whole thing into every image. We would probably benefit from having a Fuel based data repo somewhere that can access the updated and interpreted standards.
Technical Details
The CLDR is constantly edited and updated and published as a spec and set of XML files. Those files would need to be regularly downloaded and parsed to create a publicly available
Benefits to the Student
Work with international standards, web services, wider knowledge of the affects of the actions of politicians and history. umm.
Benefits to the Community Being able to properly interpret, compare, and format currencies, dates, times, inside their images.