Modernizing IBM i Applications from the Database up to the User Interface and Everything in Between

Globalization

Globalization is the process of international integration. This chapter looks at what globalization is about, what the requirements are to globalize your IBM i application, and an initial approach to some methodology.

17.1 Terminology

Here are some terms that often cause much confusion about characters and their conversion. Here are four of the most important terms:

•Encoding scheme

•Coded character set identifier (CCSID)

•Character set (CS)

•Code page (CP)

In Figure 17-1, you can see the structure of the different entities. Each ...