Integrate special characters +4
Sent: Mon Sep 8, 2008 (23:16)
Subject: Internationalization and encoding
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Anyway ... I started to add a few stuff with titles in French, and discovered that special characters are not handled very well to say the least.
See e.g. http://www.wiserearth.org/event/visualize/060e6dfe942c6b9674e4aba24800ae06/event
Where all "é" and "è" are corrupted in the page title, and simply missing in the graphical rendering.
Is not WE data base encoded in UTF-8? Well, if not, it should :))
And BTW, why the choice of proprietary tools (Flash) vs open standards (like SVG) in the graphical interface?
Stay tuned. More to come ...
-bvatant
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Flag comment for removal bowo 4 months ago
Yes. Just jumping in for a vote :)
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Yes, we need to get this sorted if we are make the site available in other languages.
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Hi bvatant,
The network visualizer is an open source Flash app that we were able to customize for our needs, rather than developing one from scratch. If you're aware of an open source SVG utility that does something similar, please let us know. We're always on the lookout for new technology that can benefit the site.
As for the UTF-8 issue, yes, all of the data is stored as UTF-8 in the database, but it seems that the Flash app isn't rendering it consistently. You can see that the dropdown list in the top right shows the characters correctly, but the box in the center of the diagram and the title bar do not. I've asked our Flash developer to take a look. Thanks for the heads up.
Arash |
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someone please follow up on bvatant's question :)
"...why the choice of proprietary tools (Flash) vs open standards (like SVG) in the graphical interface?" |
