Internationalization Considerations

This section describes the internationalization design considerations provided by Windchill Integration for MES. You need to be aware of these when deploying in an environment that traverses international boundaries.

Windchill Integration for MES manages language data on a per transaction basis. Windchill ESI services detect an appropriate language fromWindchill PDMLink and communicates it the MES interfaceI software components via the languageLocaleID attribute that is sent with the ISA 95 B2MML message. Windchill ESI Services get the language from the Change Administrator III's preferred language, if set, otherwise it uses the Windchill method server language.

Windchill Integration for MES supports eight languages and ten locales. These values map to nine unique MES free text language key codes. All initial Windchill Integration for MES messages are provided in the supported languages listed in the following table. A systems integrator can localize these for additional locales and languages.

All PTC-developed code-level language is in U.S. English only.

Country	Locale Description	Windchill Language	Windchill Locale Value (Setting for languageLocaleID)	Language	Language Value
United States	English	English	en_US	English	EN
Great Britain	English	English	en_GB	English	EN
Japan	Japanese	Japanese	ja	Japanese	JA
Taiwan	Chinese	Chinese	zh_TW	Traditional Chinese	ZF
China (PRC)	Simplified Chinese	Chinese	zh_CN	Simplified Chinese	ZH
Korea	Korean	Korean	ko	Korean	KO
Italy	Italian	Italian	it	Italian	IT
France	French	French	fr	French	FR
Germany	German	German	de	German	DE
Spain	Castilian Spanish	Spanish	es	Spanish	ES

The locale information is controlled in both Windchill PDMLink and MES distribution targets at the user level. TheWindchill Integration for MES business logic does not translate language, date, or currency. In the Windchill Integration for MES business logic, textual elements are not hard-coded; instead, they are stored outside the source code and retrieved dynamically.

The following describes how the locale information is controlled betweenWindchill PDMLink and the MES interface and the MES distribution target.

This section describes two valid internationalization business scenarios, each followed by suggested locale and languages variables.

The following figure illustrates a business scenario where users create, modify, and view data in one language in Windchill PDMLink and MES.

The following figure illustrates a business scenario where some users create, modify, or view data in one language inWindchill PDMLink and the MES, while other users create, modify, or view data in another language. The data created, modified, or viewed by each set of users is not shared inWindchill PDMLink and the MES.