Hi Wang,
we won't (we need translators!) - we have now quite a few offers and diverse ideas on how to technically enable the translation. We need to experiment with these and see what works. So my suggestion is - hold off until we make a bit more progress on that. Ideally we would publish some guidelines on how to do a translation pretty soon. We need to make it as easy as possible.
- thomas
I have always keep my eyes on the OpenEHR,until now only few people ever hear from OpenEHR in China.
Hi,
Pablo I remember having similar discussions within our Localisation Program group some time ago. While I tend to agree that dealing with domain names etc. is not of high priority right now, nevertheless we need some principles and guidance. Obviously this is a major issue we need to be looking at. Anyone’s free to get domain names but legitimate registration needs some form of approval by the main openEHR board or through its proxies - local openEHR chapters. We will have to find ways to legitimatise current domain names (openEHR.org.es, openEHR.jp and openEHR.org.nz etc.) when we have the Program going. For those of you not familiar with this initiative: here’s the Localisation Program Webpage and the detailed TOR here.
Lots of things can be said but at this stage I think, while the enthusiasm is here and given the relaxed period for a month or so, going ahead translating the main website, albeit still pretty draft, would be valuable. I think we should then look at finding a balance between conformance to the main website and local flavour. Of course there will be additional content and that’s very valuable; even some with IP restrictions (educational materials or artefacts belonging to national programmes or projects or commercial entities). I strongly think there won’t be a one size fits all solution and we’ll have to improvise 
The ultimate measure of success is the value it will bring to local communities and openEHR at large.
Even if you’re living in an English speaking country I encourage you to start looking at getting organised locally. We can’t expect everything from the source but must create capacity and resources in our own communities. Happy new year to all and watch this space J