From: nisikimi <nisikimi>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 08:36:12 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Text from FrontPage version
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 /***en
     @mainpage The m17n library documentation
 
-    @section sect1 Background
+    @section sect2 What is the m17n library?
 
-    What is the multilingual text processing?
+    The @e m17n @e library is a multilingual text processing library
+    for the C language.  m17n is an abbreviation of
+    Multilingualization.
 
-    Why is the m17n library necessary?
+    <ul>
+    <li>m17n-lib is an open source software.
 
-    @section sect2 What is the m17n library?
+    <li>m17n-lib is for any Linux/Unix  applications.
 
-    The @e m17n @e library is a multilingual text processing library
-    for the C language.  It provides following facilities to handle
+    <li>m17n-lib realizes multilingualization of many aspects of applications.
+ 
+    <li>m17n-lib represents multilingual text as an object named
+    M-text. M-text is a string with attributes called text properties,
+    and designed to substitute for string in C.  Text properties carry
+    information required to input, display and edit the  text.
+
+    <li>m17n-lib supports functions to handle M-texts.
+
+    </ul> 
+
+
+    The @e m17n @e library provides following facilities to handle
     multilingual text.
 
     <ul>
@@ -30,6 +44,37 @@
     <li> Functions for inputting and displaying M-text.
     </ul>
 
-  */
-////
+    @section sect1  Why Multilingual? Why Library?
+
+    Multilingualization in software refers to a form of
+    internationalization,  where many kinds of cultural conventions,
+    such as languages and scripts, can be used simultaneously on the
+    software.  In order to share information in the whole world, we
+    need a computer environment where support for every language is
+    equally easy.
+
+    Currently software developers tend to design and implement
+    multilingual facilities on their own,  even though their software
+    do not focus on multilingualization or text handling  itself. They
+    indeed need strings or text in user interface, but it is
+    peripheral at most.  Mozilla, Perl, and Ruby are good
+    examples. This situation is waste of time and effort.
+
+    Multilingualization in most software is peripheral, that is,
+    multilingual facilities can be isolated from  other (main) parts
+    of the software.  At the same time, most software has common
+    requirement for their multilingual interfaces. A library that
+    fulfils  those requirement can be used from various
+    applications and will make software  development more efficient
+    and inexpensive.
 
+    @section contact Contact us:
+
+    Global IT Security Group<br>  
+    Information¡¡Technology Research Institute<br>  
+    Institute of¡¡Advanced Industrial Science and Technology<br>
+
+    E-mail:Mule-aist@m17n.org 
+
+*/
+////