An internationalized system may include internationalized client applications, gateways, and servers running on different platforms in different native language environments.
For example, an international system might include the following components:
Order processing applications in New York City, Mexico City, and Paris (Client-Library applications)
An inventory control server in Germany (Adaptive Server)
An order fulfillment server in France (Adaptive Server)
A central accounting application in Japan (an Open Server application working with an Adaptive Server)
In this system, the order processing applications:
Query the inventory control server to determine if requested items are in stock
Place orders with the order fulfillment server
Send financial information to the accounting application
The inventory control server and the order fulfillment server respond to queries, and the accounting application collects financial data and generates reports.
The system looks like this:
Figure 7-1: Example of an international system
In this example, all applications and servers use local languages and character sets to accept input and output messages.
