LOTS - Localisation Technology Laboratory and Showcase |
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Currently, localisation professionals searching for suitable technology to localise their products often duplicate their efforts. They do not have easy access to a dedicated localisation laboratory and showcase. The LOTS laboratory will enable them to identify suitable technology faster and more efficiently – and localisation technology developers will find it easier to establish contacts with potential customers.
The
central point for learning and testing
Based at the University of Limerick, and run by
the LRC, the LOTS laboratory enables localisation professionals and
trainers to identify suitable technology faster and more efficiently.
Since September 2002, localisation professionals
searching for suitable technology to localise their products can access the LOTS
laboratory free of charge.
With this new facility, researchers and developers can experiment with different technologies and operating systems, as well as language and locale settings. The laboratory provides access to state-of-the-art localisation technology. It even offers sample files, donated from various companies, to aid their research and evaluation. In short, LOTS encourages and facilitates high-end research.
The
localisation industry showcase
All the tools available in the LOTS laboratory
are for research, evaluation and demonstration purposes only.
This is proving to be
of great benefit to both users and developers. Among other things, LOTS
also encourages localisation technology developers to establish contacts with
potential customers.
Localisation tools and technology developers are invited by the LRC to make their products available to interested parties through LOTS for research, evaluation and demonstration purposes.
 | LOTS offers benefits to both developers and users of localisation technology. |
| Through their support of this central repository and showcase, developers raise the awareness of the tools and technologies currently available, make it easy for potential customers and users to access their products, and expand the market for localisation tools and technologies. |
| Potential users have easy, hands-on access to tools and technologies for evaluation purposes, they can gain an immediate overview of available tools and technologies, and they can easily match their specific requirements with available tools and technologies. |
The LRC is constantly contacting new companies to explain LOTS and encourage them to donate their software and/or sample files. Companies can also contact LOTS directly using the email address and/or telephone number supplied on this page (the 'Location and Contact Details' section). Click here to find out who the current LOTS contributors are.
If you would like to arrange a visit to LOTS, please download this form (Word 2000, 67.8KB) and email or fax it to us. (see details below). However, if you cannot come to LImerick, you can also request remote access to LOTS Online (the LOTS server).
The LOTS laboratory is
located in the Informatics and Information Systems Building of the University of
Limerick (Ireland), Room CS2-044.
Coordinator: Michael
Bourke (michael.j.bourke@ul.ie)
Telephone: +353 (0)61 234293
Fax: +353 (0)61 202734
Email: Lrc@ul.ie
URL: www.electonline.org
The LOTS laboratory is
physically accessible to students and any professional involved in the
localisation industry both in Ireland and overseas (provided they travel to the
University of Limerick).
In order to use the
laboratory’s facilities, it is necessary to schedule a visit with the LOTS
staff via email, telephone or fax. Users will need a username and password,
which will be issued to them after having scheduled a visit.
Each user is provided with
full administrative rights. To allow for the fact that settings may be changed,
bugs may be created etc. as people test the applications, each PC will be
rebuilt on a regular basis using stored ghost images.
Remote
As it is not viable for all
individuals to travel to the University of Limerick, users can also have access
to most of the applications available in the LOTS laboratory, by logging
into the LOTS server remotely (i.e. from anywhere in the world). This
server contains most of the software applications and sample files available in
the actual LOTS laboratory.
As with physical access, users
wishing to make use of this remote facility need to request a personal user name
and password from the LOTS staff. Then, they can log onto the LOTS
server and once logged on, they will have access to a personalised LOTS
desktop, in exactly the same way as if they were sitting in front of the server.
Unfortunately with remote access, full administrative rights cannot be granted
to any user, as we need to give the contributing companies a guarantee that a
certain level of security will be maintained during the use of their software
packages.
Click here to log onto the LOTS server.
Software
An updated list of the tools available in LOTS
can be accessed in the ELECT
Online web portal.
Platforms:
Windows
2000 Professional, XP Professional, NT and 98.
Linux 8 and 9.
Sample files:
Some of the sample files available are
multilingual glossaries, flash, .DLL, .EXE, .DDB, .XLIFF and .XML.
Hardware
10 PCs (Pentium IV, @ 1.80GHz, 523MB, 20GB HD)
1 LOTS server (Pentium III @ 1.27GHz, 523MB, 2 80GB HD)