The document discusses different approaches to organizing global websites and content across different locales and languages. It examines issues like overall site structure, content translation, taxonomies, categories, and underlying philosophies around localization. Some key challenges mentioned are that taxonomies and categories are often culturally dependent and do not directly translate between languages. The conclusion is that while complete standardization is one option, localization of taxonomies and content is usually necessary to meet different user needs in various regions and cultures.

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4. High level site structure

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9. Global gateway

15. Alphabetical ordering

20. Taxonomies are cultural

23. Categories are cultural

25. Dewey vs. the Maori

29. Translating taxonomies

30. 1. Semantic overlap girl fille niña GIRL: A female child. An immature or inexperienced woman, especially a young woman. A daughter: our youngest girl. Informal. A grown woman: a night out with the girls. A female who comes from or belongs to a particular place: a city girl. Offensive. A female servant, such as a maid. A female sweetheart: cadets escorting their girls to the ball. Very few words match up exactly between two languages. Context is needed to clarify. Girl = niña, chica, joven or hija.

34. Underlying philosophies

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