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5     <meta name="Description" content="Describes differences between 1.0 and 2.0 navigation and steps to convert 1.0 navigation to 2.0 syntax">     <meta name="Description" content="Describes differences between 1.0 and 2.0 navigation and steps to convert 1.0 navigation to 2.0 syntax">
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7     <title>Migrating Help Contributions</title>     <title>Migrating Help Contributions</title>
   
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538  The approach taken will depend on a specific circumstances.  The approach taken will depend on a specific circumstances.
539  <h4>  <h4>
540  <a NAME="INTERNATIONALIZATION"></a>Internationalization</h4>  <a NAME="INTERNATIONALIZATION"></a>Internationalization</h4>
541  The 2.0 help system expects the TOC XML files to be translatable, and will  The 2.0 help system expects the TOC XML files to be translated, and will
542  look for the TOC under &lt;plugin install dir>/nl/&lt;locale> directory.&nbsp;  look for the TOC under &lt;plugin install dir>/nl/&lt;language>/&lt;country>
543  If strings from 1.0 help contributions were externalized to property files,  and &lt;plugin install dir>/nl/&lt;language>/ directories.&nbsp; If strings
544  they need to be put back into the topics files (now TOC).&nbsp; If translated  from 1.0 help contributions were externalized to property files, they need
545  properties are already available, multiple copies of the TOCs can be created  to be put back into the topics files (now TOC).&nbsp; If translated properties
546  and placed under appropriate locale directories.&nbsp; Each of the TOCs  are already available, multiple copies of the TOCs can be created and placed
547  should be filled with string from the corresponding property file.  under appropriate locale directories.&nbsp; Each of the TOCs should be
548    filled with string from the corresponding property file.&nbsp; Since format
549    of property files and XML differ, attention must be paid to encoding of
550    characters.&nbsp; Characters that are not part of ISO 8859-1 encoding and
551    were encoded using \uXXXX format in property files, no longer need to be
552    encoded.&nbsp; Special characters can be encoded using in XML using &amp;#xXX;
553    format.
554  <p><a href="#TOP">back to top</a>  <p><a href="#TOP">back to top</a>
555  </body>  </body>
556  </html>  </html>
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