This manual is written for database administrators, system administrators, and database application developers who need to ensure that their database or applications include globalization support.
To use this document, you need to be familiar with relational database concepts, bask Oracle server concepts, and the operating system environment under which you are running Oracle.
In addition to administrators, experienced users of Oracle and advanced database application designers will find information in this manual useful. However, database application developers should also refer to the 0raclc9i Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals and to the documentation for the tool or language product they are using to develop Oracle database applications.