Aspects of a service are localized, and the localization is fixed by the
server.
Examples:
- Service sending fault texts in a fixed language
- Fixed Query/collation/sorting order
- Service using pre-localized data formats
- Service offering goods/data/services limited in some way to location or
preference
This is not good practice, but sometimes difficult to avoid (when exposing
legacy services).
Description and discovery are important to mitigate such cases.
Special case: I18N-specific services
- Example: Format this date in Ethiopic according to the Ethiopic
calendar
- Example: When does the month of Ramadan start in a certain country?