Issue link: http://digital.copcomm.com/i/1279181
28 I M PS E . O R G UCS Compliant The vendor requirements for a library to be considered UCS- compliant are four-fold. First, every sound must be set to a UCS Category/SubCategory. Second, the associated CatID must not be changed. Third, the CatID must be placed at the head of the fi lename, followed by an underscore (for example CatID_Audio 01.wav). Finally, the UCS logo must be integrated somehow into the artwork design indicating that the library follows UCS guidelines. Vendors are free to integrate it in a way that won't detract from the style of their artwork. Adhering to this basic list of requirements could not only improve the organization of your library but the UCS holds great potential to sound editors worldwide through the potential of international integration in local languages. Localized Languages As a part of the launch, translations of Categories and SubCategories have been provided generously by members of the community in French, Polish, Dutch, Spanish, German, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, Finnish, Danish, Portuguese, with localized translations by sound professionals. Languages such as Swedish, Norwegian, Hungarian, and others are also planned and being worked on. Standardizing translations in this manner will save countless hours across the globe. But localized languages can work in both ways. For example, imagine a sound editor creates and catalogs a particular recording in Japan using the Category_ja and SubCategory_ja fi elds. By utilizing the UCS, that same sound can be sold or shared across the world and when imported into a sound editor's library whose local system language is set to Danish, translations are automatically generated in their library management software, integrating seamlessly into their existing database in Danish. Translations of Category and SubCategory in just a few of the languages that the UCS provides.