FWIW, the closely related OpenID Connect client registration draft does
have some support for doing this, which could maybe be borrowed. See
client_name in §2 at
http://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-registration-1_0-15.html#client-metadataand
the examples.


   "client_name": "My Example",
   "client_name#ja-Jpan-JP":"クライアント名",




On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Richer, Justin P. <jric...@mitre.org>wrote:

> It was brought up at the in-person meeting today that we'll want to
> consider issues around internationalization and localization of
> human-readable fields like client_name in the client registration. Which is
> to say: if a client supports ten languages and wants to present itself in
> ten languages, should it have to register itself ten times with an AS?
>
> At the moment, I'm of the opinion a client with ten languages could
> register itself ten times, or do something with the context in which it
> runs to determine which human-facing language to use. Keep in mind that in
> some cases (such as native clients), you'll be dynamically registering a
> client for each user, in effect. In other words, I personally think that
> this is a rathole that will cause more harm than good.
>
>  -- Justin
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