Index: openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/form-field-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/form-field-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.284.2.117 -r1.284.2.118
--- openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/form-field-procs.tcl	6 Sep 2020 18:06:24 -0000	1.284.2.117
+++ openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/form-field-procs.tcl	6 Sep 2020 18:51:01 -0000	1.284.2.118
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
     {readonly}
 
     locale
-    {language_specific false}
     default
     object
     slot
@@ -674,22 +673,13 @@
     return 0
   }
 
-  FormField instproc convert_to_external {value} {
-    ${:object} get_property -localized ${:language_specific} -name ${:name} -default $value
+  FormField instproc convert_to_internal {} {
+    # To be overloaded.
   }
 
-  FormField instproc convert_to_internal {} {
-    # Do not apply any possible conversion to the name: this is a
-    # delicate property with many technical implications. Furthermore,
-    # name validation happens before this conversion is executed, and
-    # it has the side-effect of adding the eventual language prefix to
-    # the name value and store it on the Page object. Such side-effect
-    # is not reflected on the value of the FormField, and calling
-    # set_property now would override it, preventing pages from
-    # receiving their language prefix.
-    if {${:name} ne "_name"} {
-      return [${:object} set_property -new 1 -localized ${:language_specific} ${:name} ${:value}]
-    }
+  FormField instproc convert_to_external {value} {
+    # To be overloaded.
+    return $value
   }
 
   FormField instproc process_correct_when_modifier {} {