The original spelling reform of 1996, which was meant to harmonize the spelling rules across the German-speaking countries, turned out to be a major embarrassment if not outright failure.
The reform was meant to harmonize spelling rules. 
( z1 mean :ARG0 ( z2 reform ) :ARG1 ( z3 harmonize :ARG0 z2 :ARG1 ( z4 rule :topic ( z5 spell ) ) ) )