FYI ----- Forwarded message from Asgeir Frimannsson <asgeirf(a)redhat.com&gt; ----- From: Asgeir Frimannsson <asgeirf(a)redhat.com&gt; User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 To: xdg(a)freedesktop.org, fedora-trans-list(a)redhat.com, kde-i18n-doc(a)kde.org, gnome-i18n(a)gnome.org, translation-i18n(a)lists.sourceforge.net, kbabel(a)kde.org, gtranslator-list(a)gnome.org, loc-dev(a)lists.localisationdev.org, translate-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Translation-i18n] ANNOUNCE: XLIFF Tools project Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 07:40:59 +1000 Announcing Freedesktop.org's XLIFF Tools Project. ================================================= XLIFF (XML Localisation Interchange File Format) [1] is an open XML standard for exchange of localisable data. XLIFF has many features that other localisation formats (such as Gettext PO) is lacking, including support for binary data formats, workflow support and inclusion of translation suggestions from e.g. TMX [2] based translation memories. The XLIFF Tools project aims to implement support for XLIFF in open source localisation workflows. Specifically, this project aims to: - Develop XLIFF filters for common open source file formats (e.g. Gettext PO, Docbook, .desktop files, Glade/Qt UI dialogs) - Implement and improve XLIFF support in open source localisation tools - Implement tools to support XLIFF-based localisation in open source development processes. The first phase of this project will be focusing on the Gettext PO file format. As a first step, guidelines will be defined on how to represent PO in XLIFF. This guide will be submitted to the XLIFF Technical Committee for review and possible inclusion as the XLIFF 1.1 PO File Representation Guide [3]. The first set of tools being developed are filters to convert between PO and XLIFF, based on the XLIFF PO representation guide: - po2xliff: Convert a PO file to XLIFF - xliff2po: Convert a XLIFF file back to PO - xliffinit: Initialize a XLIFF file for a specific locale - xliffmerge: Merge translated XLIFF file with newly created XLIFF template (similar to msgmerge for PO) For more information and to get involved, visit the project web-site [http://xliff-tools.freedesktop.org] and subscribe to the mailing list [http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xliff-tools]. References: [1] http://www.xliff.org/ [2] http://www.lisa.org/tmx/ [3] http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/xliff/200410/msg00009.html cheers, Asgeir Frimannsson <asgeirf(a)redhat.com&gt; ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Translation-i18n mailing list Translation-i18n(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/translation-i18n ----- End forwarded message -----