Filename extension | |
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Internet media type | before 2.0: application/x-xliff+xml (private), 2.0 and after: application/xliff+xml (standard tree) |
Latest release | |
Extended from | XML |
Standard | OASIS Standard, also ratified as ISO 21720:2017 |
Website | http://docs.oasis-open.org/xliff/xliff-core/v2.1/os/xliff-core-v2.1-os.html |
XLIFF (XML Localization Interchange File Format) is an XML-based bitext format created to standardize the way localizable data are passed between and among tools during a localization process and a common format for CAT tool exchange. XLIFF TC was first convened at OASIS in December 2001 (first met in January 2002)[2], but the first fully ratified version of XLIFF appeared as XLIFF Version 1.2 in February 2008. Capture one pro 8 3 4 download free. Its current specification is v2.1[1] released on 2018-02-13, which is backwards compatible with v2.0 released on 2014-08-05.
Xliff Editor - its fast to load, easy to use, and has a low memory footprint. Did we forget to mention Inline tag protection, Search & Replace, Regex search, Fuzzy search, intuitive shortcuts, multiple concurrent file editing and native spell checker. XLIFF 1.2 - legacy format. An XLIFF 1.2 document is composed of one or more elements. Each element corresponds to an original file or source (e.g. Database table). A contains the source of the localizable data and, once translated, the corresponding localized data for one, and only one, locale. This document defines version 2.0 of the XML Localisation Interchange File Format (XLIFF). The purpose of this vocabulary is to store localizable data and carry it from one step of the localization process to the other, while allowing interoperability between and among tools.
The specification is aimed at the localization industry. It specifies elements and attributes to store content extracted from various original file formats and its corresponding translation. The goal was to abstract the localization skills from the engineering skills related to specific formats such as HTML.[3]
XLIFF is part of the Open Architecture for XML Authoring and Localization (OAXAL) reference architecture.
XLIFF 2.0 and higher (the current OASIS ratified format)[edit]
The XLIFF Technical Committee is currently preparing to start working on XLIFF Version 2.2.[4].Prior to making of the major new version 2.0, much feedback had been gathered from XLIFF's user community which was successfully synthesized and implemented into the next generation version of the standard. Two of the primary methods used included compiling a list of extensions used by XLIFF toolmakers, and compiling a list of XLIFF features supported in each XLIFF tool.
- Makers of XLIFF tools have taken advantage of XLIFF's extensibility mechanism in order to implement a number of features. By collecting a list of these extension points, and analyzing them for common tasks, the XLIFF TC hopes to improve the XLIFF 2.0 Specification to include mechanisms that will enable the toolmakers to support these features without using extensibility.
- Makers of XLIFF tools have supported different sets of features in the XLIFF 1.2 Specification. By compiling a list of these features the XLIFF TC hopes to identify areas where the XLIFF 2.0 Specification can be improved to enable toolmakers to more widely support the specification.
On February 13, 2018 XLIFF 2.1 specification became an OASIS Standard[5]
In November, 2017 XLIFF 2.0 specification was approved as ISO 21720:2017[6]
On August 6, 2014 the XLIFF 2.0 specification became an OASIS Standard[7]
On May 6, 2014, the XLIFF 2.0 specification was moved[8] to Candidate OASIS Standard.[9]
Example of an XLIFF 2.0 document:
XLIFF 1.2 - legacy format[edit]
An XLIFF 1.2[10] document is composed of one or more elements. Each
element corresponds to an original file or source (e.g. database table). A
contains the source of the localizable data and, once translated, the corresponding localized data for one, and only one, locale.
Localizable data are stored in elements. The
element holds a
element to store the source text, and a
element to store the latest translated text. The
elements are not mandatory.
The example below shows an XLIFF document storing text extracted from a Photoshop file (PSD file) and its translation in Japanese:
See also[edit]
- Internationalization Tag Set (ITS)
- Segmentation Rules eXchange (SRX)
- TermBase eXchange (TBX): an XML format for the exchange of terminology data, 'an industry standard for terminology exchange'
- Translation Memory eXchange (TMX)
References[edit]
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- ^ ab'XLIFF Version 2.1'. docs.oasis-open.org.
- ^OASIS XML Localisation Interchange File Format Technical Committee. 'XLIFF TC Charter'. OASIS. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^Bert Esselink (2003). The Evolution of Localization(PDF). Guide to Localization. Multilingual Computing and Technology.
Does the popularity of XLIFF signal a trend? Throughout the 1990s, the localization industry tried to turn translators into semi-engineers. Is it now expecting them to just translate again? It certainly looks that way.
- ^'FeatureTracking - XLIFF Wiki'. wiki.oasis-open.org.
- ^'#XLIFF V2.1 becomes an OASIS Standard | OASIS'. www.oasis-open.org.
- ^'ISO 21720:2017'. ISO.
- ^'XLIFF Version 2.0 becomes an OASIS Standard | OASIS'. www.oasis-open.org.
- ^'60-day Public Review for XLIFF Version 2.0 Candidate OASIS Standard - en'. lists.oasis-open.org.
- ^'XLIFF Version 2.0'. docs.oasis-open.org.
- ^'XLIFF 1.2 Specification'. docs.oasis-open.org.
External links[edit]
- XLIFF mailing lists: TC List, Comments to TC List, Users List
- Multilingual App Toolkit (MAT) from Microsoft
- OpenXLIFF Filters A free open source set of Java filters for creating, merging and validating XLIFF 1.2 and 2.0 files.