OASIS XML Localisation Interchange File Format (XLIFF) TC

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RE: [xliff] Consolidation - Embedded XLIFF

  • 1.  RE: [xliff] Consolidation - Embedded XLIFF

    Posted 06-11-2002 15:40
    Hi Yves, Thanks for putting this together. Please find my comments underneath. Best, Christian >3.2. Embedding One or More XLIFF Constructs >Scenario: This is the example given by Gérard. Here, "chunks" of XLIFF data are inserted in specific location of the >other format. >This will require to define a schema (different from the XLIFF schema) that other formats can import in their own >schemas. Such schema will provide sets of XLIFF elements and attributes declared and structured in a way they can be >embedded in other constructs. I would slightly rephrase this as 'For this, XLIFF formal definitions have to be made available in an easy to use, 'importable' fashion'. In principle, import (or rather use) of XLIFF formal definitions already is possible with the existing schema (i.e. the DTD), since from my understanding, you could use it in a doctype declaration subset. However, it is not easy to use yet since 1. you only can use 'the whole thing' (i.e. all of the formal definitions); you can't say 'I only use the definitions below the 'body' level 2. you cannot really 'import' into another schema (the doctype declaration subset mentioned above pertains to an 'import' on the instance level, not the schema level) 3. our schema (i.e. the DTD) has no means to declare some definitions as 'unalterable' (XSD schemata allow you to take provisions against this)