OASIS XML Localisation Interchange File Format (XLIFF) TC

Hi Rodolfo,

I have just been nominated as an Irish expert to ISO TC 37 which is the main committee looking at translation issues. I will be going to the ISO meeting in Moscow in a few weeks time. I think there may be an understanding between ISO, OASIS and other standards body where they cooperate rather than compete. I don’t know whether ISO will work on a standard that is already being developed at OASIS. I am away this week but I suggest that you and I have a phone call next week and have a short discussion on this and come up with a proposal for how the TC could approach ISO.

Thanks,

Peter.




                                                

					
                                                    

        
                                                
				
                                                

                                                    
                                                
                                                
                                            

I think Rodolfo's suggestion is a very good one - it will mean that whenever
there is a need to for governments to interchange localization related data,
the ISO standard must be used first, before any other standard (e.g.,
proprietary).

Peter - there should be no problem with getting XLIFF approved by ISO even
though it is an OASIS standard already.  At the Language Standards
conference in Berlin a few years ago, we were invited to submit to ISO.
Also, there are a number of UNICODE related standards adopted as ISO
standards as well - suggesting that there is no standards body redundancy
limitation for ISO approval.  I'm not sure ISO 37 is the right place to
bring XLIFF though,  but it is worth a shot.

I'll look up the contact's name (although it will take a bit of effort to
find it).

Cheers,
Tony



                                                

					
                                                    

        
                                                
				
                                                

                                                    
                                                        
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From: Peter Reynolds [mailto:p.reynolds@maart.pl] 
Sent: 28 July 2008 22:02
To: Rodolfo M. Raya; xliff@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [xliff] RE: "none of the market leader TenT companies has
signed on to the XLIFF standard "

Hi Rodolfo,

I have just been nominated as an Irish expert to ISO TC 37 which is the main
committee looking at translation issues. I will be going to the ISO meeting
in Moscow in a few weeks time. I think there may be an understanding between
ISO, OASIS and other standards body where they cooperate rather than
compete. I don't know whether ISO will work on a standard that is already
being developed at OASIS. I am away this week but I suggest that you and I
have a phone call next week and have a short discussion on this and come up
with a proposal for how the TC could approach ISO.

Thanks,

Peter.



                                            

Hi all,

  Just chiming in -- any submission to any other Standards Organization *must*
be done via OASIS and not by members of the TC. There is a Policy (Liaison) that
talks about this, including (OASIS) Board approval.

  If you think XLIFF is ready to go to ISO then may I suggest you review the
policy and then we can set up a call to discuss and walk through the various
steps? I'd be happy to arrange a call whenever you're ready!

Best regards,

Mary


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> From: Tony Jewtushenko [mailto:tony.jewtushenko@productinnovator.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 5:15 PM
> To: 'Peter Reynolds'; 'Rodolfo M. Raya'; xliff@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [xliff] RE: "none of the market leader TenT companies has
> signed on to the XLIFF standard "
> 
> I think Rodolfo's suggestion is a very good one - it will mean that
> whenever
> there is a need to for governments to interchange localization related
> data,
> the ISO standard must be used first, before any other standard (e.g.,
> proprietary).
> 
> Peter - there should be no problem with getting XLIFF approved by ISO even
> though it is an OASIS standard already.  At the Language Standards
> conference in Berlin a few years ago, we were invited to submit to ISO.
> Also, there are a number of UNICODE related standards adopted as ISO
> standards as well - suggesting that there is no standards body redundancy
> limitation for ISO approval.  I'm not sure ISO 37 is the right place to
> bring XLIFF though,  but it is worth a shot.
> 
> I'll look up the contact's name (although it will take a bit of effort to
> find it).
> 
> Cheers,
> Tony
> 
> 
Original Message-----
> From: Peter Reynolds [mailto:p.reynolds@maart.pl]
> Sent: 28 July 2008 22:02
> To: Rodolfo M. Raya; xliff@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [xliff] RE: "none of the market leader TenT companies has
> signed on to the XLIFF standard "
> 
> Hi Rodolfo,
> 
> I have just been nominated as an Irish expert to ISO TC 37 which is the
> main
> committee looking at translation issues. I will be going to the ISO meeting
> in Moscow in a few weeks time. I think there may be an understanding
> between
> ISO, OASIS and other standards body where they cooperate rather than
> compete. I don't know whether ISO will work on a standard that is already
> being developed at OASIS. I am away this week but I suggest that you and I
> have a phone call next week and have a short discussion on this and come up
> with a proposal for how the TC could approach ISO.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Peter.
> 
> 
>