OASIS XML Localisation Interchange File Format (XLIFF) TC

  • 1.  FW: [tcmembers] DocBook Specification environment

    Posted 07-09-2010 19:27 
    Hello XLIFF TC members,

I wholeheartedly endorse the idea of maintaining our XLIFF spec in an OASIS standard. I find this notice about Docbook very encouraging. If we found the DITA/DITA OT option equally compelling, I'd be happy to consider that option as well.

I think we should take a good look at moving to one of these standards for our specification. I'm very interested in the opinions of the TC on this (I guess a move to one of these standards would need to be *do-able* from the spec editor's point of view as a first step).

Thanks,

Bryan


  • 2.  Re: [xliff] FW: [tcmembers] DocBook Specification environment

    Posted 07-09-2010 20:39 
    Hi Bryan,

  I wholeheartedly endorse the DocBook toolkit. DITA is not yet baked into an easy-to-use package; the TC had to do much hard work and still does some things in an 'un-standard' way which I would not endorse.

Regards,

Mary




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  • 3.  RE: [xliff] FW: [tcmembers] DocBook Specification environment

    Posted 07-09-2010 20:50 
    Hi Mary,

Thanks for letting us know. I kind of had that feeling by watching the DITA email threads. I love Docbook and DITA equally (just like I say to my kids). So perhaps we start with Docbook for now, with an option to transition to DITA as its tool matures (just my take - other opinions are welcome).

Thanks,

Bryan


    
                                                
    
					
                                                    

        
                                                
				
    
                                                
    
                                                    
                                                        
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