Standing bi-monthly XLIFF TC Teleconference.

When:  Apr 17, 2007 from 11:00 to 12:00 (ET)
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Agenda: 1/ roll call 2/ Approve Previous meeting minutes Accept, reject, or amend. http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/xliff/200703/msg00013.html 3/ Quick debrief: recent XLIFF activities - Christian's work on FAQs - XLIFF wiki - Beginning this summer, the requirements for documenting certifications in specifications will change 4/ XLIFF 1.2 Specification status and timeline for approval as a standard A. Revert to Committee Draft status - Initiate Public Review note: as soon as the following sub-steps are complete, Bryan will call a vote to submit the XLIFF 1.2 specification, along with the profiles, for public review i. [completed] Doug fix the schemas ii. April 17, Doug and Bryan test the schemas, and validate all code examples associated with the Spec and Profiles iii. April 17, Rodolfo and Tony fix the XLIFF 1.2 Spec - Fix the XHTML character entities and "version link" URLs (Rodolfo) - Fix the minor omission (Tony) - Create a "diff" PDF to show the deltas (Tony) iv. April 17, Rodolfo fix the XHTML files for the Java and PO Profile - character entities - "version link" URLs - CODE examples to play nice with the CSS v. April 17, Rodolfo generate Java and PO Profile PDF files with no dead links vi. [completed] Bryan or Doug fix the XHTML files for the HTML Profile - character entities - "version link" URLs - CODE examples should be fine, but double check them vii. April 17, Rodolfo generate HTML Profile PDF files with no dead links viii. April 17, Doug or Rodolfo or Bryan give each XHTML a final XML validation against the W3C Strict XHTML DTD (http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd) ix. April 20, XLIFF TC approve XLIFF 1.2 as Committee Draft (Full Majority Vote) x. April 20, XLIFF TC approve to submit the specification for subsequent 15 day public review (Full Majority Vote) xi. April 24, TC Administrator announce review to the OASIS Membership list xii. May 15, Clear Public Review note: - each step that follows is copied from our former schedule - we will take up right where we left off upon completion of public review - most of these steps probably do not need to be reviewed for today's meeting - I do want to touch on the white paper, FAQ, and Certifications B. [Date TBD] Approve Request for initiation of a Committee Spec Ballot C. [Date TBD] TC Ballot for approval XLIFF v1.2 as a Committee Specification [next steps before moving to item D.] i. Rename, re-title, repost XLIFF 1.2 Specification and profiles to reflect the Committee Specification status (Rodolfo) ii. Update whitepaper (Rodolfo will do this; Tony located the latest version here: http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/xliff/document.php?document_id=3111) iii. Update FAQ (Tony located latest version here: http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/xliff/200309/msg00011.html; last author is unknown; Doug will help author the FAQ; Christian has been working on new FAQs) iv. "Certification by at least three OASIS member organizations that they are successfully using the specification;" (http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#3.4) The following OASIS members were identified and sent requests: - Fredrik Corneliusson, Lionbridge - Christian Lieske, SAP AG - Matthew Lovatt, Oracle Corporation - Magnus Martikainen, SDL International (Magnus confirmed that the affidavit is on its way in a couple weeks) - Peter Reynolds, Idiom Technologies, Inc - Reinhard Schaler, Localisation Research Centre (thanks to each member for attempting to obtain certification!) v. [Date TBD] A (assuming i thru iv are complete) Bryan (and Tony) submit a TC (via email) ballot for TC approval to submit the XLIFF 1.2 Committee Specification to the membership of OASIS for consideration as an OASIS Standard D. [Date TBD] A (Assuming TC approves the ballot [7 days]) Bryan (and Tony) request TC OASIS Administrator to submit the XLIFF 1.2 Committee Specification to the membership of OASIS for consideration as an OASIS Standard E. [Date TBD] A (assuming all conditions have been met) TC OASIS Administrator submits the XLIFF 1.2 Committee Specification to the membership of OASIS for consideration as an OASIS Standard F. [Date TBD] A OASIS members have until the middle of the month to vote (1st 14 days are reserved for OASIS members familiarizing themselves with the spec) G. [Date TBD] A If at least 15% of OASIS voting membership has voted to approve, and no negative votes, XLIFF 1.2 becomes an OASIS Standard. What if it fails? 5/ XLIFF 2.0 - Life after approval of XLIFF 1.2 - Below we have three lists: A. things we want to do, B. things we haven't decided upon yet, and C. things we rule out for 2.0. note: - this method is a bit confusing. We should move the tracking of these items to our new wiki - Let's look at each item in B. to see if we can move it into A. or C. (or if we're not sure, leave it in B.) - Assign a TC member to each approved 2.0 item A. Items the TC has identified as likely next pursuits for XLIFF 2.0 i Reference implementations or toolkit(s) similar to DITA (Rodolfo) ii XLIFF validator tool to be included in a toolkit (Rodolfo) v XLIFF Round Trip tool could be modified to support: (DITA/ITS -> XLIFF -> Translated DITA model) (Bryan - it looks like I can change the xliffRoundTrip Tool license from GPL to Apache {according to an inquiry I made to licensing@fsf.org, the GPL license expert debunked our misconception that "Once something has a GPL license it is impossible to get out of it"}) B. Items the TC has not yet ruled out iii Submitting to ISO once XLIFF becomes an OASIS standard iv Additional Representation Guides (DITA,.NET / Win32, Docbook) vi Subsetting / restricting XSD as proposed by Christian vii Version control Metadata - need to track revision information viii Ability to store Multilingual Content. ix Create a bare-bones XLIFF core, then provide extension modules that support additional features. x "Simplify, Extend and Clarify" (Core XLIFF functionality would be in primary XLIFF namespace; would be very simple to implement.) (Extensions would provide support for more complicated features like, Segmentation, Pre-Translation, Generic Inline Markup, etc.) xi Schema Catalogues; host a namespace Catalogues for XLIFF 3rd party custom / extension namespaces. xii More work on inline-elements: (Separate inline elements from other elements? Maybe as an extension? Stronger rules for when to use each inline tag?) xiii Define a multi-lingual "Localisation Kit" format, which may include: (XLIFF content + original source material+ all target language files+ skeleton files + reference files + some sort of manifest document describing/defining the payload. xiv Using XLIFF as a primary content authoring container. (Author stores contend directly to XLIFF instead of another proprietary format.) xv Terminology Markup (Has been suggested by Kara Warburton of IBM some time ago to support terminology markup such as translate (yes/no), subject-categorization, type, etc.) xvi [added April 15] Propose we create a requirements document for XLIFF 2.0 along the lines of the requirements document the W3C's XSLT committee drafted for their XSLT 2.0 requirements: http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20req C. Items the TC has ruled out as likely features for XLIFF 2.0 6/ Reports from liaisons involved with other standards groups: A. W3C i18n B. Oscar C. Trans-WS D. LRC E: OASIS DITA Translation Subcommittee 7/ Any Other Business

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Minutes: ## The meeting was slow to begin due to a changed password. A note went out to the TC in time to hold the meeting - revised dial-in instructions will circulate from now on. 1/ roll call ## Meeting was attended by 7 of 11 voting member (recorded in Kavi), and achieved quorum. Apology from Peter. 2/ Approve Previous meeting minutes Accept, reject, or amend. http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/xliff/200703/msg00013.html ## Doug moved to accept, Tony second, no objections - previous meeting minutes are accepted as the official record of the March 20, 2007 TC meeting. 3/ Quick debrief: recent XLIFF activities - Christian's work on FAQs ## TC thanked Christian for his excellent work. - XLIFF wiki ## The XLIFF wiki is available to us now at http://wiki.oasis-open.org/xliff ## Rodolfo will start work on the wiki for its initial setup. But it will be up to each of us to contribute, to make the wiki a useful tool. You will be able to log in with your OASIS id and password, and have read/write access - Beginning this summer, the requirements for documenting certifications in specifications will change ## As long as we reach Committee Specification status, have our certifications posted, and have our ballot for passing XLIFF 1.2 as an OASIS Standard, underway by June, we should not be impacted by the change. 4/ XLIFF 1.2 Specification status and timeline for approval as a standard A. Revert to Committee Draft status - Initiate Public Review note: as soon as the following sub-steps are complete, Bryan will call a vote to submit the XLIFF 1.2 specification, along with the profiles, for public review i. [completed] Doug fix the schemas ii. April 17, Doug and Bryan test the schemas, and validate all code examples associated with the Spec and Profiles iii. April 17, Rodolfo and Tony fix the XLIFF 1.2 Spec - Fix the XHTML character entities and "version link" URLs (Rodolfo) - Fix the minor omission (Tony) - Create a "diff" PDF to show the deltas (Tony) iv. April 17, Rodolfo fix the XHTML files for the Java and PO Profile - character entities - "version link" URLs - CODE examples to play nice with the CSS v. April 17, Rodolfo generate Java and PO Profile PDF files with no dead links vi. [completed] Bryan or Doug fix the XHTML files for the HTML Profile - character entities - "version link" URLs - CODE examples should be fine, but double check them vii. April 17, Rodolfo generate HTML Profile PDF files with no dead links viii. April 17, Doug or Rodolfo or Bryan give each XHTML a final XML validation against the W3C Strict XHTML DTD (http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd) ## Items i. thru viii. are complete Rodolfo posted the new package here ## http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/xliff/download.php/23554/xliff-04172007.zip ## Thanks to Rodolfo, Tony, and the editors and contributors to the spec and profiles ## Call for each TC member to examine the documents and notify the TC if there are any problems - if not, the chair will initiate 7 day ballots for ix. and x., listed below ix. April 20, XLIFF TC approve XLIFF 1.2 as Committee Draft (Full Majority Vote) x. April 20, XLIFF TC approve to submit the specification for subsequent 15 day public review (Full Majority Vote) xi. April 24, TC Administrator announce review to the OASIS Membership list xii. May 15, Clear Public Review note: - each step that follows is copied from our former schedule - we will take up right where we left off upon completion of public review - most of these steps probably do not need to be reviewed for today's meeting - I do want to touch on the white paper, FAQ, and Certifications B. [Date TBD] Approve Request for initiation of a Committee Spec Ballot C. [Date TBD] TC Ballot for approval XLIFF v1.2 as a Committee Specification [next steps before moving to item D.] i. Rename, re-title, repost XLIFF 1.2 Specification and profiles to reflect the Committee Specification status (Rodolfo) ii. Update whitepaper (Rodolfo will do this; Tony located the latest version here: http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/xliff/document.php?document_id=3111) ## Bryan will edit a first draft and post it for Tony and Rodolfo to take a look at, and contribute. Any other TC member interested in participating is encouraged to do so iii. Update FAQ (Tony located latest version here: http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/xliff/200309/msg00011.html; last author is unknown; Doug will help author the FAQ; Christian has been working on new FAQs) ## Doug will create the first draft, and be the editor of the FAQ. Christian's contributions will be added cited (thanks to Doug and Christian) iv. "Certification by at least three OASIS member organizations that they are successfully using the specification;" (http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#3.4) The following OASIS members were identified and sent requests: - Fredrik Corneliusson, Lionbridge - Christian Lieske, SAP AG - Matthew Lovatt, Oracle Corporation - Magnus Martikainen, SDL International (Magnus confirmed that the affidavit is on its way in a couple weeks) - Peter Reynolds, Idiom Technologies, Inc - Reinhard Schaler, Localisation Research Centre (thanks to each member for attempting to obtain certification!) ## Tony said that LISA is also a qualified organization and that we could ask Michael or Arle ## Rodolfo said he would get a certification form Arle or Michael (Rodolfo is a member of the OSCAR Steering Committee) ## Bryan will resend the plea and guidelines for submitting certifications to these members ## Magnus stated that he would provide a certification from SDL whenever we needed it ## Tony pointed out that we need the certifications after XLIFF 1.2 reaches Committee Specification ## Bryan added that the certification does not need to come from the official OASIS representative of the company, but could come from a regular worker ## Tony made the important clarification that we very much state that proper permissions and approvals should be gotten first to be sure that no company violations or hard feelings happen. v. [Date TBD] A (assuming i thru iv are complete) Bryan (and Tony) submit a TC (via email) ballot for TC approval to submit the XLIFF 1.2 Committee Specification to the membership of OASIS for consideration as an OASIS Standard D. [Date TBD] A (Assuming TC approves the ballot [7 days]) Bryan (and Tony) request TC OASIS Administrator to submit the XLIFF 1.2 Committee Specification to the membership of OASIS for consideration as an OASIS Standard E. [Date TBD] A (assuming all conditions have been met) TC OASIS Administrator submits the XLIFF 1.2 Committee Specification to the membership of OASIS for consideration as an OASIS Standard F. [Date TBD] A OASIS members have until the middle of the month to vote (1st 14 days are reserved for OASIS members familiarizing themselves with the spec) G. [Date TBD] A If at least 15% of OASIS voting membership has voted to approve, and no negative votes, XLIFF 1.2 becomes an OASIS Standard. What if it fails? 5/ XLIFF 2.0 - Life after approval of XLIFF 1.2 - Below we have three lists: A. things we want to do, B. things we haven't decided upon yet, and C. things we rule out for 2.0. note: - this method is a bit confusing. We should move the tracking of these items to our new wiki - Let's look at each item in B. to see if we can move it into A. or C. (or if we're not sure, leave it in B.) - Assign a TC member to each approved 2.0 item A. Items the TC has identified as likely next pursuits for XLIFF 2.0 i Reference implementations or toolkit(s) similar to DITA (Rodolfo) ii XLIFF validator tool to be included in a toolkit (Rodolfo) v XLIFF Round Trip tool could be modified to support: (DITA/ITS -> XLIFF -> Translated DITA model) (Bryan - it looks like I can change the xliffRoundTrip Tool license from GPL to Apache {according to an inquiry I made to licensing@fsf.org, the GPL license expert debunked our misconception that "Once something has a GPL license it is impossible to get out of it"}) B. Items the TC has not yet ruled out iii Submitting to ISO once XLIFF becomes an OASIS standard iv Additional Representation Guides (DITA,.NET / Win32, Docbook) vi Subsetting / restricting XSD as proposed by Christian vii Version control Metadata - need to track revision information viii Ability to store Multilingual Content. ix Create a bare-bones XLIFF core, then provide extension modules that support additional features. x "Simplify, Extend and Clarify" (Core XLIFF functionality would be in primary XLIFF namespace; would be very simple to implement.) (Extensions would provide support for more complicated features like, Segmentation, Pre-Translation, Generic Inline Markup, etc.) xi Schema Catalogues; host a namespace Catalogues for XLIFF 3rd party custom / extension namespaces. xii More work on inline-elements: (Separate inline elements from other elements? Maybe as an extension? Stronger rules for when to use each inline tag?) xiii Define a multi-lingual "Localisation Kit" format, which may include: (XLIFF content + original source material+ all target language files+ skeleton files + reference files + some sort of manifest document describing/defining the payload. xiv Using XLIFF as a primary content authoring container. (Author stores contend directly to XLIFF instead of another proprietary format.) xv Terminology Markup (Has been suggested by Kara Warburton of IBM some time ago to support terminology markup such as translate (yes/no), subject-categorization, type, etc.) xvi [added April 15] Propose we create a requirements document for XLIFF 2.0 along the lines of the requirements document the W3C's XSLT committee drafted for their XSLT 2.0 requirements: http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20req ## Bryan asked the TC members to take a look at how the W3C XSLT committee drafted a nice requirements and goals document to help them navigate toward their XSLT 2.0 Recommendation - should we draft a similar document to help us navigate toward XLIFF 2.0? C. Items the TC has ruled out as likely features for XLIFF 2.0 6/ Reports from liaisons involved with other standards groups: A. W3C i18n B. Oscar ## Rodolfo announced good news that TMX and SRX are in review status, and asked the XLIFF TC to take a look, and weigh in - he will provide us the URLs C. Trans-WS D. LRC E: OASIS DITA Translation Subcommittee 7/ Any Other Business ## Next meeting will be scheduled on May 1st, 2007 - the TC acknowledged that this is a holiday in Europe and South America, but some of the members from those continents said they would dial in anyway, and said we should go ahead and schedule the meeting.

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Attendance:
Meeting Statistics
Quorum rule 51% of voting members
Achieved quorum true
Counts toward voter eligibility true
Individual Attendance Members: 7 of 37 (18%)
Voting Members: 7 of 11 (63%) (used for quorum calculation)
Company Attendance Companies: 7 of 25 (28%)
Voting Companies: 7 of 11 (63%)