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Subject: RE: [xliff] Source read only or modifiable?
Hi, I disagree with an originating tool being able to express whether alterations to <source> are allowed or not allowed. If it's a part of the agreed-upon standard, it should be allowed with no discussion; if it's not allowed, it should be forbidden. The same holds for re-segmentation - at least a significant part of any leverage lost between tools is because of re-segmentation. If a tool routinely generates XLIFF files forbidding re-segmentation, it's a good way to force users to only use the tools/translation memories/etc provided by that original tool. I would personally prefer to see file permissions restricted to optional modules / attributes / elements. Shirley -----Original Message----- From: xliff@lists.oasis-open.org [mailto:xliff@lists.oasis-open.org] On Behalf Of Yves Savourel Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:20 AM To: xliff@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: RE: [xliff] Source read only or modifiable? >>> There should not be any extra element added during the translation >>> process. Neither in <source> nor in <target>. >> >> I disagree. We must be able to add/remove inline codes in the target. >> It's a basic requirement. > > Then the tool creating the XLIFF file should be able to indicate > whether those additions are acceptable or not. > This can be indicated with an attribute at <file> level. The original > tool should have a way to express that <target> must have the same > structure as the original <source> (that should be the default case > IMO). It also should be able to express that alterations to <source> > are not allowed. And, for completeness sake, it should be able to > indicate whether re-segmentation is allowed. I agree that being able to set different permissions at the file level may be useful. Permission for adding/removing inline codes can be set at the code level, but a file-level flag could complement (or override that). Permission to re-segment could be useful too. I think there is an item in the features list: (http://wiki.oasis-open.org/xliff/XLIFF2.0/Feature/PermissionControl) That may be related to this. Cheers, -yves --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: xliff-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: xliff-help@lists.oasis-open.org
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