Re: [dita-adoption] Groups - DITA/XLIFF Feature Article (DITA12XLIFFArticle.pdf) uploaded

[Gershon Joseph <gerjosep@cisco.com>]

JoAnn, would you like to reword the catalog text to take Paul and Rodolfo's comments into account? I think we need to say something about needing to be sure your toolset validates the translated files, and we can strongly recommend tools that support the OASIS XML catalog.

Cheers,
Gershon


On Aug 2, 2011, at 7:43 PM, Rodolfo M. Raya wrote:

> Hi Paul,
> 
> If the tool that you use for handling DITA files doesn´t have an XML catalog that you can modify with your custom extensions, chances are that the tool cannot validate your DITA files against your own DTDs or Schemas. 
> 
> Having a translated DITA file that doesn´t validate against your own DTDs or XML Schemas is a common problem. One way to avoid it is using a translation tool that can validate the translated output and for that, an XML catalog is very important. 
> 
> Regards,
> Rodolfo
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> Rodolfo M. Raya   <rmraya@maxprograms.com>
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> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Grosso, Paul [mailto:pgrosso@ptc.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 1:00 PM
>> To: dita-adoption@lists.oasis-open.org
>> Subject: RE: [dita-adoption] Groups - DITA/XLIFF Feature Article
>> (DITA12XLIFFArticle.pdf) uploaded
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com [mailto:joann.hackos@comtech-
>>> serv.com]
>>> Sent: Monday, 2011 July 18 10:05
>>> To: dita-adoption@lists.oasis-open.org
>>> Subject: [dita-adoption] Groups - DITA/XLIFF Feature Article
>>> (DITA12XLIFFArticle.pdf) uploaded
>>> 
>>> The document named DITA/XLIFF Feature Article (DITA12XLIFFArticle.pdf)
>>> has been submitted by Dr. JoAnn Hackos to the OASIS DITA Adoption TC
>>> document repository.
>>> 
>>> Document Description:
>>> This article describes the process of using DITA to XLIFF and back
>>> conversion for translation of DITA maps
>>> 
>>> View Document Details:
>>> http://www.oasis-
>> open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=42911
>>> 
>>> Download Document:
>>> http://www.oasis-
>>> open.org/committees/download.php/42911/DITA12XLIFFArticle.pdf
>> 
>> I have only a couple small comments:
>> 
>> page 8, first bulleted list, third bullet:  xml-lang -> xml:lang
>> 
>> page 8, first bulleted list, fourth bullet:  mention of XML catalogs.
>> I'm not sure that it follows from a "tool that supports DITA" that it
>> has to be able to use OASIS XML catalogs.  In fact, I'm not sure how
>> catalog support is required to "support your DITA specializations".
>> I'm a big supporter of catalogs including OASIS XML catalogs, so I am
>> not objecting to the mention, but perhaps the wording needs to be
>> adjusted to avoid implying that translations in particular and DITA
>> in general cannot be supported without support for XML catalogs.
>> 
>> paul
> 
> 
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