[trans-ws] Opening Statement

[Ian Harris <ianh@thebigword.com>]

We have a web service working with a number of clients in order to integrate with Content Management and similar systems.

I would like to see a standard defined for the issuing of documents or translatable items from such systems to translation companies and for the return of the translated items.  I would also like to see a review or additional processes specified for the same translation unit to be issued a number of times.  Also the cancellation of a unit and the reinstatement of a cancelled translation.  The creation of a standard will hopefully, over time, stop us having to get development teams at CMS vendors and other client application teams writing to a proprietory specification.  It may also mean that they are ready to plug in to us before we arrive, and even better, may be that they find us through UDDI - although this has not worked for us so far. 

Ian Harris 
Technical Director 
thebigword
Leeds LS6 2AE
UK 



-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Disclaimer
This e-mail is private and confidential and is for the addressee only
If you have received this e-mail in error, please note you are strictly 
prohibited from copying, disclosing, using, printing, distributing or 
disseminating it or any information contained in it; please notify us 
and confirm that it has been deleted from your system and any hard 
copies destroyed.

Internet communications are not secure and therefore thebigword 
does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message.  
Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author, and 
do not necessarily represent those of thebigword unless otherwise 
specifically stated.

Although all e-mails from thebigword are virus-checked, thebigword 
does not accept liability (for negligence or otherwise) for passing on 
viruses or malicious content in e-mails.   Any attachment received in 
this e-mail should be virus checked by the recipient before opened.