Metrics

[Andrzej Zydron <azydron@xml-intl.com>]

Hi Everyone,

We need to review the current WSDL to provide adequate support for metrics. To 
date we have included a WordCount or Count element. This will not be adequate 
with regards to the metrics that are required to properly size a GILT task.

OSCAR is about to start looking at establishing a GILT Metrics standard. Please 
find attached the article that will appear in the next version of the Lisa 
newsletter concerning GILT Metrics. Please note that the article does not go 
into any depth as to any proposed levels of detail etc.

The GILT Metrics standard is only in its very initial stages, but there are some 
indicators though as to how to best prepare for GILT Metrics support and how to 
provide adequate support for quantitative indicators for the size of a given job.

GILT Metrics will provide for both verifiable and non-verifiable metrics. 
Verifiable metrics are those that can be verified based on electronic documents. 
Non-verifiable metrics are those that though relevant such as the number of 
screens to be captured  or pages to be composed and formatted etc. cannot be 
verified electronically based on the input files.

The best way for us to proceed at the moment is to provide a flexible mechanism 
for metrics in the form of the count-group and individual count elements similar 
to that for XLIFF.

The best approach at this time is to provide the following type of mechanism:

<metrics>
   <count-group name="unverifiable">
     <count count-type="Screens" unit="screen" value="25"/>
     <count count-type="Files" unit="file" value="5"/>
     <count count-type="Pages" unit="page" value="140"/>
   </count-group>

   <count-group name="verifiable">
     <count count-type="TextUnits" unit="transUnits" value="22"/>
     <count count-type="TotalWordCount" unit="words" value="2462"/>
     <count count-type="AlphaNumericWordCount" unit="words" value="0"/>
     <count count-type="MeasurementWordCount" unit="words" value="0"/>
     <count count-type="NumericOnlyWordCount" unit="words" value="0"/>
     <count count-type="PunctuationOnlyWordCount" unit="words" value="0"/>
     <count count-type="StandAlonePunctWordCount" unit="words" value="130"/>
     <count count-type="ExactMatchedWordCount" unit="words" value="2172"/>
     <count count-type="RealWordCount" unit="words" value="160"/>
     <count count-type="LeveragedMatchedWordCount" unit="words" value="0"/>
     <count count-type="FuzzyMatchedWordCount" unit="words" value="0"/>
     <count count-type="TotalCharacterCount" unit="characters" value="14600</count>
     <count count-type="AlphaNumericCharacterCount" unit="characters" value="0"/>
     <count count-type="MeasurementCharacterCount" unit="characters" value="0"/>
     <count count-type="NumericOnlyCharacterCount" unit="characters" value="0"/>
     <count count-type="ExactMatchedCharacterCount" unit="characters" 
value="13501"/>
     <count count-type="RealCharacterCount" unit="characters" value="969"/>
     <count count-type="LeveragedCharacterCount" unit="characters" value="0"/>
     <count count-type="FuzzyMatchedCharacterCount" unit="characters" value="0"/>
   </count-group>
</metrics>

At the moment I would leave the "count-type" and "unit" attribute values as CDATA.

The main purpose here is to provide an adequate vehicle to allow the exchange of 
meaningful metrics. Once GILT Metrics has firmed up we can look at adopting it 
as the mechanism for establishing the quantitative measure for a project.

Regards,

AZ

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GILT Metrics article by A_ Zydron.pdf