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Subject: Re: [xliff] Simplified XLIFF element tree
Hi Yves and all, Apologies for the time taken to reply. Many thanks for your comments and clarification. Best Regards, AZ On 02/09/2010 05:46, Yves Savourel wrote: > Hi everyone, > >> For systems that have chosen to pre-segment, >> there should not be any compulsion to do >> otherwise. > I completely agree. > And I didn't see any of the proposals so far trying to preventing a tool to pre-segment. > > >> I always viewed the the original<seg-source> >> proposal with a great deal of regret. >> In my mind it was a very bad choice in XLIFF 1.2. >> and has proven to be so. > Several tools work perfectly well with the current 1.2 segmentation. They also inter-operate well. > Which is more than we can say about the non-1.2-standard way of using trans-unit as segments holder. The example I ran into last week is only one among the several distressful cases were we could simply not use the XLIFF files generated with such pre-segmented content. > > The two main issues with<seg-source> are: a) it does not allow to set 1.2 flags like state and others at the segment level; and b) it duplicates the content. So the 1.2 segmentation representation certainly needs a make-over, but as far as my experience it has been proven to work fine for tools that implement it. > > What has been proven a dangerous adventure is choosing to use proprietary ways of representing segmentation that cause a lack of interoperability with other tools. > > Cheers, > -yves > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that > generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php > -- email - azydron@xtm-intl.com smail - c/o Mr. A.Zydron PO Box 2167 Gerrards Cross Bucks SL9 8XF United Kingdom Mobile +(44) 7966 477 181 FAX +(44) 1753 480 465 www - http://www.xtm-intl.com This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you may not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. Unless explicitly stated otherwise this message is provided for informational purposes only and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer.
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