RE: Micah´s Matrix in the wiki

["Lucia.Morado" <Lucia.Morado@ul.ie>]

Hi Micah,

That is great information. Thanks again!

Lucía

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bly, Micah [mailto:micah.j.bly@medtronic.com]
> Sent: 13 April 2011 19:07
> To: Lucia.Morado
> Cc: xliff@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Re: Micah´s Matrix in the wiki
> 
> Hi Lucía,
> 
> Thanks for the explanation on the static vs 'live' page. Makes sense to
> me.
> 
> What I did when creating that matrix is analyze xliff files created and/or
> processed by those tools. In many cases, I have the actual tools, and
> could do testing. In other cases, I only had sample files to work from. I
> did the preliminary draft of the matrix, and then had tools developers
> comment on it. I don't remember exactly how I got ahold of them, probably
> just emailed them. I didn't try to send it to everyone, but I already knew
> quite a lot of the teams working on them, so that made it easier. I
> basically said I was going to present, and sent them their part of the
> matrices, and asked them to check if that was correct. They would respond
> with more information and some corrections, explanations, etc.
> 
> Micah Bly
> Localization Manager | Medtronic, Inc.
> Global Translation Solutions
> 710 Medtronic Parkway LS260 | Minneapolis, MN 55432
> Office: +1 763-505-1515  micah.j.bly@medtronic.com
> 
> On Apr 13, 2011, at 12:32 PM, Lucia.Morado wrote:
> 
> > Hi Micah,
> >
> > Thanks for the quick answer and the nice feedback.
> > My idea was to leave that page static (that reflected your work) and
> create a new one (dynamic) where I would introduce the new data that I
> would be obtaining and where tool developers could check and come to me if
> they wanted to amend it or update with new versions.
> >
> > I will add now the disclaimer you mentioned to it.
> >
> > I also wanted to ask you about the methodology you followed to gather
> the data, from what I have understood you approached the tool makers with
> a questionnaire and also you tried the tools yourself. Am I right? Would
> it be possible to have access to that questionnaire?
> >
> > Thanks again for sharing your work and time,
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Lucía
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Bly, Micah [mailto:micah.j.bly@medtronic.com]
> >> Sent: 13 April 2011 18:15
> >> To: Lucia.Morado
> >> Cc: xliff@lists.oasis-open.org
> >> Subject: Re: Micah´s Matrix in the wiki
> >>
> >> Dear Lucía,
> >>
> >> To my eyes, that format looks great. I think you did a great job
> >> converting it over.
> >>
> >> The only thing I would perhaps like to see, if this legacy page is
> going
> >> to remain, is a disclaimer that says something like: "This matrix is
> based
> >> on the information available to the author at the time, and may not be
> >> 100% accurate in cases where feedback was not received from the tool
> >> developer." I feel particularly nervous that someone would look at the
> SDL
> >> Studio column and find problems. They were one of the tools vendors who
> >> did not supply any feedback, so it's based purely on my analysis of
> just a
> >> couple sample files. I don't remember details now, but I would be very
> >> surprised if Studio didn't support the <note> element at least in some
> >> fashion, for example.
> >>
> >> If this is not going to remain static, then it's not a problem about
> the
> >> disclaimer. Just add something that says this is a living document, and
> >> feedback is welcome, etc. etc.
> >>
> >> I salute you for taking it on, and for doing such a nice job on the
> manual
> >> conversion to wiki format.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >>
> >> Micah Bly
> >> Localization Manager | Medtronic, Inc.
> >> Global Translation Solutions
> >> 710 Medtronic Parkway LS260 | Minneapolis, MN 55432
> >> Office: +1 763-505-1515
> >> micah.j.bly@medtronic.com<mailto:micah.j.bly@medtronic.com>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Apr 13, 2011, at 11:58 AM, Lucia.Morado wrote:
> >>
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> I have been introducing a part of Micah´s Bly matrix in the wiki.
> >> I have not much experience with wikis, so before I continue introducing
> >> more data I would like you to have a look and see if you agree with
> this
> >> form of representation.
> >> I would use this template for adding more tools to the matrix in the
> >> future.
> >> http://wiki.oasis-open.org/xliff/PreviousWorkByMicahbly
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Lucía
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Lucía Morado Vázquez
> >>
> >> Doctoral Researcher
> >>
> >> CS2037, Localisation Research Centre,
> >>
> >> CSIS Dept, University of Limerick
> >>
> >> Tel: +353 61 2347 97
> >>
> >> www.localisation.ie<http://www.localisation.ie/>
> >>
> >> www.luciamorado.tk<http://www.luciamorado.tk/>
> >>
> >>
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