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Subject: Re: [xliff] XLIFF 2.0 - dF Sanity Check of the spec - question for the editors #002
Thanks Rodolfo, unless someone comes with a counter example showing that this is potentially harmful I propose to change this general PR to MUST. Thanks dF Dr. David Filip ======================= LRC | CNGL | LT-Web | CSIS University of Limerick, Ireland telephone: +353-6120-2781 cellphone: +353-86-0222-158 facsimile: +353-6120-2734 mailto: david.filip@ul.ie On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Rodolfo M. Raya <rmraya@maxprograms.com> wrote: > > Setting xml:space="preserve" would not cause any damage when target language > is Chinese, Thai or similar. It may just be meaningless. > > Changing from SHOULD to MUST is OK for me. It would help in checking > compliance. > Regards, > Rodolfo > -- > Rodolfo M. Raya > Maxprograms http://www.maxprograms.com > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [xliff] XLIFF 2.0 - dF Sanity Check of the spec - question > for the editors #002 > From: "Dr. David Filip" <David.Filip@ul.ie> > Date: Thu, October 25, 2012 1:15 pm > To: "Rodolfo M. Raya" <rmraya@maxprograms.com> > Cc: xliff@lists.oasis-open.org > > Thanks Rodolfo, sounds relevant, but would we break anything in these > languages if we enforced xml:space preserve? > > Anyway, as I see it we cannot use this PR for validation purposes if > it is not strict. I think that the import of this PR is that tools > must be able to check source for xml:space behavior and be eventually > able (based on some set of rules?) to replicate it in the target or > not. > > Could we have a more granular specific requirement that would direct > the space preserve behavior between siblings? For instance based on > payload script. > > I see that this can get hairy and we probably do not want to go into > details here. > > So the simplest thing would be to say MUST unless we find a case where > this enforcement would break things. > > Finally, in case it turns out that neither of the above is possible, > is the space preservation a general principle worth mentioning or just > a best practice thing? > > Thanks > dF > > Dr. David Filip > ======================= > LRC | CNGL | LT-Web | CSIS > University of Limerick, Ireland > telephone: +353-6120-2781 > cellphone: +353-86-0222-158 > facsimile: +353-6120-2734 > mailto: david.filip@ul.ie > > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Rodolfo M. Raya <rmraya@maxprograms.com> > wrote: >> Spaces may be meaningless for the target language (Chinese, Thai, etc.) >> Preserving spaces may not be necessary in all cases. >> Regards, >> Rodolfo >> -- >> Rodolfo M. Raya >> Maxprograms http://www.maxprograms.com >> >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: [xliff] XLIFF 2.0 - dF Sanity Check of the spec - question for >> the editors #002 >> From: "Dr. David Filip" <David.Filip@ul.ie> >> Date: Thu, October 25, 2012 11:06 am >> To: xliff@lists.oasis-open.org >> >> Dear Rodolfo, Yves, >> >> In Section 2.1, the second general processing requirement says >> >> When a <target> child is added to a <segment> element, the value of >> its xml:space attribute >> should be set to preserve if the xml:space attribute of the sibling >> <source> element is set to >> preserve. >> >> >> Can we list a single possibly valid reason not to preserve if the >> source is set to preserve? >> If not, we probably want to say MUST instead of SHOULD. >> >> Thanks for your attention >> dF >> >> Dr. David Filip >> ======================= >> LRC | CNGL | LT-Web | CSIS >> University of Limerick, Ireland >> telephone: +353-6120-2781 >> cellphone: +353-86-0222-158 >> facsimile: +353-6120-2734 >> mailto: david.filip@ul.ie >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: xliff-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: xliff-help@lists.oasis-open.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To >> unsubscribe, e-mail: xliff-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org For additional >> commands, e-mail: xliff-help@lists.oasis-open.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: xliff-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org > For additional commands, e-mail: xliff-help@lists.oasis-open.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To > unsubscribe, e-mail: xliff-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org For additional > commands, e-mail: xliff-help@lists.oasis-open.org
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