RE: [xliff] 2.0 Binary Data Module Proposal

["Rodolfo M. Raya" <rmraya@maxprograms.com>]

Hi Ryan,

 

One of the things we dropped on purpose from XLIFF 2.0 was support for binary stuff. It was agreed that those that need to handle binary pieces can continue using XLIFF 1.2, as upgrading to 2.0 is not mandatory.

Regards,

Rodolfo

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Rodolfo M. Raya <RMRAYA@MAXPROGRAMS.COM>
Maxprograms http://www.maxprograms.com

 

 

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [xliff] 2.0 Binary Data Module Proposal
From: Ryan King <ryanki@microsoft.com>
Date: Thu, November 15, 2012 10:02 pm
To: "xliff@lists.oasis-open.org" <xliff@lists.oasis-open.org>

In anticipation of closing down on 2.0, we have two new proposals for modules. In this mail, we are proposing the second of the two, a Binary Data module.

 

For those who attended the XLIFF Symposium in Seattle, you were given the opportunity to see a *real world* implementation of the <bin-unit> element in SharePoint using XLIFF 1.2. Bryan Schnabel even advocated giving the SharePoint team an award J. Since there is no equivalent of the <bin-unit> in 2.0, this proposal is to add a Binary Data Module.

 

We think that the 2.0 implementation could be essentially the same as 1.2 with just the elements and attributes used *for now* so the we essentially get it on the 2.0 radar. We may want to propose additional features after we conduct some reviews with the SharePoint team over the next couple of weeks to get their feedback on any improvements they would like to see.

 

Here is SharePoint’s 1.2 implementation:

 

      <bin-unit id="fab82e10-02f0-4325-8390-bb10ec086bcc" mime-type="text/plain">

        <bin-source>

          <external-file href=""http://sphvm-33449/sites/pub/Translation%20Packages/redmond_makoscum/fr-fr-Documents-20121115T0733550000Z-0/fr-fr-Documents-0002.txt" target=_blank>http://sphvm-33449/sites/pub/Translation Packages/redmond_makoscum/fr-fr-Documents-20121115T0733550000Z-0/fr-fr-Documents-0002.txt" />

        </bin-source>

        <bin-target>

          <external-file href=""http://sphvm-33449/sites/pub/Translation%20Packages/redmond_makoscum/fr-fr-Documents-20121115T0733550000Z-0/fr-fr-Documents-0002.txt" target=_blank>http://sphvm-33449/sites/pub/Translation Packages/redmond_makoscum/fr-fr-Documents-20121115T0733550000Z-0/fr-fr-Documents-0002.txt" />

        </bin-target>

      </bin-unit>

 

 

      <bin-unit id="fab82e10-02f0-4325-8390-bb10ec086bcc" mime-type="text/plain">

        <bin-source>

          <internal-file form="base64"><![CDATA[VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3Qu]]></internal-file>

        </bin-source>

        <bin-target>

          <internal-file form="base64"><![CDATA[VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3Qu]]></internal-file>

        </bin-target>

      </bin-unit>

 

Please let us know your opinions on the proposal.

 

Thanks,

Microsoft Corporation

(Ryan King, Kevin O'Donnell, Uwe Stahlschmidt, Alan Michael)