RE: [xliff] Question on CDATA in Xliff

[Yves Savourel <ysavourel@enlaso.com>]

Hi Ryan, all,

> What does "but on output they MAY be changed into normal escaped content" mean?
> Can it mean using inline tags? E.g. 

> <source>no text &lt;![CDATA[this is <pc dataRefEnd="d2" dataRefStart="d1" 
> id="tag1">my cdata</pc>]]&gt;</source>

No. Not at all.


> Or is that not recommended and it means using entities? e.g.
>
> <source>no text &lt;![CDATA[this is &lt;b&gt;my cdata&lg;/b&lt;]]&gt;</source>

Yes, but it's not a CDATA section anymore, so the CDATA marker should not be there.


> I'm assuming since it says MAY, that it is also valid to not escape it at all:
> 
> <source><![CDATA[this is <b>my cdata</b>]]></source>

Yes.


In summary, it means you can output:

a) like the original (preserve the CDATA notation):

<source><![CDATA[this is <b>my cdata</b>]]></source>


b) use the normal content notation, and in that case, any XML meta character (like <, or &) would be escaped:

<source>this is &lt;b>my cdata&lt;/b></source>

Or, if you want to alo escape > to &gt;:

<source>this is &lt;b&gt;my cdata&lt;/b&gt;</source>


Those three notations result in the exact same parsed string: "this is <b>my cdata</b>", which is what you had in input.


I hope this helps,
-yves