Localization Note vs <note>

[Yves Savourel <ysavourel@enlaso.com>]

Hi all,

I'm not quite sure how to map the XLIFF <note> element as the equivalent of the ITS Localization Note data category.

The XLIFF <note> element "...can contain information about <source>, <target>, <unit>, <group>, or <file> elements."
It has also an optional appliesTo attribute that is either 'source' or 'target'.
There is no information about inheritance, which I assume, means there is no inheritance.

So if I have:

<group id='g1'>
 <notes>
  <note id='ng1'>note 1</note>
 </note>
 <unit id='u1'>
  <segment>
   <source>Content</source>
  </segment>
 </unit>
</group>

It means the source object after parsing does not have any associated note.

In ITS 2.0 the Localization Note data category has quite different semantics (https://www.w3.org/TR/its20/#locNote-implementation):
"For elements, the data category information inherits to the textual content of the element, including child elements, but excluding
attributes."

So, if I assume XLIFF <note> is the same as ITS Localization Note: from an ITS viewpoint the code above would result in a note
associated with the source object.

It seems then that depending on how we access the note (as XLIFF Core or through the ITS module), we get a different result. This is
making the implementation *very* difficult.

There is also the matter of the appliesTo. Since ITS Localization Note applies to all children I assume a <note> with
appliesTo='source' on a given unit must not be seen as an ITS Localization Note if the unit has a target element (because then
<note> doesn't applies to all children), but it must been seen as an ITS Localization Note if it does not have a target element
(because then <note> applies to all children)?

Any guidance would be welcome.

Thanks,
-yves