Re: XLIFF tools

[JC Helary <jch.helary@free.fr>]

Not specific to GUI localisation but makes a few interesting points,  
besides for the fact that it is a recent study.

http://speeches.ofset.org/jrfernandez/rmll2005/

> On the Translation of Educational Resources
>
> A Critical Overview
>
> Juan Rafael Fernández García
>
> <jrfernandez at ofset dot org>
> Copyright © 2005 Juan Rafael Fernández García
>
> Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this  
> document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,  
> Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software  
> Foundation, with no Invariant Sections. A copy of the license is  
> available at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html.
>
> 2005-07-08
>
> Abstract
>
> After Tim Foster's announcement last 21st of June 2005 of the  
> availability of Sun's long waited for Open Language Tools Project  
> the situation with tools has changed in a very important way. In  
> this talk the author examines the state of the art as regards  
> traditions and applications in the field of translation, especially  
> of educational software, and tries to make clear the need for a new  
> more professional approach.
>
> The official site of this document is http://speches.ofset.org/ 
> jrfernandez/rmll2005.
>
> A talk delivered at Dijon, France, at the VI Libre Software  
> Meeting, 2005-07-08.


Although, worth noting, a recent W3C working draft:
http://www.w3.org/TR/its/

> Internationalization Tag Set (ITS)
>
> W3C Working Draft 22 November 2005
> This version:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-its-20051122/
> Latest version:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/its
> Editors:
> Christian Lieske, SAP
> Felix Sasaki, W3C
> Copyright © 2005 W3C® (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), All Rights Reserved. W3C  
> liability, trademark and document use rules apply.
>
>
>
> Abstract
> This document defines data categories and their implementation as a  
> set of elements and attributes called the Internationalization Tag  
> Set (ITS). ITS is used with new and existing schemas to support the  
> internationalization and localization of schemas and documents.  
> Implementations of ITS are provided for three schema languages: XML  
> DTDs, XML Schema and RELAX NG. In addition, implementations are  
> provided as fixed modularizations of various existing vocabularies  
> (e.g. XHTML, DocBook, Open Document). The definition of the data  
> categories is still in an early draft stage. Feedback is especially  
> appreciated on the general conception of ITS and the means of scope  
> of ITS information in particular.

Last but not least:

http://xliff-tools.freedesktop.org/snapshots/po-repr-guide/wd-xliff- 
profile-po.html
> XLIFF 1.1 Representation Guide for Gettext PO
>
> Working Draft 7 June 2005
>
> Document identifier:
> wd-xliff-profile-po
>
> Editor:
> Asgeir Frimannsson<asgeirf@redhat.com>
>
> Abstract:
> This document defines a guide for mapping the GNU Gettext PO  
> (Portable Object) file format to XLIFF (XML Localisation  
> Interchange File Format).
http://xliff-tools.freedesktop.org/wiki/Projects/XliffToolsJava

> Projects/XliffToolsJava
> XLIFF Tools Java is an implementation of conversion filters for PO  
> files to XLIFF and back using Java.
> A complete, working filter set is available now.
> The following tools are included in the project:
> po2xliff.sh: shell script that converts a PO file to XLIFF
> xliff2po.sh: shell script that converts an XLIFF file to PO format
> Requirements
>
> Java Runtime Environment 1.4 or better.

JC Helary