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XLIFF as a Project Model

Importance: Should Have

Category: Data Model

XLIFF 1.2 uses a File/Resource as the model. We wish in XLIFF 2.0 to implement a richer project container

Aspects of this proposal

1. Ability to store project-level meta-data and multiple resources
2. Ability to transfer a single container storing all information needed in the l10n process for a project.

Project Model

• Multiple XLIFF resource-containers pr project
• Shared Information between resources
  • Workflow
  • Project meta-data
  • Statistics
  • Permissions

Container Format

• Zipped archive similar to e.g. ODF, OOXML and jar
• A manifest containing a list of resources in the archive
• Extensible, extensions could store content in the archive

Mypackage.xlz

|-- META-INF
|   `-- manifest.mf
|-- mycontent
|   `-- file.ext
`-- settings.xml

manifest.mf

<manifest xmlns="urn:oasis...">
  <extensions>
    <extension id="" version="1.0" namespace="urn:com:example:extension" mustUnderstand="true">
      <provider name="Foo Bar"/>
    </extension>
  </extensions>

</manifest>

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