[xliff] Schemas Sub-group minutes 28 Feb 02...

Meeting Minutes (28 Feb 02, 4pm GMT)
Present

Christian Lieske, David Leland, Eric 
Friedman, Enda McDonnell

Apologies

John Corrigan, Yves 
Savourel

 

Meeting

This meeting centred around defining 
attribute lists.  The discussion 
revolved around whether the schemas group is chartered to make proposals on the 
actual xliff specification as distinct from publishing that specification. 

The outcome is that the schema sub 
group will make a proposal to the main TC regarding attribute lists.  The proposal will be submitted to the 
main TC as a recommendation to be voted upon.

The proposal will be a single 
document including recommendations for every attribute list in the spec.  At a minimum, the following 
recommendations regarding each attribute list will be 
made…

  
Whether the list should remain 
  open or closed

  
The available values that each 
  attribute may have

These are significant issues and 
active participation in the discussion is encouraged within the schema group. 
The following were the types of points raised around this 
issue.

“Leaving lists open negates having a notion of 
complience”
“Can the specification be interoperable if lists are not 
closed?”
“The xml specification does not close all list values, but refers to 
external documents for its list values, eg.  xml:lang”

Considering 
these issues have wide reaching consequences, it is hoped that other TC members 
will take an active role in the xliff-schema discussion.  This discussion will be by email at 
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/xliff-schemas/ , so all have the chance 
contribute.  The schemas group has 
set itself the objective of completing this discussion over the coming two 
weeks.  A proposal will be made as 
soon as this discussion completes.  
The starting document for this discussion is an email in the xliff-schema 
list with the subject ‘enumerated types’