RE: [xliff] Re: a case for "finished" as a valid value forstate

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G廨ard,

 

My post was for two purposes: 1) post Bryan's proposal; 2) suggest a 
consolidation of the completed concept.

 

If the <trans-unit> is non-translatable, it could be marked complete 
at the time of creating the XLIFF. That is how I took Bryan's usage of 
"finished". It could also be binary data, as you have pointed out. 

 

-john

>>> "Gerard Cattin des Bois" 
<> 4/8/03 11:44:01 AM >>>

John, when you describe the finished state, 
are you referring to binary data, such as resources that may not have any text, 
but nonetheless may require some adaptation or non-text localization? resources 
that have both text and binary information, but indicating state of binary data 
rather than text? 

Thanks,
-G廨ard 
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From: John Reid 
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[xliff] Re: a case for "finished" as a valid value for 
state

I have no problem with this. However, it might be good 
to consolidate the two concepts of "finished" and "signed-off" so that 1 state 
says if work on a trans-unit is completed. I have no other suggestion for this, 
though.

>>> <> 4/8/03 
10:48:36 AM >>>

[I tried 
again to send this to the list, but it bounced back.  Could one of you 
please post this on my behalf?  I'll try (again) to fix my email account 
with OASIS, thanks]

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Although "finished" is described as a "workflow state" in the current 
specification, I propose that "finished" should remain a pre-defined value for 
state. 

In my XLIFF application, the state of "translated" is suitable for targets 
that have been translated. The state of "signed-off" could indicate a definite 
reviewed/completion status. But I have targets that are not candidates for 
translation, and have not been "translated," and are not yet "signed-off," but 
are indeed "finished."

The state of finished is not accurately described by any of the other values 
in the list, from my point of view.

I'm not passionate about this, but I thought I'd pass along my thoughts.

Thanks,

Bryan