What
is the difference between state="new" and state="needs-l10n" or one of the other
"needs-" values?
I use
an XSLT to extract all the <trans-unit> elements that need to go to the
translator by keying on the value of the state attribute. If the values starts
with "needs-" then the <trans-unit> is retained. Other values cause the
<trans-unit> to be filtered out of the XLIFF document that is going to the
translator. I use XLIFF documents to store the text, so the <trans-units>
that are added or modified have their state changed to "needs-translation" or
other value that starts with "needs-".
Following is the XSLT template used to filter out
<trans-unit> elements whose state attributes do not start with
"needs-".
<xsl:template
match="xlf:body/xlf:trans-unit[not(starts-with(xlf:target/@state,
'needs-'))]">
<!-- discard trans-unit elements that are already
translated -->
</xsl:template>
The value "new" does not indicate what should happen
next. It is ambiguous whether it needs to be translated or not. I would expect
one of the following would be used instead: needs-translation, needs-l10n,
needs-adaption.
I recommend removing "new" from the list of possible
state values.
Regards,
Doug Domeny
Software Analyst
Ektron,
Inc.
+1 603 594-0249 x212
http://www.ektron.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Enda McDonnell
[mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
5:44 AM
To:
Subject: [xliff]
Xliff TC Teleconference Meeting - 15th April 2003
Xliff TC Teleconference Meeting -
15th April
2003
[snip]
3. State Attribute
Enda explained his document/proposal. This
basically outlines 3 issues for the TC
a. Add Finished to the
state attribute list?
b. Split the state attribute value list into two lists, state and
state-qualifier?
c. Move the workflow items to phase.?
Much discussion ensued, the following is the
outcome..
a.
It has been decided to add 'final' to the list of
state values.
Also, other values have been amended; here is a
list of the basic translation states that were decided upon.
new (new item added since
last release)
needs-translation (only the text needs
translation)
needs-l10n (both text and non-textual
information* needs localisation)
needs-adaption (only
non-textual information needs
adaptation)
needs-review-translation (only the text needs
review)
needs-review-l10n (both text and non-textual
information needs review)
needs-review-adaption (only
non-textual information needs review)
leveraged (indicates
a change was made by an automated process
translated
(indicates )
signed-off (inidcates that changes are
reviewed and approved)
final (indicates the terminating
state**)
It is expected that a segment pass through these,
or a subset of these states during localisation.
Note
*
Non-textual information refers to information such as co-ordinates, font
information, mirroring, etc.
** Signed off may also be used as a
terminating state
[snip]
