Hi Helena,
I guess theoretically it would be possible to have an entire chapter in one “part”. But the extraction tools would not likely do that. Even when there is no sentence-based segmentation the extractors do break down the content into much smaller parts; typically the equivalent of paragraphs for document-type files, or strings for UI-type file.
Actually quite a few tools, especially for software, don’t go beyond that type of segmentation. If you look at many tools for PO files, or Java properties files for examples: Their entries are not often sentence-segmented. And they create TMX files where the entries are called “segments”.
Others may correct me, but I think calling those extracted parts “segments” is simply a relatively common practice.
Personally I think the important thing is to be very clear on what those “part” are, regardless how we end up calling the elements. That said we should obviously pick a name that is not too confusing.
It seems “segment” has been used for a while to mean both the container of something un-segmented and segmented (see for example TMX’s <seg>), but maybe I’ve been too deep in TMX/XLIFF/etc. for too long to see the world with un-tainted eyes :)
Hope this helps,
-yves
From: Helena S Chapman [mailto:]
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 7:52 PM
To: Yves Savourel
Cc:
Subject: Re: [xliff] Segmentation as core or not
Yves, I want to make sure I understand your view point. Based on what you suggested, it is possible for one to have an entire chapter or book as a single *part* when pass it around in an XLIFF file? If so, why call it a segment?
<unit id='1'>
<part>
<source>Sentence one. Sentence two. Sentence three. .... Sentence two thousand and forty five.</source>
</part>
</unit>
Best regards,
Helena Shih Chapman
Globalization Technologies and Architecture
+1-720-396-6323 or T/L 938-6323
Waltham, Massachusetts
From: Yves Savourel <>
To: <>
Date: 11/01/2011 04:56 PM
Subject: [xliff] Segmentation as core or not
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Hi all,
To continue on the discussion whether the "segmentation" feature is core or not:
I think Dave has an obviously valid point when saying that segmentation is not necessarily done at the time of the extraction, and therefore we could have un-segmented XLIFF.
But to me a "segment" is not necessarily the result of a segmentation process it can be a "block" extracted from the original format (as our definition states: http://wiki.oasis-open.org/xliff/OneContentModel#Definitions.2BAC8-Terminology).
So each un-segmented entry is, by nature a segment, that simply contains potentially several sentences.
Maybe things would more clear if we think about the element <segment> as a "part" rather than a "segment"? The Segmentation representation addresses how to organize and manipulate such parts.
<unit id='1'>
<part>
<source>Sentence one. Sentence two.</source>
</part>
</unit>
<unit id='1'>
<part>
<source>Sentence one. </source>
</part>
<part>
<source> Sentence two.</source>
</part>
</unit>
Maybe, viewed from that angle it's more clear that such element needs to be part of the core?
Cheers,
-ys
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