Proposal for XLIFF TC Charter Clarification

Dear all,

please find attached the current version of TC Charter, the Clarification proposal and a diff of the 2.

Although the diff seems large, I tried to make only minimal necessary changes. I will explain more in the call if time allows.

Cheers

dF

The final proposed text is also pasted below:

 

  
  
   

    
    
OASIS XML Localisation Interchange File Format TC

    
   

   

    
    
     

      
      
The
      original Call For Participation for this TC may be found at http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200112/msg00000.html

      
The
      Charter for this TC was modified on xx September 2012; this change was
      announced at http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/xxxxxxxxxxx.html

      
The
      Charter for this TC was modified on 27 June 2006; this change was
      announced at http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200607/msg00001.html

      
The
      charter for this TC was modified on 5 December 2005; this change was
      announced at http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200512/msg00002.html

      
The
      charter for this TC was previously modified on 24 July 2002; this change
      was announced at http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200207/msg00005.html

      
The
      charter for this TC is as follows.

      
Name

      
OASIS
      XML Localisation Interchange File Format (XLIFF) TC

      
Statement of Purpose

      
The
      purpose of the OASIS XLIFF TC is to define, through extensible XML
      vocabularies, and promote the adoption of, a specification for the
      interchange of localisable software and document based objects and
      related metadata. To date, the committee has published three specifications
      - XLIFF 1.0, XLIFF 1.1, and XLIFF 1.2 - that define how to mark up and
      capture localisable data that will interoperate with different processes
      or phases without loss of information. Currently the TC works on XLIFF
      2.0 specification, i.e. the major new version. The specifications are
      tool-neutral, support the entire localization process, and support common
      software and document data formats and mark-up languages. The specifications
      provide an extensibility mechanism to allow the development of tools
      compatible with an implementer's data formats and workflow requirements.
      The extensibility mechanism provides controlled inclusion of information
      not defined in the specification.

      
XLIFF
      defines a standard but extensible vocabulary that captures relevant
      metadata for any point in the lifecycle which can be exchanged between a
      variety of commercial and open-source tools. The XLIFF standard has been
      successfully fulfilling its purpose set by previous versions of this
      charter. However, the standard has to move forward as the industry moves
      forward. Therefore the XLIFF TC remains committed to producing major and
      minor new versions and maintaining them as per developing industry needs.

      
The
      first phase, completed 31 October 2003, created a 1.1 version committee
      specification that concentrated on software UI resource file localisable
      data requirements. The next phase consisted of promoting the adoption of
      XLIFF throughout the industry through additional collateral and
      specifications, continuing to advance the committee specification towards
      an official OASIS standard, and revising the XLIFF spec to 1.2 version to
      support document based content segmentation and alignment requirements.
      To encourage adoption of XLIFF, the TC had defined and published
      implementation guides for some of the most commonly used resource formats.
      These non-normative reference guides will need to be redeveloped for the major
      2.0 version and for currently prominent content formats and standards such
      as OASIS DITA and W3C MTHML5.

      
XLIFF TC
      operates under the RF on RAND Mode of the OASIS IPR Policy, according to sections 4, 10.2.1 and 10.2.2: http://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/ipr
      

      
List of Deliverables

      
The
      current OASIS XLIFF standard version is XLIFF 1.2 and is located here: http://docs.oasis-open.org/xliff/xliff-core/xliff-core.html

      
·        
      The
      Technical Committee is currently working on the version 2.0 of the
      standard.

      
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      The
      normative deliverables for the 2.0 version will be:

      
·         
      XLIFF
      2.0 Specification (HTML and pdf)

      
·         
      XLIFF
      2.0 Core XML schema and schemas for modules included in the specification.

      
·         
      Conformance
      test suite.

      
XLIFF TC plans to continuously work on minor
      versions numbered 2.x, eventually 2.x.y. Minor versions numbered 2.x will
      be produced by adding modules. Minor versions numbered 2.x.y will be
      produced by correcting minor issues.

      
Should significant changes to the core be
      required as result of industry developments, creation of a new major
      version will be triggered.

      
     

    
    
   

  
  
 

 

 

Dr. David Filip

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