XLIFF

XLIFF [1] is the OASIS standard for translation.

[1]

XML Localization Interchange File Format

Versions

The Translate Toolkit supports both XLIFF 1.x and XLIFF 2.0:

• XLIFF 1.x (1.1 and 1.2) - Available via translate.storage.xliff

• XLIFF 2.0 - Available via translate.storage.xliff2 (added in version 3.17.0)

Warning

XLIFF 2.0 is not compatible with XLIFF 1.x.

References

• XLIFF 1.2 Standard

• XLIFF 2.0 Standard

• OASIS XLIFF Technical Committee website

Flavours

XLIFF 1.2 also has documents that specify the conversion from various standard source documents and localisation formats.

• PO – For conformance to the po2xliff spec, see xliff2po.

  • Draft XLIFF 1.2 Representation Guide for Gettext PO

• HTML – not implemented

  • Draft XLIFF 1.2 Representation Guide for HTML

• Java (includes .properties and Java resource bundles) – not implemented

  • Draft XLIFF 1.2 Representation Guide for Java Resource Bundles

• ICU Resource Bundles – not officially being developed by XLIFF – Proposed representation guide

Standard conformance

Done

• File creation and parsing

• API can create multiple files in one XLIFF (some tools only read the first file)

• source-language attribute

• trans-unit with

  • note: addnote() and getnotes()

  • state

    • fuzzy: isfuzzy() and markfuzzy()

    • translated: marktranslated()

    • approved

    • needs-review-translation: isreview(), markreviewneeded()

  • id: setid()

  • context-group: createcontextgroup()

• context groups

• alt-trans

XLIFF and other tools

Here is a small report on XLIFF support by Windows programs.