====== XLIFF ======

XLIFF is the OASIS standard for translation. See http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/xliff/documents/xliff-specification.htm. 




===== Flavours =====

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

  * PO - For conformance to the po2xliff spec, see [[xliff2po]].
    * Draft [[http://docs.oasis-open.org/xliff/v1.2/xliff-profile-po/xliff-profile-po-1.2.html|XLIFF 1.2 Representation Guide for Gettext PO]]
  * HTML - not implemented
    * Draft [[http://docs.oasis-open.org/xliff/v1.2/xliff-profile-html/xliff-profile-html-1.2.html|XLIFF 1.2 Representation Guide for HTML]]
  * Java (includes .properties and Java resource bundles) - not implemented
    * Draft [[http://docs.oasis-open.org/xliff/v1.2/xliff-profile-java/xliff-profile-java-v1.2.html|XLIFF 1.2 Representation Guide for Java Resource Bundles]]
  * ICU Resource Bundles - not officially being developed by XLIFF - Proposed [[http://www.icu-project.org/repos/icu/icuhtml/trunk/design/locale/xliff-profile-icuresourcebundle-1.2.htm|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-transaltion: isreview(), markreviewneeded()
     * id: setid()
     * context-group: createcontextgroup()
  * context groups
  * alt-trans

===== XLIFF and other tools =====

Here is a small report on XLIFF and MS Windows tools:

http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/guide/tools/xliff_support_by_ms_windows_programs