XLIFF

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

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 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

• 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

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

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