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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Aug 18 10:15:07 +0000 2007 ------- I use the word "defect" because the format doesn't work for localization. If a feature doesn't work, that is described as a defect. It's not enhancement to request a feature do its original job. Industry standards are important, not just buzzwords, or we wouldn't support them. They provide consistency and portability, and they are designed for the jobs they do. OpenDocument has been designed as an open document format, and OpenOffice.org has adopted it because (at the very least) it allows OpenOffice.org to reach a wider audience. XLIFF has been designed as an open translation format. OpenOffice.org should adopt it because it will allow both professional and volunteer translators to do a better job in the same amount of time. It will reduce barriers to translation, and attract more contribution. We will also be able to monitor and improve our localization practices, when we use a real L10N format. SDF format does not have any localization features, bar the capacity to list an original string and a translation, with a string ID. Localization is much more than that (and I shouldn't have to explain that to a translator). We need to be able to use translation memory, to be able to compare similar translations, to be able to store metadata about who translated what, when and how, in what language, with what plurals behaviour and regarding what context, how translations have been updated, when they have been updated, when they have been submitted etc. XLIFF can handle any amount of specialized i18n metadata. PO handles some. SDF does not handle any metadata at all, so we lose it all the minute we convert back to SDF. In this issue, I have given several functional reasons why we should switch to XLIFF. Please respond to those, and to my query why SDF should be used as a l10n format. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
