# XLIFF

XLIFF[*] is the OASIS standard for translation.

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  XML Localization Interchange File Format

## References

- XLIFF Standard

- OASIS XLIFF Technical Committee website

### Flavours

XLIFF 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.