Localization Industry Standards Association or LISA was a

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-based

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concerning the translation of computer software (and associated materials) into multiple

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, which existed from 1990 to February 2011. It counted among its members most of the large

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companies of the period, including

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, IBM,

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and

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. LISA played a significant role in representing its partners at the

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(ISO), and the

TermBase eXchange TermBase eXchange (TBX) is an international standard (ISO 30042:2019) for the representation of structured concept-oriented terminological data, copublished by ISO and the Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA).ISO 30042:2008: Systems ...

(TBX) standard developed by LISA was submitted to ISO in 2007 and became ISO 30042:2008. LISA also had a presence at the

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. A number of the LISA standards are used by the OASIS Open Architecture for XML Authoring and Localization framework. LISA shut down on 28 February 2011, and its website went offline shortly afterwards. In the wake of the closure of LISA, the

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started an Industry Specification Group (ISG) for localization. The ISG has five work items: * Term-Base eXchange (TBX) / ISO 30042:2008 *

Translation Memory eXchange Translation Memory eXchange (TMX) is an XML specification for the exchange of translation memory (TM) data between computer-aided translation and localization tools with little or no loss of critical data. TMX was originally developed and maintaine ...

(TMX), with GALA *

Segmentation Rules eXchange Segmentation Rules eXchange or SRX is an XML-based standard that was maintained by Localization Industry Standards Association, until it became insolvent in 2011, and then by the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA). SRX provides a co ...

(SRX) / ISO/CD 24621) *

Global information management Metrics eXchange Global information management Metrics eXchange or GMX is a collection of current and proposed standards, primarily targeted at the needs of the translation industry. They are concerned with measuring quantitatively aspects of a document, particul ...

– Volume (GMX-V); Another organization that was formed in response to the closure of LISA is Terminology for Large Organizations (TerminOrgs), a consortium of terminology professionals who promote terminology management best practices.

References

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External links

LISA Website
via the

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