OAXAL: Open Architecture for XML Authoring and Localization is an

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(OASIS) standards-based initiative to encourage the development of an open Standards approach to XML Authoring and Localization. OAXAL is an official OASIS Reference Architecture Technical Committee. On 11 December 2009, the OASIS OAXAL TC approved the OAXAL v1.0 Reference Model as an official OASIS Committee Specification. The Open Architecture for XML Authoring and

Localization Localization or localisation may refer to: Biology * Localization of function, locating psychological functions in the brain or nervous system; see Linguistic intelligence * Localization of sensation, ability to tell what part of the body is a ...

(OAXAL) represents a comprehensive, efficient, and cost-effective model regarding the authoring and translation aspects of XML publishing. OAXAL encompasses the following key Open Standards:
XML
- Extensible Markup Language ( XML) is a simple, flexible text format originally designed to meet the challenges of large-scale electronic publishing. XML also plays an increasingly important role in the exchange of a wide variety of data on the Web and elsewhere. * Unicode
Unicode
- A character encoding scheme that encompasses all character sets. * W3C ITS
W3C ITS
- An XML vocabulary that defines translatability rules for a given XML document type. * SRX
SRX
- Segmentation Rules eXchange, a LISA OSCAR standard defining text-subdivision rules for each language. Please also see the Wikipedia article for SRX. * xml:tm
xml:tm
- XML-based text memory, a LISA OSCAR standard for author memory (a history of segments and revisions) and translation memory (a history of translated segments). * GMX
GMX
- Global Information Management Metrics Exchange, a LISA OSCAR standard for word and character count and metrics (for volume, complexity, and quality) exchange. * TMX
TMX
- Translation Memory eXchange, a LISA OSCAR standard for exchanging translation memories. *

Unicode TR29 Unicode, formally The Unicode Standard,The formal version reference is is an information technology standard for the consistent encoding, representation, and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems. The standard, whic ...

Unicode TR29
- The primary Unicode standard defining word and sentence boundaries. * Open Standard XML Vocabularies, including DITA
DITA
, Docbook
Docbook
, XHTML
XHTML
, SVG
SVG
,

ODF The Open Document Format for Office Applications (ODF), also known as OpenDocument, is an open file format for word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations and graphics and using ZIP-compressed XML files. It was developed wi ...

ODF
, and others that may emerge as standards. * XLIFF
XLIFF
- XML

Interchange File Format, a
OASIS
standard for exchanging Localization data.

Online documentation

The full version of the OAXAL Reference Architecture is available online i
wiki
o
PDF
form.

References

OASIS OAXAL TCOfficial OAXAL Committee standard in wiki formOfficial OAXAL Committee standard in PDF form
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