[ESW Wiki] Update of "its0505Translatability" by YvesSavourel

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  The content of XML documents can usually be seen as either generally translatable (e.g, and XHTML file), or generally not translatable (i.e. An SVG file). A mechanism should exist to identify the parts of the document that are exceptions to the rule.
  
- The mechanism should also allow to specify exceptions within exceptions. For example, it should allow to specify that SVG <text> is translatable, but also that some parts of a <text> element may not be translatable.
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- '''[[FS-''' If we want s.t. like this, we need Schematron, or speaking generally XPath and possibly XPointer. That is, we need more than a Schema language in our sense - DTD, RELAX NG, XML Schema - can provide. We should note this fact here, or specify the "wording parts of a <text> element" to "marked up parts of a <text> element" ''']]'''
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- '''[[YS-''' I'm not sure if I follow this. Maybe the paragraph is not phrased correctly. I meant that we need a way to tell that an element or an attribute is translatable (at the schema or at a top-document level) and also a mean to override such setting. for example: by default elements of a given resource-kind schema are not translatable, but all <p> element in that schema are translatable (the exception), but a specific <p> could hold only non-translatable text (exception within the exception). One can code this last element with a simple its:translate="no". No need for Schematron or XPath, etc. (?)
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- I guess I probably should not say 'exception' for the rule <p> is translatable, it's just a rule that override the default rule). Am I making sense?''']]'''
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- '''[[FS-'''Now I understand. How about: 'The mechanism should also allow to specify exceptions within exceptions. For example, it should allow to specify that SVG <text> is translatable, but also that some occurences of a <text> element (with an attribute its:translate="no") may not be translatable.' ''']]'''
+ The mechanism should also allow to specify exceptions within exceptions. For example, it should allow to specify that SVG <text> is translatable, but also that some occurences of a <text> element (e.g. with an attribute its:translate="no") may not be translatable.
  
  The mechanism should be able to map existing elements that already carry implicitly or explicitly the translatability information.

Received on Wednesday, 8 June 2005 13:36:32 UTC