The Resource Data module provides a mechanism for referencing external resource data. To specify a reference item,<resourceItem> element is used. In the current specification, there is no way way to specify description of each resource item without attributes/elements from other namespaces. When a resource item is used as context reference, it is important to provide a description about the content, not just mimeType. XLIFF should provide a standard way to add description of each resource item.
There are two options to support this requirement.
Add new attribute description to <resourceItem> element.
Allow note element in <resourceItem> element.
1 is probably easier for XLIFF implementators. 2 is more consistent with other XLIFF elements.
Authors
Yoshito Umaoka
Area of Changes
Detailed Description
The Resource Data module provides a mechanism for referencing external resource data. To specify a reference item,
<resourceItem>
element is used. In the current specification, there is no way way to specify description of each resource item without attributes/elements from other namespaces. When a resource item is used as context reference, it is important to provide a description about the content, not just mimeType. XLIFF should provide a standard way to add description of each resource item.There are two options to support this requirement.
description
to<resourceItem>
element.note
element in<resourceItem>
element.1 is probably easier for XLIFF implementators. 2 is more consistent with other XLIFF elements.
Example of Option 1 above
Example of Option 2 above
Example Use Case
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Compatibility Impacts
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