Hi Friedel,
----- "F Wolff" <frie...@translate.org.za> wrote:
I was just wondering about various XLIFF attributes that are defined
as
containing "text" (such as the origin attribute in the file tag).
What
would an empty string mean for such an attribute, and should this be
supported in all cases? (such as <file origin="" .....>) The origin
attribute is required, but if it can be empty, what does it help?
I'm guessing you're here talking about the 'original' attribute - not the 'origin' attribute (which is used in <alt-trans>).
I agree, an empty 'original' attribute doesn't really help, but according to the schema this is valid.
The problem with these 'free-form' attributes is that we can't really predict what is stored there. If we were to e.g. require that the 'original' attribute was of 'length() > 0' - then clients could still simply put an 'x' or something in there.
I'll forward this to the xliff-comments list for further input/comments.
cheers,
asgeir
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