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Proposed text for the two localization quality-relted data categories

1 Localization Quality

1.1 Definition

The Localization Quality data category is used to express information related to localization quality assessment tasks.

This data category can be used in a number of ways, including the following example scenarios:

  • An automatic quality checking tool flags a number of potential quality issues in an XML or HTML file and marks them up using ITS 2.0 markup. Other tools in the workflow then examine this markup and decide whether the file needs to be reviewed manually or passed on for further processing without a manual review stage.
  • A quality assessment process identifies a number of issues and adds the ITS markup to a rendered HTML preview of an XML file along with CSS styling that highlights these issues. The resulting HTML file is then sent back to the translator to assist his or her revision efforts.
  • A human reviewer working with a web-based tool adds quality markup, including comments and suggestions, to a localized text as part of the review process. A subsequent process examines this markup to ensure that changes were made.

The data category defines four pieces of information:

InformationDescriptionPermissible valuesDefault valueNotes
Type A set of broad types of issues into which tool-specific issues can be categorized. One of the values defined in list of type values None ITS 2.0-compliant tools that use these categories MUST map their internal values to these types.
Comment A human-readable description of the quality issue text None Since it is not feasible to create machine-readable suggestions for issue resolution in all cases, tools may put suggestions in this attribute.
Severity An integer value representing the severity of the issue, as defined by the model generating the metadata An integer between 0 to 100 (included), with higher values indicating greater severity None It is up to tools to map the values of this to their own system to this scale. If needed, the original value can be passed along using a custom namespace (for XML) or a data- attribute (for HTML).
Profile Reference A reference to a document describing the quality assessment model used for the issue. a URI pointing to the reference document. None The use of resolvable URI is strongly recommended as it provides a way for human evaluators to learn more about the quality issues in use.

If the type of the issue is set to uncategorized, a comment MUST be specified as well.

1.2 Implementation

The Localization Quality data category can be expressed with global rules, or locally on individual elements. The information applies to the textual content of the element, including child elements, but excluding attributes.

1.2.1 GLOBAL

The locQualityRule element contains the following:

  • A required selector attribute. It contains an absolute selector which selects the nodes to which this rule applies.
  • At least one of the following:
    • Exactly one of the following:
      • A locQualityIssueRef attribute. Its value is a URI pointing to the locQualityIssue element containing the list of issues related to this content.
      • A locQualityIssueRefPointer attribute that contains a relative selector pointing to a node with the exact same semantics as locQualityIssueRef.
    • Exactly one of the following:
      • A locQualityType attribute that implements the type information.
      • A locQualityTypePointer attribute that contains a relative selector pointing to a node with the exact same semantics as locQualityType.
    • Exactly one of the following:
      • A locQualityComment attribute that implements the comment information.
      • A locQualityCommentPointer attribute that contains a relative selector pointing to a node with the exact same semantics as locQualityComment.
  • None of exactly one of the following:
    • A locQualitySeverity attribute that implements the severity information.
    • A locQualitySeverityPointer attribute that contains a relative selector pointing to a node with the exact same semantics as locQualitySeverity.
  • None of exactly one of the following:
    • A locQualityProfileRef attribute that implements the profile reference information.
    • A locQualityProfileRefPointer attribute that contains a relative selector pointing to a node with the exact same semantics as locQualityProfileRef.

1.2.1.1 Example of global markup in XML

<doc>
 <header>
  <its:rules xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" version="2.0">
   <its:locQualityRule
    selector="//span[@id='q1']"
    locQualityType="typographical"
    locQualityComent="Sentence without capitalization"
    locQualitySeverity="50"/>
  </its:rules>
 </header>
 <para><span id="q1">this</span> is an example</para>
</doc>

1.2.1.2 Example of global markup using pointers in XML

<doc>
 <header>
  <its:rules xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" version="2.0">
   <its:locQualityRule
    selector="//issue"
    locQualityTypePointer="./@type"
    locQualityComentPointer="./@note"
    locQualitySeverityPointer="./@value"
    locQualityProfileRefPointer="./@profile"/>
  </its:rules>
 </header>
 <para><issue type="typographical"
  note="Sentence without capitalization"
  value="50"
  profile="http://example.org/qaModel/v13">this</issue> is an example</para>
</doc>

1.2.1.3 Example of global markup in HTML

The following example show how to use the global rules in an HTML document. 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
 <head>
  <meta charset="utf-8"/>
  <title>Example</title>
  <link href="EX-locQuality-global-html5-1.xml" rel="its-rules"/>
 </head>
 <body>
  <p><span id='q1'>this</span> is an example.</p>
 </body>
</html>

Corresponding rules file: 

<its:rules xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" version="2.0">
 <its:locQualityRule
  selector="//span[@id='q1']"
  locQualityType="typographical"
  locQualityComent="Sentence without capitalization"
  locQualitySeverity="50"/>
</its:rules>

1.2.1.4 Example of global markup using pointers in HTML

TODO? (Not sure it makes sense)

1.2.2 LOCAL

Using the inline markup to represent the data category locally is limited to a single occurrence for a given content (e.g. one cannot have different locQualityType attributes applied to the same span of text). Because there may be several instances of a localization quality issue for a given content, a local standoff markup allowing such cases is also provided.

The following local markup is available for the Localization Quality data category:

EITHER (inline markup):

OR (standoff markup):

  • A locQualityIssueRef attribute. Its value is a URI pointing to the locQualityIssue element containing the list of issues related to this content.
  • Somewhere outside the content, an element locQualityIssue (or <span its-loc-quality-issue> in HTML) which contains:
    • A required attribute xml:id (or id in HTML).
    • One or more elements locQualityIssueItem (or <span its-loc-quality-issue-item> in HTML)
      Each of which contains:


Important: When the attributes locQualityType, locQualityComment, locQualitySeverity and locQualityProfileRef (or their equivalent representations) are used in in a standoff manner, the information they carry pertains to the content of the element that refers to the standoff annotation.

1.2.2.1 Example of local inline markup in XML

<doc xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" its:version="2.0">
<para><span its:locQualityType="typographical"
 its:locQualityComent="Sentence without capitalization"
 its:locQualitySeverity="50">this</span> is an example.</para>
</doc>

1.2.2.2 Example of local inline markup in HTML5

The following example uses local HTML5 markup with CSS to highlight quality issues in browser rendition of the document. It uses a two fictional tools in the markup for (each indicated by a different set of bracketing characters in the CSS) for illustration. The markup should not be interpreted as referring to an actual quality assurance systems. 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <title>Telharmonium 1897</title>
    <style type="text/css">
      [its-loc-quality-type]{
        border:1px solid green;
        margin:2px;
      }
      [its-loc-quality-type = untranslated]{
        background-color:red;
      }
      [its-loc-quality-type = whitespace]{
        background-color:yellow;
      }
      [its-loc-quality-type = inconsistent-entities]{
        background-color:#9DFFE1;
      }
      [its-loc-quality-type = spelling]{
        background-color:#FFE2F7;
      }
      [its-loc-quality-severity = "1.0"]{
        border: 6px solid red;
      }
      [its-loc-quality-profile-pointer = "abc"]:before{
        content:"⇛";
      }
      [its-loc-quality-profile-pointer = "abc"]:after{
        content:"⇚";
      }
      [its-loc-quality-profile-pointer = "grammar"]:before{
        content:"❮";
      }
      [its-loc-quality-profile-pointer = "grammar"]:after{
        content:"❯";
      }
     </style>
   </head>
  <body>
    <h1 id="h0001"
      its-loc-quality-profile-pointer="abc"
      its-loc-quality-type="untranslated"
      data-mytool-qacode="target_equals_source"
    >Telharmonium (1897)</h1>
    <p id="p0001">
      <span class="segment" id="s0001">
        <span
          its-loc-quality-profile-pointer="abc"
          its-loc-quality-type="inconsistent-entities"
          its-loc-quality-note="Should be Thomas Cahill. Why is Batman in the picture?" 
          its-loc-quality-severity="1.0"
          data-mytool-qacode="named_entity_not_found"
        >Christian Bale</span>
        <span
          its-loc-quality-profile-pointer="abc"
          its-loc-quality-type="whitespace" 
          its-loc-quality-severity="0.1"
          data-mytool-qacode="extra_space_around_punctuation" 
          >(1867 – 1934)</span>
        conceived of an instrument that could transmit its
        sound from a power plant for hundreds of miles to
        listeners over telegraph wiring.
      </span>
      <span class="segment" id="s0002">Beginning in 1889 the sound
        quality of regular telephone concerts was very poor on
        account of the buzzing generated by carbon-granule
        microphones. As a result Cahill decided to set a new
        standard in perfection of sound
          <span
            its-loc-quality-profile-pointer="grammar"
            its-loc-quality-type="spelling"
            its-loc-quality-severity="0.5"
            its-loc-quality-note="should be &quot;quality&quot;"
          >qulaity</span>
        with his instrument, a standard that would not only satisfy
        listeners but that would overcome all the flaws of traditional
        instruments.
      </span>
    </p>
  </body>
 </html>

1.2.2.3 Example of local standoff markup in XML

The following example shows a document using local standoff markup to encode the issues. The mrk element delimits the content to markup and holds a locQualityIssueRef attribute that points to the locQualityIssue element where the issues are listed. 

<xliff version='1.2' xmlns='urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2'
 xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" its:version="2.0">
<file original='example.doc' source-language='en' datatype='plaintext'>
<body>
 <trans-unit id='1'>
  <source xml:lang='en'>This is the content</source>
  <target xml:lang='fr'><mrk mtype='x-itslq' its:locQualityIssueRef="#lq1">c'es</mrk> le contenu</target>
  <its:locQualityIssue xml:id="lq1">
   <its:locQualityIssueItem
    locQualityType="misspelling"
    locQualityComent="'c'es' is unknown. Could be 'c'est'"
    locQualitySeverity="50"/>
   <its:locQualityIssueItem
    locQualityType="typographical"
    locQualityComent="Sentence without capitalization"
    locQualitySeverity="30"/>
  </its:locQualityIssue>
 </trans-unit>
</body>
</file>
</xliff>

1.2.2.4 Example of local standoff markup with a global rule in XML

The following example shows a document using local standoff markup to encode the issues. But because, in this case, the mrk element does not allow attribute from another namespace we cannot use locQualityIssueRef directly. Instead, a global rule is used to map the function of locQualityIssueRef to a non-ITS construct, here the ref attribute of any mrk elements that has its attribute type set to "x-itslq". 

<doc xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" its:version="2.0">
<file>
 <header>
  <its:rules>
   <its:locQualityIssueRule selector="//mrk[@type='x-itslq']"
    locQualityIssueRefPointer="@ref"/>
  </its:rules>
 </header>
 <unit id='1'>
  <segment>
   <source>This is the content</source>
   <target><mrk type='x-itslq' ref="#lq1">c'es</mrk> le contenu</target>
  </segment>
  <its:locQualityIssue xml:id="lq1">
   <its:locQualityIssueItem
    locQualityType="misspelling"
    locQualityComent="'c'es' is unknown. Could be 'c'est'"
    locQualitySeverity="50"/>
   <its:locQualityIssueItem
    locQualityType="typographical"
    locQualityComent="Sentence without capitalization"
    locQualitySeverity="30"/>
  </its:locQualityIssue>
 </unit>
</file>
</doc>

1.2.2.5 Example of local standoff markup in HTML5

The following example shows a document using local standoff markup to encode the issues. The span element delimits the content to markup and holds a loc-quality-issue-ref attribute that points to a special span element where the issues are listed within a set of other special span elements. 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
 <head>
  <title>Example</title>
 </head>
 <body>
  <p><span its-loc-quality-issue-ref="#lq1">C'es</span> le contenu</p>
  <span its-loc-quality-issue id="lq1">
   <span its-loc-quality-issue-item
    its-loc-quality-type="misspelling"
    its-loc-quality-coment="'c'es' is unknown. Could be 'c'est'"
    its-loc-quality-severity="50" />
   <span its-loc-quality-issue-item
    its-loc-quality-type="typographical"
    its-loc-quality-coment="Sentence without capitalization"
    its-loc-quality-severity="30" />
  </span>
 </body>
</html>

1.2.3 Values of locQualityType

The locQualityType attribute provides a basic level of interoperability between different localization quality assurance systems. It offers a list of high-level quality issue types common in automatic and human localization quality assessment. Localization quality assessment tools can map their internal categories to these categories in order to exchange information about the kinds of issues they identify and take appropriate action even if another tool does not know the specific issues identified by the generating tool.

The values listed in the following table are allowed for locQualityType. The values a tool implementing locQualityType produces for the attribute MUST match one of the values provided in this table and MUST be semantically accurate. If a tool can map its internal values to these categories it MUST do so and MUST NOT use the value other, which is reserved strictly for values that cannot be mapped to these values.

ValueDescriptionExamplesNotes
terminology An incorrect term or a term from the wrong domain was used or terms are used inconsistently
  • The localization had “Pen Drive” when corporate terminology specified that “USB Stick” was to be used; The localization inconsistently used “Start” and “Begin”.
 Should not be confused with the ITS terminology data category.
mistranslation The content of the target mistranslates the content of the source
  • The English source reads “An ape succeeded in grasping a banana lying outside its cage with the help of a stick” but the Italian translation reads “l’ape riuscì a prendere la banana posta tuori dall sua gabbia aiutandosi con un bastone” (“A bee succeeded…”)
 Issues related to translation of specific terms related to the domain or task-specific language should be categorized as terminology issues
omission Necessary text has been omitted from the localization or source
  • One or more segments found in the source that should have been translated are missing in the target
 This category should not be used for missing whitespace or formatting codes, but instead should be reserved for linguistic content.
untranslated Content that should have been translated was left untranslated
  • The source segment reads “The Professor said to Smith that he would hear from his lawyer” but the Hungarian localization reads “A professzor azt modta Smithnek, hogy he would hear from his lawyer.”
 omission take precedence over untranslated. Omissions are distinct in that they address cases where text is not present, while untranslated address cases where text has been carried from the source untranslated.
addition The translated text contains inappropriate additions
  • The translated text contains a note from the translator to himself to look up a term; the note should have been deleted but was not.
duplication Content has been duplicated improperly
  • A section of the target text was inadvertently copied twice in a copy and paste operation.
inconsistency The text is inconsistent with itself (NB: not for use with terminology inconsistency)
  • The text states that an event happened in 1912 in one location but in another states that it happened in 1812.
grammar The text contains a grammatical error (including errors of syntax and morphology)
  • The text reads “The guidelines says that users should use a static grounding strap.”
legal The text is legally problematic (e.g., it is specific to the wrong legal system)
  • The localized text is intended for use in Thailand but includes U.S. regulatory notices.
  • A text translated into German contains comparative advertising claims that are not allowed by German law
register The text is written in the wrong linguistic register of uses slang or other language variants inappropriate to the text
  • A financia text translated into U.S. English refers to dollars as “bucks”.
locale-specific-content The localization contains content that does not apply to the locale for which it was prepared
  • A text translated for the Japanese market contains call center numbers in Texas and refers to special offers available only in the U.S.
 Legally inappropriate material should be classified as legal
locale-violation Text violates norms for the intended locale
  • A text localized into German has dates in YYYY-MM-DD format instead of in DD.MM.YYYY
  • A translated text uses American-style foot and inch measurements instead of centimeters.
style The text contains stylistic errors
  • Company style dictates that all individuals be referred to as Mr. or Ms. with a family name, but the text refers to “Jack Smith”.
characters The text contains characters that are garbled or incorrect or that are not used in the language in which the content appears
  • the text should have a • but instead has a ¥ sign
  • A text translated into German omits the umlauts over ü, ö, and ä
  • A Japanese localization contains characters like మ and ఊ (from Telugu)
misspelling The text contains a misspelling
  • A German text misspells the word Zustellung as Zustellüng
typographical The text has typographical errors such as omitted/incorrect punctuation, incorrect capitalization, etc.
  • An English localization has the following sentence: The man whom, we saw, was in the Military and carried it’s insignias
formatting The text is formatted incorrectly
  • Warnings in the target text are supposed to be set in italic face, but instead appear in bold face
  • Margins of the text are narrower than specified
inconsistent-entities The source and target text contain different named entities (dates, times, place names, individual names, etc.)
  • The name Thaddeus Cahill appears in an English source but is rendered as Tamaš Cahill in the Czech version
  • The date February 9, 2007 appears in the source but the translated text has “2. September 2007.”
numbers Numbers are inconsistent between source and target
  • The source text states that an object is 120 cm long, but the target text says it is 129 cm. long.
 Some tools may correct for differences in units of measurement to reduce false positives
markup There is an issue related to markup or a mismatch in markup between source and target
  • The source segment has five markup tags but the target has only two
  • An opening tag in the localization is missing a closing tag
pattern-problem The text fails to match a pattern that defines allowable content (or matches one that defines non-allowable content)
  • The quality checking tool disallows the regular expression pattern ['"”’][\.,] but the translated text contains A leading “expert”, a political hack, claimed otherwise.
whitespace There is a mismatch in whitespace between source and target content
  • A source segment starts with six space characters but the corresponding target segment has two non-breaking spaces at the start.
internationalization There is an error related to the internationalization of content
  • A line of programming code has embedded language-specific strings
  • A user interface element leaves no room for text expansion
  • A form allows only for U.S.-style postal addresses and expects five digit U.S. ZIP codes
 There are many kinds of internationalization errors of various types. This category is therefore very heterogeneous in what it can refer to.
length There is a significant difference in source and target length
  • The translation of a segment is five times as long as the source
 What constitutes a “significant” difference in length is determined by the model referred to in the locQualityProfile
uncategorized The issue has not been categorized
  • A new version of a tool returns information on an issue that has not been previously checked and that is not yet classified
 This category has to uses: (1) a tool can use it to pass through quality data from another tool in cases where the issues from the other tool are not classified (for example, a localization quality assurance tool interfaces with a third-party grammar checker); (2) a tool’s issues are not yet assigned to categories, and, until an updated assignment is made, they may be listed as uncategorized. In the latter case it is recommended that issues be assigned to appropriate categories as soon as possible since uncategorized does not foster interoperability.
other Any issue that cannot be assigned to any values listed above. This category allows for the inclusion of any issues not included in the previously listed values. This value MUST not be used for any tool- or model-specific issues that can be mapped to the values listed above. In addition, this value is not synonymous with uncategorized in that uncategorized issues may be assigned to another precise value, while other issues cannot.

If a metric has an “miscellaneous” or “other” category, it should be mapped to this value even if the specific instance of the issue might be mapped to another category.

2 Localization Quality Precis

2.1 Definition

The Localization Quality Precis data category is used to express an overall measurement of the localization quality of a document.

This data category allows to specify a quality score for a given document, as well as to indicate what constitutes a passing score. It also allows to point to a profile where the quality assessment model used for the scoring is described.

2.2 Implementation

The Localization Quality Precis data category can be expressed with global rules, or locally on individual elements. The information applies to the textual content of the element, including child elements, but excluding attributes.

2.2.1 GLOBAL

The locQualityPrecisRule element contains the following:

  • A required selector attribute. It contains an absolute selector which selects the nodes to which this rule applies.
  • Exactly one of the following:
    • A locQualityPrecisScore attribute. Its value is an integer between 0 and 100 with higher values indicating a better score.
    • A locQualityPrecisScorePointer attribute that contains a relative selector pointing to a node with the exact same semantics as locQualityPrecisScore.
  • None or exactly one of the following:
    • A locQualityPrecisThreshold attribute. Its value is an integer between 0 and 100 which indicates the lowest score value that constitutes a passing score in the profile used.
    • A locQualityPrecisThresholdPointer attribute that contains a relative selector pointing to a node with the exact same semantics as locQualityPrecisThreshold.
  • None or exactly one of the following:
    • A locQualityPrecisProfileRef attribute. Its value is a URI pointing to the reference document describing the quality assessment model used for the scoring.
    • A locQualityPrecisProfileRefPointer attribute that contains a relative selector pointing to a node with the exact same semantics as locQualityPrecisProfileRef.

2.2.1.1 Example of global markup in XML

<doc>
 <header>
  <its:rules xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" version="2.0">
   <its:locQualityPrecisRule
    selector="/doc"
    locQualityScore="100"
    locQualityPrecisThreshold="95"
    locQualityPrecisProfileRef="http://example.org/qaModel/v13" />
  </its:rules>
 </header>
 <para>This is an example</para>
</doc>

2.2.1.2 Example of global markup using pointers in XML

<doc>
 <header qaScore="100" qaPassingScore="95"
  qaProfile="http://example.org/qaModel/v13"
 >
  <its:rules xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" version="2.0">
   <its:locQualityPrecisRule
    selector="/header"
    locQualityPrecisScorePointer="./@qaScore"
    locQualityPrecisThresholdPointer="./@qaPassingScore"
    locQualityPrecisProfileRefPointer="./@qaProfile" />
  </its:rules>
 </header>
 <para>This is an example</para>
</doc>

2.2.1.3 Example of global markup in HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
 <head>
  <meta charset="utf-8"/>
  <title>Example</title>
  <link href="EX-locQualityPrecis-global-html5-1.xml" rel="its-rules"/>
 </head>
 <body>
  <p>This is an example.</p>
 </body>
</html>

Corresponding rules file: 

<its:rules xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" version="2.0">
 <its:locQualityPrecisRule
  selector="/html"
  locQualityPrecisScore="100"
  locQualityPrecisThreshold="95"
  locQualityPrecisProfileRef="http://example.org/qaModel/v13" />
</its:rules>

2.2.2 LOCAL

The following local markup is available for the Localization Quality Profile data category:

  • A locQualityPrecisScore attribute. Its value is an integer between 0 and 100 with higher values indicating a better score.
  • An optional locQualityPrecisThreshold attribute. Its value is an integer between 0 and 100 which indicates the lowest score value that constitutes a passing score in the profile used.
  • An optional locQualityPrecisProfileRef attribute. Its value is a URI pointing to the reference document describing the quality assessment model used for the scoring.

2.2.2.1 Example of local markup in XML

<doc xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" its:version="2.0"
 its:locQualityPrecisScore="100"
 its:locQualityPrecisThreshold="95"
 its:locQualityPrecisProfileRef="http://example.org/qaModel/v13"
>
 <para>They continued to discuss the documents and Paul’s predicament for some time.
  At the end, Paul pocketed the whistle back and Renia escorted her visitors outside,
  leaving the big room empty.</para>
 <para>For a few moments the foliage of trees played with the sunlight through the 
  many glasses of the high ceiling, dancing silently on the red titles of floor and 
  the polish wood of the bookshelves. Then something moved at the back of the room, 
  behind the one of the last tall bookshelves, in the darkest corner of the room. 
  Someone walked carefully out of the shadows and came at the main table.
  He paged quickly through the documents and their translations, a smug smile on his 
  thin lisps. After a while he put back the papers as he had found them, slipped 
  into the corridor and left by one of the back doors.</para>
</doc>

2.2.2.2 Example of local markup in HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" its-loc-quality-precis-score="100"
 its-loc-quality-precis-threshold="95"
 its-loc-quality-precis-profile-ref="http://example.org/qaModel/v13">
 <head>
  <title>Chapter 5 - The Watchtower</title>
 </head>
 <body>
  <h1>The Watchtower</h1>
  <p>Far to the east, beyond the Great Forest, and the rolling grasslands 
   beyond the White hills, the wind blew down from an immense wall of 
   high mountains: the Fangs.</p>
  <p>At the flank of one of the slopes, perched on a tall rocky knoll above
   a narrow winding road, a tower stood against the clear bleu of the sky.</p>
  <p>Three men surveyed the passage in silence. On each side of the fort, the 
   huge mass of the Fangs casted long shadows. The cragged peaks glittered 
   of permanent snow and everlasting ice. Behind the watchtower, far to the 
   west, grassy hills dotted with small thickets of dark trees rolled under 
   the warm afternoon sky.</p>
 </body>
</html>

3 Annex: Mapping of Tool-Specific Quality Codes to locQualityType Values (Non-Normative)

This Annex is informative.

The following table provides mappings of native quality assurance issue codes for a number of common localization quality tools to locQualityType values. Tool developers are free to map their own issue codes to the locQualityType values and are encouraged to make their mappings publicly available. Tools that produce ITS 2.0 loc-quality markup should ensure that the output of their tools matches any publicly available mappings they may produce.

Note: These mappings are provides for example only. In the event of discrepancy between the mapping published by a developer and this annex, the statements from the developer take precedence over this annex.

locQualityType valueTool/Metric-Specific Values
CheckMatexliff:docQA DistillerSAE J2450LISA QA Model (UI)LISA QA Model (doc)* - language only**
terminology
  • TERMINOLOGY
  • terminology
  • Consistency
  • Tag-aware
  • ID-aware
  • Untranslatables
  • wrong term
  • Terminology
  • Glossary adherence
  • Abbreviations
  • Context
mistranslation
  • Mistranslation
  • Accuracy
  • Semantics
  • Accuracy
omission
  • MISSING_TARGETTU
  • MISSING_TARGETSET
  • EMPTY_TARGETSEG
  • EMTPY_SOURCESEG
  • omission
  • Empty translations
  • omission
  • Omissions
untranslated
  • TARGET_SAME_AS_SOURCE
  • Forgotten translations
  • Skipped translations
  • Partial translations
  • Incomplete translation
addition
  • EXTRA_TARGETSEG
  • Additions
duplication Not addressed in any of these metrics. It may be possible to treat this as a case of addition.
inconsistency
  • inconsistency
  • Source
  • Target
  • Consistency
grammar
  • syntactic error
  • word structure or agreement error
  • Grammar
legal Not addressed in any of these metrics. However, legal compliance checking is a big deal for regulated industries and forms a core part of their metrics.
register
  • Register/tone
  • Language variants/slang
locale-specific-content
  • Local suitability
locale-violation
  • Country
  • Country standards
style
  • Style
  • General style
  • Company standards
characters
  • ALLOWED_CHARACTERS
  • Corrupt characters, source
  • Corrupt characters, target
  • Double/Single Size
  • Character formatting
misspelling
  • misspelling
  • Spelling
typographical
  • punctuation
  • Consecutive punctuation marks
  • End of segment punctuation
  • Non-matching pairs (brackets)
  • Leading bracket outside of TU
  • Different count(brackets)
  • Initial capitalization
  • Entire capitalization
  • Non-matching pairs (quotation marks)
  • Incorrect type (quotation marks)
  • Different count (quotation marks)
  • punctuation error
  • Punctuation marks
formatting
  • TOC
  • Index
  • Layout
  • Typography
  • Graphics
  • Call Outs and Captions
  • Alignment
  • Sizing
  • Truncation/overlap
 (Numerous)
inconsistent-entities
  • date
  • time
numbers
  • number
  • Number values
  • Incorrect type (measurements)
  • Check conversions (measurements)
markup
  • MISSING_CODE
  • EXTRA_CODE
  • SUSPECT_CODE
  • tags
pattern-problem
  • UNEXPECTED_PATTERN
  • SUSPECT_PATTERN
  • pattern
whitespace
  • MISSING_LEADINGWS
  • MISSINGORDIFF_LEADINGWS
  • EXTRA_LEADINGWS
  • EXTRAORDIFF_LEADINGWS
  • MISSING_TRAILINGWS
  • MISSINGORDIFF_TRAILINGWS
  • EXTRA_TRAILINGWS
  • EXTRAORDIFF_TRAILINGWS
  • Consecutive spaces
  • Inconsistent leading and trailing spaces
  • Required/forbidden spaces
  • Different count (tabs)
  • Required/forbidden spaces
internationalization
  • internationalization

(The examples for this code are broader than the type category here.)
  • Number formatting
length
  • TARGET_LENGTH
uncategorized
  • LANGUAGETOOL_ERROR
other
  • other
  • miscellaneous error
  • Hyper text functionality, jumps, popups
  • Localizable text
  • Dialogue functionality
  • Menu functionality
  • Hotkeys/accelerators
  • Jumps/links

(** There are significant discrepancies between the categories in the LISA QA Model software and its documentation. The relationship between the two is unclear, so both are listed here.)

(** The LISA QA Model documentation addresses numerous issues related to software formatting that are outside the scope of the ITS 2.0 loc-quality model. For the sake of conciseness and clarity, these are not listed in this document.)

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