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XML Technologies including XML, XML Namespaces, XML Schema, XSLT, Efficient XML Interchange (EXI), and other related standards.

            XML Essentials 
            
        XML is shouldered by a set of essential technologies such as the
        infoset and namespaces. They address issues when using XML in
        specific applications contexts.
      
            Schema 
            
        Formal descriptions of vocabularies create flexibility in
        authoring environments and quality control chains. W3C’s XML Schema,
	SML, and data binding technologies provide the tools for quality
	control of XML data.
      
            Security 
            
        Manipulating data with XML requires sometimes integrity,
        authentication and privacy. XML signature, encryption, and
	xkms can help create a secure environment for XML.
      
            Transformation 
            
	  Very frequently one wants to transform XML content
	  into other formats (including other XML formats).
	  XSLT and XPath are very powerful tools for 
	  creating different
        representations of XML content.
      
            Query 
            
        XQuery (supported by XPath) 
	is a query language for XML to extract data, similar
        to the role of SQL for databases, or SPARQL for the Semantic
	Web.
      
            Components 
            
        The XML ecosystem is using additional tools to create a
        richer environment for using and manipulating XML
        documents. These components include style sheets, xlink
	xml:id, xinclude, xpointer, xforms, xml fragments, and
	events.
      
            Processing 
            
        A processing model defines what 
        operations should be performed in what order
	on an XML document.
      
            Internationalization 
            
        W3C has worked with the community on the internationalization
	of XML, for instance for specifying the language of XML content.
      
            Publishing 
            
XML grew out of the technical publication community.
       Use XSL-FO to publish even large
       or complex multilingual XML
       documents to HTML, PDF or other
       formats; include SVG diagrams
       and MathML formulas in the output.

News

Talk slides: Standards-based Translations with W3C ITS and OASIS XLIFF

19 November 2009

from W3C Internationalization (I18n) Activity - Category: w3cXMLCore

On November 5th, Christian Lieske and Felix Sasaki gave a talk entitled Standards-based Translations with W3C ITS and OASIS XLIFFat TCWorld, Wiesbaden, Germany.

The slides are in PDF. The presentation describes ITS and XLIFF, the two standards which are important for proper internationalization and localization of XML. Topics include a discussion of general benefits of standards-based internationalization and localization, an introduction to both standards and how they help to achieve such benefits, and an explanation of the relation between the two. A highlight was the introduction of a tool for round-tripping from an XML-document with ITS information to XLIFF, and the integration of translated material from XLIFF back into the original XML. [search keys: talk-2009 talk-sasaki] talk-lieske]

Updated article: Styling using language attributes

19 November 2009

from W3C Internationalization (I18n) Activity - Category: w3cXMLCore

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The major change was the addition of detailed information about use of CSS selectors with xml:lang, but there were many other edits (see the list below). Translators should consider retranslating the whole tutorial. [search keys: qa-css-lang]

oXygen XML Editor verson 11 released

12 November 2009

from The Extensible Stylesheet Language Family (XSL)

oXygen XML Editor version 11 now lets you generate documentation for XSLT stylesheet components in XHTML, including comprehensive annotations and cross references.

XQuantum 1.50 released

10 November 2009

from W3C XML Query (XQuery)

Cognetic Systems - XQuantum Server 1.50 - released for Windows and Linux Features include XQuery 1.0 conformance, static typing, query modules, and full-text search based on a subset of the draft standard. The server uses XML indexing and query optimization to access large XML data stores.

Article for wide review: Choosing a language tag

09 October 2009

from W3C Internationalization (I18n) Activity - Category: w3cXMLCore

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Comments are being sought on this article prior to final release. Please send any comments to www-international@w3.org( subscribe). We expect to publish a final version in one to two weeks. [search keys: qa-choosing-language-tags]

Updated article: Language tags in HTML and XML

09 October 2009

from W3C Internationalization (I18n) Activity - Category: w3cXMLCore

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This tutorial was updated to incorporate changes made to BCP 47 by the recent publication of RFC 5646. Changes to BCP 47 include the introduction of extended language subtags, and the addition of ISO 639-3 language subtags, bringing the total number of subtags in the registry to almost 8,000.

Translators should consider retranslating the whole tutorial. [search keys: article-language-tags]

Unicode 5.2.0 Released

07 October 2009

from W3C Internationalization (I18n) Activity - Category: w3cXMLCore

On 1st October, Unicode 5.2 was released! The data files, code charts, and Unicode Standard Annexes for this version are final and are posted on the Unicode site.

For Unicode 5.2, the core specification is no longer just a delta document applied to the book; instead, the entire core specification,with all textual changes integrated, will be available on the Unicode site. As of this announcement, the first five chapters are available; the other chapters will follow soon

For full details about what is new or changed in this release, see the version documentation for Unicode 5.2.