1.4.1.3 Reference (was Re: [xliff-tools] PO Representation Guide: The PO Header)

[Asgeir Frimannsson]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:19, Rodolfo M. Raya wrote:
> Here are a few comments about the PO Representation Guide:
>
> 1.4.1.3. Reference
>
>
>         References are garbage and should be confined to the skeleton.
>         Translators able to read source code are also able to search the
>         sources using grep or find for occurrences of the text being
>         translated.
>

It might be garbage to many, but when there is an appropriate element in the 
XLIFF specification for this, I can't see an argument for leaving it out 
(except maybe for simplifying filter building)?

In addition, the <context> information is often used in TM systems, and I 
can't see why e.g. open source TM's wouldn't want to store what source file 
the translation unit orginally came from.

cheers,
asgeir