[xliff-tools] "origin" attribute fails to validate

[Asgeir Frimannsson]

Hi Martin,

On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 21:37, Martin Wunderlich wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have created an XLIFF file to test tools and for some reason it fails to
> validate using the utility on
> http://dotnet.goglobalnow.net/Validation.aspx. The warning complains about
> the "origin" attribute in the <alt-trans> element, although this is clearly
> valid according to both the XLIFF 1.1 specs and the schema used
> ("<xsd:attribute name="origin" type="xsd:string" use="optional"/>"). My
> file also validates ok using
> http://apps.gotdotnet.com/xmltools/xsdvalidator/. The alt-trans element
> looks like this:
>     <alt-trans>
>      <target xml:lang="de-DE" origin="Martin" phase-name="translation">Hier
> steht ein wenig übersetzter Text.</target> <target xml:lang="de-AT"
> origin="TM">Hier steht a bisserl übersetzter Text.</target> <target
> xml:lang="ru-RU" origin="MT" phase-name="edit">Здесь есть тоже самый текст
> по-русский.</target> </alt-trans>
>
> Any ideas? I would presume I can go ahead, assuming that the XLIFF file is
> valid.

In this specific example, the 'origin' attribute is in the wrong element. The 
attribute is only used for the <alt-trans> elements. In other words, you 
should maybe rewrite your example to:

   <alt-trans origin="Martin">
     <target xml:lang="de-DE" phase-name="translation">Hier steht ein wenig 
übersetzter Text.</target>
   </alt-trans>
   <alt-trans origin="TM">
     <target xml:lang="de-AT">Hier steht a bisserl übersetzter Text.</target>
   </alt-trans>
   <alt-trans origin="MT">
     <target xml:lang="ru-RU" phase-name="edit">Здесь есть тоже самый текст 
по-русский.</target>
    </alt-trans>

Hope this helps :) 

cheers,
asgeir