[xliff-tools] Source References

Asgeir Frimannsson asgeirf at redhat.com
Mon Feb 21 17:52:13 PST 2005


On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 01:04, Bruno Haible wrote:
> 1.4.1.3. Reference
>
> Here you cannot use the same name="x-po-reference" for multiple
> context-groups, because the spec says:
>
>     The required name attribute uniquely identifies the <context-group>
>     within the file.

Good point. 

> Solution: Here again, use random 32-bit numbers.

I'm a bit scared of numbers, and would rather use "po-reference#1", 
"po-reference#2" etc. Mostly because it would be easier for a translator to 
see that this is a reference and not e.g. a record entry in editors that 
support 'browsing' context information.

cheers,
asgeir


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