Cart (0)
- No items in cart.
Total
$0
There is a technical issue about last added item. You can click "Report to us" button to let us know and we resolve the issue and return back to you or you can continue without last item via click to continue button.
Not a subscriber? Register for a trial account.
Already a subscriber? 
MADCAD.com Free Trial
Sign up for a 3 day free trial to explore the MADCAD.com interface, PLUS access the
2009 International Building Code to see how it all works.
If you like to setup a quick demo, let us know at support@madcad.com
or +1 800.798.9296 and we will be happy to schedule a webinar for you.
| Email * | |
| Password * | |
| Confirm * | |
| First Name * | |
| Last Name * | |
| Title | |
| Company Name * | |
| Company Size * | |
| Industry * | |
| Address * | |
| Address 2 | |
| City * | |
| State * |
Zip *
|
| Country * | |
| Phone * | |
| How did you hear about MADCAD.com? * |
|
Reset password
Enter your personal account email address to request
a password reset:
a password reset:
Reset password
Enter your account email address to request
a password reset:
a password reset:
Security check
Please login to your authorized staff account to use this feature.
Are you sure you want to empty the cart?
Report To Us
Contact us for a custom quote
⨯To continue with accurate pricing,
please select your company type below:
⨯We need your input!
Are you a code official in a jurisdiction with less than 300,000 population?
⨯ We need your input!
⨯We need your input!
Are you an existing Madcad user?
If so, please login to continue with the free items in your cart.
⨯We need your input!
This bundle includes subscribed items.
ISO 21720:2024 XLIFF (XML Localization Interchange File Format), 2024
- Foreword [Go to Page]
- Table of Contents [Go to Page]
- Appendixes
- 1 Introduction [Go to Page]
- 1.0 IPR Policy
- 1.1 Terminology [Go to Page]
- 1.1.1 Key words
- 1.1.2 Definitions
- Note
- Warning
- Note
- Note [Go to Page]
- 1.1.3 Key concepts
- 1.2 Normative References
- 1.3 Non-Normative References
- 2 Conformance [Go to Page]
- Note
- 3 Fragment Identification [Go to Page]
- Note
- Warning
- 3.1 Selectors for Core Elements
- 3.2 Selectors for Modules and Extensions
- 3.3 Relative References
- 3.4 Examples
- 4 The Core Specification [Go to Page]
- 4.1 General Processing Requirements
- 4.2 Elements [Go to Page]
- 4.2.1 Tree Structure
- 4.2.2 Structural Elements [Go to Page]
- 4.2.2.1 xliff
- 4.2.2.2 file
- Note [Go to Page]
- 4.2.2.3 skeleton
- 4.2.2.4 group
- 4.2.2.5 unit
- 4.2.2.6 segment
- 4.2.2.7 ignorable
- 4.2.2.8 notes
- 4.2.2.9 note
- 4.2.2.10 originalData
- 4.2.2.11 data
- 4.2.2.12 source
- 4.2.2.13 target
- 4.2.3 Inline Elements [Go to Page]
- 4.2.3.1 cp
- 4.2.3.2 ph
- Note [Go to Page]
- 4.2.3.3 pc
- 4.2.3.4 sc
- 4.2.3.5 ec
- 4.2.3.6 mrk
- 4.2.3.7 sm
- 4.2.3.8 em
- 4.3 Attributes [Go to Page]
- 4.3.1 XLIFF Attributes [Go to Page]
- 4.3.1.1 appliesTo
- 4.3.1.2 canCopy
- 4.3.1.3 canDelete
- 4.3.1.4 canOverlap
- 4.3.1.5 canReorder
- 4.3.1.6 canResegment
- 4.3.1.7 category
- 4.3.1.8 copyOf
- 4.3.1.9 dataRef
- 4.3.1.10 dataRefEnd
- 4.3.1.11 dataRefStart
- 4.3.1.12 dir
- 4.3.1.13 disp
- Note [Go to Page]
- 4.3.1.14 dispEnd
- Note [Go to Page]
- 4.3.1.15 dispStart
- Note [Go to Page]
- 4.3.1.16 equiv
- Note [Go to Page]
- 4.3.1.17 equivEnd
- Note [Go to Page]
- 4.3.1.18 equivStart
- Note [Go to Page]
- 4.3.1.19 hex
- 4.3.1.20 href
- 4.3.1.21 id
- Note [Go to Page]
- 4.3.1.22 isolated
- 4.3.1.23 name
- 4.3.1.24 order
- 4.3.1.25 original
- 4.3.1.26 priority
- Note [Go to Page]
- 4.3.1.27 ref
- 4.3.1.28 srcDir
- 4.3.1.29 srcLang
- 4.3.1.30 startRef
- 4.3.1.31 state
- Note [Go to Page]
- 4.3.1.32 subFlows
- 4.3.1.33 subFlowsEnd
- 4.3.1.34 subFlowsStart
- 4.3.1.35 subState
- 4.3.1.36 subType
- 4.3.1.37 trgLang
- 4.3.1.38 translate
- 4.3.1.39 trgDir
- 4.3.1.40 type
- 4.3.1.41 value
- 4.3.1.42 version
- 4.3.2 XML namespace [Go to Page]
- 4.3.2.1 xml:lang
- 4.3.2.2 xml:space
- 4.4 CDATA sections
- 4.5 XML Comments
- 4.6 XML Processing Instructions
- Warning
- Warning
- 4.7 Inline Content [Go to Page]
- 4.7.1 Text [Go to Page]
- 4.7.1.1 Characters invalid in XML
- 4.7.2 Inline Codes [Go to Page]
- 4.7.2.1 Representation of the codes
- 4.7.2.2 Usage of
and / - 4.7.2.3 Storage of the original data [Go to Page]
- 4.7.2.3.1 No storage of the original data
- 4.7.2.3.2 Storage of the original data
- Note [Go to Page]
- 4.7.2.4 Adding Codes [Go to Page]
- 4.7.2.4.1 Duplicating an existing code
- 4.7.2.4.2 Creating a brand-new code
- 4.7.2.4.3 Converting text into a code
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 4.7.2.5 Removing Codes [Go to Page]
- 4.7.2.5.1 Deleting a code
- 4.7.2.5.2 Converting a code into text
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 4.7.2.6 Editing Hints
- Note
- Note
- Note [Go to Page]
- 4.7.3 Annotations [Go to Page]
- 4.7.3.1 Type of Annotations [Go to Page]
- 4.7.3.1.1 Translate Annotation
- Note
- Note [Go to Page]
- 4.7.3.1.2 Term Annotation
- 4.7.3.1.3 Comment Annotation
- 4.7.3.1.4 Custom Annotation
- 4.7.3.2 Splitting Annotations
- 4.7.4 Sub-Flows
- Note [Go to Page]
- 4.7.5 White Spaces
- 4.7.6 Bidirectional Text
- Warning
- Note [Go to Page]
- 4.7.7 Target Content Modification [Go to Page]
- 4.7.7.1 Without an Existing Target
- 4.7.7.2 With an Existing Target
- 4.7.8 Content Comparison
- 4.8 Segmentation [Go to Page]
- 4.8.1 Segments Representation
- 4.8.2 Segments Order
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 4.8.3 Segmentation Modification
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 4.8.4 Best Practice for Mergers (Informative)
- 4.9 Extension Mechanisms [Go to Page]
- 4.9.1 Extension Points [Go to Page]
- 4.9.1.1 Extensibility of XLIFF Modules
- 4.9.2 Constraints
- 4.9.3 Processing Requirements
- 5 The Modules Specifications [Go to Page]
- 5.1 Translation Candidates Module [Go to Page]
- 5.1.1 Introduction
- 5.1.2 Module Namespace and Validation Artifacts
- 5.1.3 Module Fragment Identification Prefix
- 5.1.4 XLIFF Core Reuse
- 5.1.5 Translation Candidate Annotation
- 5.1.6 Module Elements [Go to Page]
- 5.1.6.1 Tree Structure
- 5.1.6.2 matches
- 5.1.6.3 match
- 5.1.7 Module Attributes [Go to Page]
- 5.1.7.1 id
- 5.1.7.2 matchQuality
- Note [Go to Page]
- 5.1.7.3 matchSuitability
- Note [Go to Page]
- 5.1.7.4 origin
- 5.1.7.5 ref
- 5.1.7.6 reference
- 5.1.7.7 similarity
- 5.1.7.8 subType
- 5.1.7.9 type
- 5.1.8 Example
- 5.2 Glossary Module [Go to Page]
- 5.2.1 Introduction
- 5.2.2 Module Namespace and Validation Artifacts
- 5.2.3 Module Fragment Identification Prefix
- 5.2.4 Module Elements [Go to Page]
- 5.2.4.1 Tree Structure
- 5.2.4.2 glossary
- 5.2.4.3 glossEntry
- 5.2.4.4 term
- 5.2.4.5 translation
- 5.2.4.6 definition
- 5.2.5 Module Attributes [Go to Page]
- 5.2.5.1 id
- 5.2.5.2 ref
- 5.2.5.3 source
- 5.2.6 Example
- 5.3 Format Style Module [Go to Page]
- 5.3.1 Introduction
- 5.3.2 Module Namespace and Validation Artifacts
- 5.3.3 Module Fragment Identification Prefix
- 5.3.4 Module Specification
- Note [Go to Page]
- 5.3.5 Module Attributes [Go to Page]
- 5.3.5.1 fs
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.3.5.2 subFs
- Warning
- 5.4 Metadata Module [Go to Page]
- 5.4.1 Introduction
- 5.4.2 Module Namespace and Validation Artifacts
- 5.4.3 Module Fragment Identification Prefix
- 5.4.4 Module Elements [Go to Page]
- 5.4.4.1 Tree Structure
- 5.4.4.2 metadata
- 5.4.4.3 metaGroup
- 5.4.4.4 meta
- 5.4.5 Module Attributes [Go to Page]
- 5.4.5.1 appliesTo
- 5.4.5.2 category
- 5.4.5.3 id
- 5.4.5.4 type
- 5.5 Resource Data Module [Go to Page]
- 5.5.1 Introduction
- 5.5.2 Module Namespace and Validation Artifacts
- 5.5.3 Module Fragment Identification Prefix
- 5.5.4 Module Elements [Go to Page]
- 5.5.4.1 Tree Structure
- 5.5.4.2 resourceData
- 5.5.4.3 resourceItemRef
- 5.5.4.4 resourceItem
- 5.5.4.5 source
- 5.5.4.6 target
- 5.5.4.7 reference
- 5.5.5 Module Attributes [Go to Page]
- 5.5.5.1 id
- 5.5.5.2 xml:lang
- 5.5.5.3 mimeType
- Note [Go to Page]
- 5.5.5.4 context
- 5.5.5.5 href
- 5.5.5.6 ref
- 5.5.6 Examples
- 5.6 Change Tracking Extension (Informative) [Go to Page]
- 5.6.1 Introduction
- 5.6.2 Module Namespace and Validation Artifacts
- 5.6.3 Module Fragment Identification Prefix
- 5.6.4 Module Elements [Go to Page]
- 5.6.4.1 Tree Structure
- 5.6.4.2 changeTrack
- 5.6.4.3 revisions
- 5.6.4.4 revision
- 5.6.4.5 item
- 5.6.5 Module Attributes [Go to Page]
- 5.6.5.1 appliesTo
- 5.6.5.2 author
- 5.6.5.3 currentVersion
- 5.6.5.4 datetime
- 5.6.5.5 ref
- 5.6.5.6 property
- 5.6.5.7 version
- 5.6.6 Example
- 5.7 Size and Length Restriction Module [Go to Page]
- 5.7.1 Introduction
- 5.7.2 Module Namespace and Validation Artifacts
- 5.7.3 Module Fragment Identification Prefix
- 5.7.4 Module Elements [Go to Page]
- 5.7.4.1 Tree Structure
- 5.7.4.2 profiles
- 5.7.4.3 normalization
- 5.7.4.4 data
- 5.7.5 Module Attributes [Go to Page]
- 5.7.5.1 storageProfile
- 5.7.5.2 generalProfile
- 5.7.5.3 storage
- 5.7.5.4 general
- 5.7.5.5 profile
- 5.7.5.6 storageRestriction
- 5.7.5.7 sizeRestriction
- 5.7.5.8 equivStorage
- 5.7.5.9 sizeInfo
- 5.7.5.10 sizeInfoRef
- 5.7.6 Standard profiles [Go to Page]
- 5.7.6.1 General restriction profile ”xliff:codepoints” [Go to Page]
- 5.7.6.1.1 sizeRestriction
- 5.7.6.1.2 sizeInfo
- 5.7.6.2 Storage restriction profiles ”xliff:utf8”, ”xliff:utf16” and ”xliff:utf32” [Go to Page]
- 5.7.6.2.1 storageRestriction
- 5.7.6.2.2 equivStorage
- 5.7.7 Third party profiles
- 5.7.8 Conformance
- 5.7.9 Example
- 5.8 Validation Module [Go to Page]
- 5.8.1 Introduction
- 5.8.2 Module Namespace and Validation Artifacts
- 5.8.3 Module Fragment Identification Prefix
- 5.8.4 Module Elements [Go to Page]
- 5.8.4.1 Tree Structure
- 5.8.4.2 validation
- 5.8.4.3 rule
- 5.8.5 Module Attributes [Go to Page]
- 5.8.5.1 isPresent
- 5.8.5.2 occurs
- 5.8.5.3 isNotPresent
- 5.8.5.4 startsWith
- 5.8.5.5 endsWith
- 5.8.5.6 existsInSource
- 5.8.5.7 caseSensitive
- 5.8.5.8 normalization
- 5.8.5.9 disabled
- 5.9 ITS Module [Go to Page]
- 5.9.1 Introduction
- Note
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.2 Module Namespace and Validation Artifacts
- Note [Go to Page]
- 5.9.3 Module Fragment Identification Prefix
- Note [Go to Page]
- 5.9.4 Conformance to the ITS Module Specification
- Note [Go to Page]
- 5.9.5 ITS Tools Referencing
- Warning
- Note [Go to Page]
- 5.9.5.1 ITS Tools Annotation
- 5.9.6 ITS data categories defined in the ITS Module [Go to Page]
- 5.9.6.1 Allowed Characters [Go to Page]
- 5.9.6.1.1 Structural Elements
- 5.9.6.1.2 Inline Elements
- 5.9.6.1.3 ITS Allowed Characters Annotation
- 5.9.6.2 Domain
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.6.2.1 Structural Elements
- 5.9.6.2.2 Inline Elements
- 5.9.6.2.3 ITS Domain Annotation
- 5.9.6.3 Locale Filter
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.6.3.1 Structural Elements
- 5.9.6.3.2 Inline Elements
- 5.9.6.3.3 ITS Locale Filter Annotation
- 5.9.6.4 Localization Quality Issue [Go to Page]
- 5.9.6.4.1 Structural Elements
- Note [Go to Page]
- 5.9.6.4.2 Inline Elements
- 5.9.6.4.3 ITS Localization Quality Issue Annotation
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.6.5 Localization Quality Rating [Go to Page]
- 5.9.6.5.1 Structural Elements
- 5.9.6.5.2 Inline Elements
- 5.9.6.5.3 ITS Localization Quality Rating Annotation
- Note [Go to Page]
- 5.9.6.5.4 Translation Candidates
- 5.9.6.6 Provenance
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.6.6.1 Structural Elements
- 5.9.6.6.2 Inline Elements
- 5.9.6.6.3 ITS Provenance Annotation
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.6.7 Text Analysis [Go to Page]
- 5.9.6.7.1 Structural Elements
- 5.9.6.7.2 Inline Elements
- 5.9.6.7.3 ITS Text Analysis Annotation
- 5.9.7 ITS data categories that have a partial overlap with XLIFF features [Go to Page]
- 5.9.7.1 Localization Note
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.7.1.1 Structural Elements
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.7.1.2 Inline Elements
- 5.9.7.2 Terminology
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.7.2.1 Structural Elements
- 5.9.7.2.2 Inline Elements
- 5.9.7.2.3 ITS Terminology Annotation
- 5.9.7.3 Language Information [Go to Page]
- 5.9.7.3.1 Structural Elements
- Note [Go to Page]
- 5.9.7.3.2 Inline Elements
- Note
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.7.3.3 ITS Language Information Annotation
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.7.4 MT Confidence
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.7.4.1 Within the Translation Candidates module
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.7.4.2 Structural Elements
- 5.9.7.4.3 Inline Elements
- 5.9.7.4.4 MT Confidence Annotation
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.7.5 Storage Size
- Note [Go to Page]
- 5.9.8 ITS data categories available through XLIFF Core and other Modules [Go to Page]
- 5.9.8.1 Translate [Go to Page]
- 5.9.8.1.1 Structural Elements
- 5.9.8.1.2 Inline Elements
- 5.9.8.2 External Resource [Go to Page]
- 5.9.8.2.1 Structural Elements
- 5.9.8.2.2 Inline Elements
- 5.9.8.3 Preserve Space [Go to Page]
- 5.9.8.3.1 Structural Elements
- 5.9.8.3.2 Inline Elements
- Note [Go to Page]
- 5.9.9 ITS data categories not represented in XLIFF [Go to Page]
- 5.9.9.1 Directionality
- 5.9.9.2 Elements Within Text [Go to Page]
- 5.9.9.2.1 Elements Within Text Value Yes
- 5.9.9.2.2 Elements Within Text Value Nested
- 5.9.9.2.3 Elements Within Text Value No
- 5.9.9.3 Locale Filter
- 5.9.9.4 Target Pointer
- 5.9.9.5 ID Value
- 5.9.10 ITS Mapping Annotations
- 5.9.11 Module Elements [Go to Page]
- 5.9.11.1 Tree Structure
- 5.9.11.2 locQualityIssue
- 5.9.11.3 locQualityIssues
- 5.9.11.4 provenanceRecord
- 5.9.11.5 provenanceRecords
- 5.9.12 Module Attributes [Go to Page]
- 5.9.12.1 Allowed Characters
- 5.9.12.2 annotatorsRef
- Note [Go to Page]
- 5.9.12.3 itsm:domains
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.12.4 xml:id
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.12.5 itsm:lang
- Note
- Note
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.12.6 localeFilterList
- 5.9.12.7 localeFilterType
- 5.9.12.8 locQualityIssueComment
- 5.9.12.9 locQualityIssueEnabled
- Note [Go to Page]
- 5.9.12.10 locQualityIssueProfileRef
- Note [Go to Page]
- 5.9.12.11 locQualityIssuesRef
- 5.9.12.12 locQualityIssueSeverity
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.12.13 locQualityIssueType
- 5.9.12.14 locQualityRatingProfileRef
- Note [Go to Page]
- 5.9.12.15 locQualityRatingScore
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.12.16 locQualityRatingScoreThreshold
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.12.17 locQualityRatingVote
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.12.18 locQualityRatingVoteThreshold
- Warning [Go to Page]
- 5.9.12.19 mtConfidence
- 5.9.12.20 org
- 5.9.12.21 orgRef
- 5.9.12.22 person
- 5.9.12.23 personRef
- 5.9.12.24 provenanceRecordsRef
- 5.9.12.25 revOrg
- 5.9.12.26 revOrgRef
- 5.9.12.27 revPerson
- 5.9.12.28 revPersonRef
- 5.9.12.29 revTool
- 5.9.12.30 revToolRef
- 5.9.12.31 taClassRef
- 5.9.12.32 taConfidence
- 5.9.12.33 taIdent
- 5.9.12.34 taIdentRef
- 5.9.12.35 taSource
- 5.9.12.36 termConfidence
- 5.9.12.37 tool
- 5.9.12.38 toolRef
- 5.9.12.39 version
- 5.9.13 Example file
- Appendix A Media Type Registration Template for XLIFF Version 2.0 and higher Versions [Go to Page]
- A.1 Registration Template [Go to Page]
- A.1.1 Detailed Security Considerations [Go to Page]
- A.1.1.1 Privacy, trust and integrity
- A.1.1.2 Core
- A.1.1.3 Resource Data Module
- A.1.1.4 ITS Module
- A.1.1.5 Other potentially security sensitive constructs [Go to Page]
- A.1.1.5.1 Extension by arbitrary XML on
, and - A.1.1.5.2 Extension by custom attributes on
, , , , , and - A.1.1.5.3 Format Style Module
- Appendix B Machine Readable Validation Artifacts (Informative) [Go to Page]
- Warning
- Warning
- B.1 XML Schemas Tree
- B.2 Support Schemas
- Warning
- Appendix C Specification Change Tracking (Informative) [Go to Page]
- C.1 High Level Summary of Changes made in Comparison to XLIFF Version 2.0
- C.2 Tracking of changes made in response to Public Reviews [Go to Page]
- C.2.1 Tracking of changes in response to the Public Review of the Candidate OASIS Standard 01
- C.2.2 Tracking of changes in response to the 4th Public Review
- C.2.3 Tracking of changes in response to the 3rd Public Review
- C.2.4 Tracking of changes in response to the 2nd Public Review
- C.2.5 Tracking of changes in response to the 1st Public Review
- Appendix D Acknowledgements (Informative) [Go to Page]
Copyright 2026 Compu-tecture, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
About Us /
Careers /
support@madcad.com /
1.800.798.9296