XML: Author-it Compliant settings
The XML: Author-it Compliant file type has the *.xml extension. This XML v1-based file type will be deprecated in 2022. Use XML v2-based file types instead.
Detection
| Setting | Instruction |
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| Root element names | Type an element name and select |
| xsi:schemaLocation URIs | Type a declaration. |
| DOCTYPE declaration element names | Type a declaration. |
| Namespace declaration (xmlns) URIs | Type a namespace declaration and select |
| xPath rules | Type an XPath rule and select |
Parser
| Operations | Instruction |
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| Add a rule | Parsing rules define how elements are handled. To add a rule:
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Writer settings
| Setting | Instruction |
|---|---|
| Unicode UTF-8 byte order mark (BOM) | From the list, choose an option to determine how BOM is handled during translation: Preserve; don't add if not originally present, Preserve: add if not originally present, Remove if present. |
| Values of xml:lang and lang attribute | From the list, choose an option to determine how 'lang' is handled during translation: Change matching source language to target language, Always change to target language, Do not change. |
Whitespace settings
| Setting | Instruction |
|---|---|
| Whitespace in content | Decide how whitespace is treated during translation: Normalize unless xml:space='preserve' ; Always preserve; Always normalize. |
| Normalize whitespace in tags | Select the check box to ensure that whitespace is normalized in tags. |
Namespace settings
| Setting | Instruction |
|---|---|
| Namespace resolution | Decide how you want to use namespaces: Use namespaces when declared in document, Always use prefix even when namespace is declared. |
| Namespaces | Add a prefix and an URI for your namespace, and then select |
Embedded Content
| Setting | Instruction |
|---|---|
| Allow processing of content embedded in a document into tagged markup according to a set of regular expression rules. Embedded content is identified using document structure information. | Toggle the button to enable the use of regular expressions when processing embedded content as translatable content. |
| Defined by document structure information - Document structure information | Select or configure the document structure and then select |
| Defined by document structure information - Tag definition rules | Enable this option to set the selected embedded content processors to extract embedded content from specific context. Create extraction rules based on the document structure information. Make sure that the document structure information you specify here is covered by a parser rule in the Parser settings section for your file type. Trados Studio and Trados Online Editor can only extract embedded content that is recognized by the file type parser.
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Entity settings
| Setting | Instruction |
|---|---|
| Enable entity conversion | Entity settings specify whether special characters are converted to their corresponding HTML entity. Select or clear the check box depending on whether you want to have entity conversion enabled or not. |
| Convert numeric entity references to inline placeholder tags | Select or clear the check box depending on whether you want to have the numeric entity conversion enabled or not. |
| Add an entity | Select
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| Edit an entity | Adjust the given values. |
Validation
| Setting | Instruction |
|---|---|
| Perform schema and DTD validation during file detection | Decide how schemas and DTD files are validated:
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| Perform schema validation when verifying translation | |
| Manually specify schema | Enable this option to specify schemas manually. Decide how the schemas are used:
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| Master Schemas | Keep the default values or add more files. |
| Dependency Schemas and DTDs | Keep the default values or add more files. |