The XLIFF 1.2 File Type is now supported starting with WorldServer 11.1.1. While this file type is not activated by default, you can activate it by running a script on your WorldServer database. You can find the activation and deactivation scripts attached to this post, along with a list of known issues.
To activate the XLIFF file type, download and run one of the following scripts, depending on the relational database management system you use. You can dowload scripts by clicking their name in the upper-right corner of the preview:
- activateXLIFFFilter.ms.sql (for Microsoft SQL Server databases)
/* Script to activate the XLIFF 1.2 filter */ BEGIN DECLARE @icount INT; SELECT @icount = count(filterInfoId) FROM filterInfos WHERE name LIKE 'XLIFF 1.2 File Type' AND filterInfoId = 72 IF (@icount = 0) BEGIN PRINT '-->Activating XLIFF 1.2 filter' INSERT INTO filterInfos (filterInfoId, name, filterClass, type) VALUES (72, 'XLIFF 1.2 File Type', 'com.idiominc.ws.filters.fts.FSXLIFFv1_2ProxyFilter', 2) INSERT INTO mediaTypes (mediaTypeId, mediaType, description, isText, defaultExtension, externalMediaType, filterInfoId) values (46, 'text/xlif', 'XLIFF 1.2 File', 1, 'xlif', 'text/xlif', 72); INSERT INTO mediaTypeMappings (path, extension, mediaTypeId) VALUES ('', 'xlif', 46); END ELSE BEGIN PRINT '-->XLIFF 1.2 filter already activated' END END;
- activateXLIFFFilter.ora.sql (for Oracle databases)
/* Script to activate the XLIFF 1.2 filter */ DECLARE tcount INTEGER; BEGIN SELECT count(filterInfoId) INTO tcount FROM filterInfos WHERE name LIKE 'XLIFF 1.2 File Type' AND filterInfoId = 72; IF (nvl(tcount, 0) = 0) THEN dbms_output.put_line('-->Activating XLIFF 1.2 filter'); INSERT INTO filterInfos (filterInfoId, name, filterClass, type) VALUES (72, 'XLIFF 1.2 File Type', 'com.idiominc.ws.filters.fts.FSXLIFFv1_2ProxyFilter', 2); INSERT INTO mediaTypes (mediaTypeId, mediaType, description, isText, defaultExtension, externalMediaType, filterInfoId) VALUES (46, 'text/xlif', 'XLIFF 1.2 File', 1, 'xlif', 'text/xlif', 72); INSERT INTO mediaTypeMappings (path, extension, mediaTypeId) VALUES ('', 'xlif', 46); ELSE dbms_output.put_line('-->XLIFF 1.2 filter already activated'); END IF; END; / commit;
After activating the XLIFF file type, you need to configure its corresponding MIME type on the Management > Administration > Customization page.
If necessary, you can deactivate the XLIFF file type by running one of the following scripts, depending on the relational database management system you use:
- deactivateXLIFFFilter.ms.sql (for Microsoft SQL Server databases)
/* Script to disable the XLIFF 1.2 filter */ BEGIN DECLARE @icount INT; SELECT @icount = count(filterInfoId) FROM mediaTypes WHERE filterInfoId = 72 IF (@icount = 1) BEGIN PRINT '---> Deleting the usages of XLIFF 1.2 File Type' DELETE FROM mediaTypeMappings WHERE mediaTypeId = 46 DELETE FROM filterGroupEntries WHERE mediaTypeId = 46 DELETE FROM mediaTypes WHERE mediaTypeId = 46 and filterInfoId = 72 END; SELECT @icount = count(filterInfoId) FROM filterInfos WHERE name LIKE 'XLIFF 1.2 File Type' AND filterInfoId = 72 IF (@icount = 1) BEGIN PRINT '-->Disabling XLIFF 1.2 filter' DELETE FROM filterInfos WHERE name LIKE 'XLIFF 1.2 File Type' AND filterInfoId = 72 DELETE FROM fileTypeInformation WHERE filterName = 'XLIFF 1.2 File Type'; END ELSE BEGIN PRINT '-->XLIFF 1.2 filter already disabled' END; END;
- deactivateXLIFFFilter.ora.sql (for Oracle databases)
/* Script to disable the XLIFF 1.2 filter */ DECLARE tcount INTEGER; BEGIN SELECT count(filterInfoId) INTO tcount FROM mediaTypes WHERE filterInfoId = 72; IF (nvl(tcount, 0) = 1) THEN dbms_output.put_line('---> Deleting the usages of XLIFF 1.2 File Type'); DELETE FROM mediaTypeMappings where mediaTypeId = 46; DELETE FROM filterGroupEntries WHERE mediaTypeId = 46; DELETE FROM mediaTypes where mediaTypeId = 46 and filterInfoId = 72; END IF; SELECT count(filterInfoId) INTO tcount FROM filterInfos WHERE name LIKE 'XLIFF 1.2 File Type' AND filterInfoId = 72; IF (nvl(tcount, 0) = 1) THEN dbms_output.put_line('-->Disabling XLIFF 1.2 filter'); DELETE FROM filterInfos WHERE name LIKE 'XLIFF 1.2 File Type' AND filterInfoId = 72; DELETE FROM fileTypeInformation WHERE filterName = 'XLIFF 1.2 File Type'; ELSE dbms_output.put_line('-->XLIFF 1.2 filter already disabled'); END IF; END; / commit;
For information about the default XLIFF settings, see the SDL Trados Studio documentation.
Known issues:
- When you try to view or modify the settings of an XLIFF configuration, the page is not loaded. This is due to the fact that Microsoft Silverlight will no longer be supported. As a workaround, configure the file type in SDL Trados Studio and import it into WorldServer.
- The source and target languages of the assets segmented with XLIFF configurations are not identified automatically when you create projects. For example, even though an XLF asset might have "en-us" as a source language and "de-de" as a target language, you can still include it in a project with a different language pair.
- You cannot save XLF assets that contain <mrk mtype="protected"> or CData (section) placeholders in Browser Workbench. As a workaround, before you translate segments that contain such placeholders, copy the source content to the target segments.