[dsdl-discuss] W3C ITS (Internationalization Tag Set) might be of interest for DSDL Part 8

Another initiative which can be of interest for DSDL Part 8 is W3C ITS
(Internationalization Tag Set)
(http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-its-20060518/).

This specification could be split into two separate pieces:
      * A set of metadata (called data categories) that defines how XML
        documents should be localized.
      * A mechanism to attach this set of metadata to existing
        documents.

This second piece is rather ambitious and could be made generic.

ITS defines equivalent ways of attaching metadata to XML fragments,
whether:

      * inline (the most obvious way, just add the corresponding
        attributes in the documents).
      * through rules that can be located within or outside the
        documents. These rules can map existing markup to the ITS
        vocabulary.
      * previous versions had added the possibility to define these
        rules as schema annotations but this has been abandoned.

The goal and scope of ITS and DSDL Part 8 are different, but I think
that there are enough similarities to take a look at this specification.

Eric

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