Across XLIFF format

About

Across XLIFF format is an Across-specific exchange file format based on the XLIFF 1.2 standard. It is used for data exchange between Across and third-party systems.

Tip

To prevent loss of information needed for re-importing data to Across, it is strongly recommended not to generate a new XLIFF file, but to modify the original Across XLIFF file (for example, attributes containing ID/GUID information should not be modified).

File version

The tool-version standard attribute is used to show the version of a XLIFF file.

<xliff><file><header><tool...tool-version="1.2".../>
...

Version history

tool-version	Supported features	Across version
1.0	first version including XPath export.
1.1	alt-trans export
1.2	segmentation export/import (mrk elements)	6.3

Segmentation

Across uses standard XLIFF segmentation to export/import segment ranges.

<trans-unitid="1"><source>First sentence. Second sentence.</source><seg-source><mrkmtype="seg"mid="1">First sentence.</mrk><mrkmtype="seg"mid="2">Second sentence.</mrk></seg-source><target><mrkmtype="seg"mid="1">Erster Satz.</mrk><mrkmtype="seg"mid="2">Zweiter Satz.</mrk></target></trans-unit>

The external editing tool can change the source/target segmentation. The changes will appear in Across after importing the XLIFF file back.