Addendum to comment: RE: Metadata Module lacks processing requirements

In order to fully enforce this we should also adjust the General Processing topic:

 

 

 

2.1 General Processing Requirements

    A tool processing a valid XLIFF document that contains XLIFF-defined elements that it cannot handle must preserve those elements.

Change this (should):

    A tool processing a valid XLIFF document that contains custom elements that it cannot handle should preserve those elements.

 

To this (MUST):

    A tool processing a valid XLIFF document that contains custom elements that it cannot handle
MUST preserve those elements.

 

 

 

From: Schnabel, Bryan S [mailto:]

Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 3:41 PM

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Subject: [xliff-comment] Metadata Module lacks processing requirements

 

Since the only way to enable the capture of attributes for and XML roundtrip, using the maximalist method (i.e., to not use a skeleton) would be to use the metadata module, I think the processing requirement should be that agents may ignore
 the <metadata>, but the MUST NOT remove.