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OAXAL: Open Architecture for XML Authoring and Localization is an Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) standards-based initiative to encourage the development of an open Standards approach to XML Authoring and Localization. OAXAL is an official OASIS Reference Architecture Technical Committee.[1]

On 11 December 2009, the OASIS OAXAL TC approved the OAXAL v1.0 Reference Model as an official OASIS Committee Specification.[2]

The Open Architecture for XML Authoring and Localization (OAXAL) represents a comprehensive, efficient, and cost-effective model regarding the authoring and translation aspects of XML publishing. OAXAL encompasses the following key Open Standards:[3]

  • XML - Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a simple, flexible text format originally designed to meet the challenges of large-scale electronic publishing. XML also plays an increasingly important role in the exchange of a wide variety of data on the Web and elsewhere.
  • Unicode (Unicode) - A character encoding scheme that encompasses all character sets.
  • W3C ITS (W3C ITS) - An XML vocabulary that defines translatability rules for a given XML document type.
  • SRX (SRX) - Segmentation Rules eXchange, a LISA OSCAR standard defining text-subdivision rules for each language. Please also see the Wikipedia article for SRX.
  • xml:tm (xml:tm) - XML-based text memory, a LISA OSCAR standard for author memory (a history of segments and revisions) and translation memory (a history of translated segments).
  • GMX (GMX) - Global Information Management Metrics Exchange, a LISA OSCAR standard for word and character count and metrics (for volume, complexity, and quality) exchange.
  • TMX (TMX) - Translation Memory eXchange, a LISA OSCAR standard for exchanging translation memories.
  • Unicode TR29 (Unicode TR29) - The primary Unicode standard defining word and sentence boundaries.
  • Open Standard XML Vocabularies, including DITA (DITA), Docbook (Docbook), XHTML (XHTML), SVG (SVG), ODF (ODF), and others that may emerge as standards.
  • XLIFF (XLIFF) - XML Localization Interchange File Format, an OASIS standard for exchanging Localization data.

Online documentation

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The full version of the OAXAL Reference Architecture is available online in wiki or PDF form.

References

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  1. ^ "Open Architecture for XML Authoring and Localization (O'Reilly)". Linux Weekly News. 27 February 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  2. ^ Zydroń, Andrzej; Saldana, Derek (12 December 2009). "Reference Model for Open Architecture for XML Authoring and Localization Version 1.0". OASIS. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  3. ^ Zydroń, Andrzej (21 February 2007). "OAXAL: Open Architecture for XML Authoring and Localization". XML.com. Retrieved 26 August 2025.