Beebox XLIFF Format

Beebox uses XLIFF in these places:

To export translation jobs to translation teams or translation management systems.
To download selected segments from the translation editor.
When retrieving segments with the API.

Example

The following is a sample translation job containing a single segment. Obviously, a job may contain many <file> and <trans-unit> nodes:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xliff xmlns:wb="http://www.wordbee.com/Xliff" version="1.2" 
		wb:sender="My company" 
		wb:projectkey="93f522ff-74e7-4522-a886-8af737082059" 
		wb:jobname="Beeboxlinks 9 - fr" 
		wb:jobkey="4541ac4e-bdf8-44c4-88f9-ed83e86aeb78">

   <file original="R-Cautions.htm" datatype="x-beebox" source-language="en" target-language="fr" 
			date="2014-11-10T10:01:22.1353775Z" 
			wb:folder="" 
			wb:file="R-Cautions.htm" 
			tool-id="Beebox">
      <body>
         <trans-unit id="0" translate="yes" approved="yes" wb:editor="MachineTranslation" wb:words="1" wb:key="note">
            <source xml:space="preserve">Hello world.</source>
            <target xml:space="preserve">Bonjour tout le monde.</target>
         </trans-unit>
      </body>
   </file>

</xliff>

File Nodes

The Xliff uses <file> nodes to group segments coming from the same source file.

If the file contains segments from 10 different source files, you will see 10 <file> nodes.

Standard and Custom Attributes

The Beebox uses these attributes. Beebox custom attributes are prefixed with namespace "wb".

Xml node	Attribute	Description
xliff	wb:sender	Your company name. This is a Beebox specific extension to Xliff.
xliff	wb:projectkey	The unique Beebox project id. This is a Beebox specific extension to Xliff.
xliff	wb:jobname	The job name. This is a Beebox specific extension to Xliff.
xliff	wb:jobkey	The job id. This is a Beebox specific extension to Xliff.
file	datatype	Standard xliff attribute. Always contains “x-beebox”.
file	original	The name and relative path of the original file. Example "folder1/game.docx" or "mypage.html".
file	wb:file	The name of the original file, same as the “original” attribute. This is a Beebox specific extension to Xliff.
file	wb:folder	Always empty. This is a Beebox specific extension to Xliff.
file	tool-id	Standard xliff attribute. Contains “Beebox”.
file	wb:***	If you include an instructions file (.beebox) with the source file you can include file-level meta information. These will be stored as attributes here. For example, if the instructions file contains this node with a file-level field: `"metadata": [{` `"id":` `"url",` `"value":` `"http://mine.com/page199.htm",` `"type":` `"file",` `"title":` `"Page URL"` `}]` Then, this attribute is added to the <file> node: <file .... wb:url="http://mine.com/page199.htm" ....>

trans-unit	id	A sequential number assigned by the Beebox.
trans-unit	wb:editor	A code indicating the origin of a translation, if any. This is a Beebox specific extension to Xliff.
trans -unit	wb-words	Total source words of segment. This is a Beebox specific extension to Xliff.
trans-unit	wb-chmin	Minimum allowed characters for translation. Included if specified only. This value can be assigned during reading the original file, refer to the text filter settings.
trans-unit	wb-chmax	Maximum allowed characters for translation. Included if specified only. This value can be assigned during reading the original file, refer to the text filter settings.
trans -unit	wb-***	Optional meta-information included with the original segment: Hyperlink, Footnote, etc. This is a Beebox specific extension to Xliff. For example, if the instructions file contains this node with a segment-level field: `"metadata": [{` `"id":` `"reference",` `"value":` `"AX-1024",` `"type":` `"segment",` `"title":` `"Reference"` `}]` Then, this attribute is added to the <file> node: <trans-unit .... wb:reference="AX-1024" ....>

Encoding of Markup

If a source file contains markup then this markup is preserved during export. The Beebox uses regular XLIFF nodes to encode the markup.