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Experiments with ODD outside the TEI framework

Experiments with ODD outside the TEI framework. Laurent Romary & Piotr Banski The ISO- TEI connection. Background. Editing several ISO documents using TEI ODD An ideal test bed for experimenting with the use of the TEI specification framework for non-TEI vocabulary

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Experiments with ODD outside the TEI framework

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  1. Experiments with ODD outside the TEI framework Laurent Romary & PiotrBanski The ISO-TEI connection

  2. Background • Editing several ISO documents using TEI ODD • An ideal test bed for experimenting with the use of the TEI specification framework for non-TEI vocabulary • Existing collaboration agreement (cf. joint publication of the feature structure module) • An existing infrastructure to this end • 2-year project between Oxford and ISO to provide round-trip tools between MSWord (OOXML) and TEI • Integrated in OxGarage and XSLT deliveries

  3. The ISO use case • ISO technical committee 37 • Terminology and language resources • SC 3: computer application in terminology • SC 4: management of language resources • ISO document are highly structured objects • Introduction, 1 Scope, 2 Normative references, 3 Terms and Definition, …, Bibliography, Annexes (normative, Informative) • ISO documents are just textual objects • Edited as word documents, published as pdf • Difficulty with ISO standards defining XML vocabularies

  4. Our ISO workflow Development Dissemination Publication TEI/ODD OOXML (docx) PDF Copy-editing at ISO/CS XSLT Editing by An ODD guru Proofreading From member bodies ISO comment template) Balloting and comments

  5. A variety of standards • ISO/TC 37/SC 3 • TMF – Terminology Markup Framework – ongoing revision • TBX – Terminology Exchange Formats – ongoing revision • ISO/TC 37/SC 4 • MLIF – multilingual information framework • MAF – Morphosyntactic Annotation Framework • TimeML – Temporal annotation

  6. Are we happy with this? • Pros • Powerful editing platform • Full coverage of ISO needs (structure constraints, terminology) • All TEI facilities (bibliography, cross-references, element specification with inline descriptions) • Very coherent output • Consequence of semantically based editing • Perfect match between specification and documentation • DTD, RelaxNG, W3C

  7. Are we happy with this? • Cons • A game for geeks? • Steep learning curve limiting the number of possible editors… • Mastering TEI, ODD, SVN (XSLT) • Difficult for ISO to take this up (limited technical awareness) • Limited support • Seb, Seb, Seb… • No round trip (comments) • [Guess what is missing here?]

  8. Are we happy with this? • TEI/ODD as a specification platform is well adapted to such standardization activities • No extra features needed • Data typing facilities for further constraints (e.g. <div>) • A final product which is +one+ document accompanied by +one+ schema

  9. Going further – defining families of formats • Use case: TBX (Terminology exchange formats) • A variety of needs • From simple bilingual glossaries to complex terminological entries (e.g. TermSciences, IATE) • community and industry requirement to have clearly identified customizations • TBX-all, TBX-basics, TBX4TEI ;-) • Typical use case: interoperability of translators’ workbenches • Seen this somewhere already?

  10. Using ODD to duplicate the TEI architecture • A global marketplace of XML objects • Master ODD file • Further flavours as additional ODD customizations • Taking elementSpec/@source seriously • Q: is this implemented? Has anyone used this seriously already? • Taking up and customizing specific TEI components • Header, bibliography, cross-references, gramGrp

  11. Implications for the future of ODD • A pragmatic strategy for the evolution of ODD • Identify features needed to provide, step by step, a more coherent framework • Implement tools, anticipating needed support • A coherent theory to understand what we are doing • Not part of this talk, but part of my hidden agenda • Do we need to go to P6 for this? • ODD is already a strong basis for work • We need to manage transition

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