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Standards
Standard Organisations American National Standards Institute (ANSI): Private, non-profit organization (501(c)3) that administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system. European Computer Manufacturer's Association (AECMA): International industry association founded in 1961 and dedicated to the standardization of information and communication systems. It provides useful information for localisation professionals in areas such as desktop publishing, printing, document management, etc. International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO):
Worldwide federation of national standards
bodies from some 140 countries, one from each country. Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS): Global consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business standards. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight, open process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide standards for security, Web services, XML conformance, business transactions, electronic publishing, topic maps and interoperability within and between marketplaces. Unicode Consortium: It develops, extends and promotes "use of the Unicode Standard, which specifies the representation of text in modern software products and standards." World Wide Web Consortium (W3C): develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential as a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding. Standards and Formats The following are some of the most relevant localisation related formats. If you have any suggestions or comments, please contact us at: lrc@ul.ie ASCII DXLT HTML IANA (User-dedined locale codes) MARTIF (Machine-Readable Terminology Interchange Format) TML (Terminology Markup Languages) OLIF (Open Lexicon Interchange Format) Open Tag SGML TBX TMF TMX (Translation memory Exchange Format) XHTML XLINK XLT XML (eXtensible Markup Language) UCS (Universal Character Set) UTF UIML (User Interface Markup Language)
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