SIST ISO 24616:2013

Language resources management -- Multilingual information framework

ISO 24616:2012 provides a generic platform for modeling and managing multilingual information in various domains: localization, translation, multimedia annotation, document management, digital library support, and information or business modeling applications. MLIF (multilingual information framework) provides a metamodel and a set of generic data categories [ISO 12620:2009] for various application domains. MLIF also provides strategies for the interoperability and/or linking of models including, but not limited to, XLIFF (Localization Interchange File Format), TMX (Transition Memory eXchange), smilText (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) and ITS (Internationalization Tag Set).

Gestion des ressources langagières -- Plateforme d'informations multilingues

Upravljanje z jezikovnimi viri - Ogrodje za večjezične informacije

Ta mednarodni standard zagotavlja splošno platformo za modeliranje večjezikovnih informacij in upravljanje z njimi na različnih področjih: lokalizacija, prevajanje, multimedijsko označevanje, upravljanje z dokumenti, podpora digitalni knjižnici in aplikacije za modeliranje poslovanja. MLIF (ogrodje za večjezične informacije) zagotavlja metamodel in sklop splošnih podatkovnih kategorij [ISO 12620:2009] za različna področja uporabe. MLIF zagotavlja tudi strategije za interoperabilnost in/ali povezovanje modelov, med drugim XLIFF, TMX, smilText in ITS.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 11-Jun-2013
• ICS: 01.020 - Terminology (principles and coordination)
• ICS: 01.140.20 - Information sciences
• ICS: 35.240.30 - IT applications in information, documentation and publishing
• Technical Committee: IDT - Information, documentation, language and terminology
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 31-May-2013
• Due Date: 05-Aug-2013
• Completion Date: 12-Jun-2013
• Ref Project: ISO 24616:2012 - Language resources management — Multilingual information framework

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2013
Upravljanje z jezikovnimi viri - Ogrodje za večjezične informacije
Language resources management -- Multilingual information framework
Gestion des ressources langagières -- Plateforme d'informations multilingues
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ISO 24616:2012
ICS:
01.020 Terminologija (načela in Terminology (principles and
koordinacija) coordination)
01.140.20 Informacijske vede Information sciences
35.240.30 Uporabniške rešitve IT v IT applications in information,
informatiki, dokumentiranju in documentation and
založništvu publishing
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 24616
First edition
2012-09-01
Language resources management —
Multilingual information framework
Gestion des ressources langagières — Plateforme d'informations
multilingues
Reference number
©
ISO 2012
©  ISO 2012
All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means,
electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or
ISO's member body in the country of the requester.
ISO copyright office
Case postale 56  CH-1211 Geneva 20
Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11
Fax + 41 22 749 09 47
E-mail [e-mail]
Web www.iso.org
Published in Switzerland
ii © ISO 2012 – All rights reserved

Contents Page
Foreword . iv
1  Scope . 1
2  Normative references . 1
3  Terms and definitions . 1
4  Specification principles . 2
4.1  Key standard used in the specification: Unified Modeling Language (UML) . 2
4.2  Metamodel and adornment . 2
4.3  XML serialization . 2
5  Metamodel specification . 2
6  MLIF compliance . 3
7  Metamodel adornment . 3
7.1  Introduction . 3
7.2  General principles concerning the use of W3C generic attributes . 3
7.3  Recommended adornment for GI . 4
7.4  Recommended adornment for GroupC . 4
7.5  Recommended adornment for MultiC . 4
7.6  Recommended and mandatory adornment for MonoC . 5
7.7  Recommended adornment for SegC . 5
7.8  Recommended adornment for HistoC . 5
7.9  Recommended online annotation adornment . 5
7.10  Recommended adornment for localization. 6
7.11  Recommended adornment for internationalization . 6
7.12  Recommended adornment for temporal synchronization . 6
8  Relation with other standards . 6
Annex A (informative) Example using MLIF for Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) . 8
Annex B (informative) Example: representing TMX data . 11
Annex C (informative) Example of XLIFF data representation . 14
Annex D (informative) Example: representing smilText data . 18
Annex E (informative) Example of MLIF usage for subtitles (captioning) . 20
Annex F (informative) Using MLIF for MAF data . 26
Annex G (normative) Detailed specification . 27
Bibliography . 42

Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies
(ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO
technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been
established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and
non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization.
International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards
adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an
International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
ISO 24616 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 37, Terminology and other language and content
resources, Subcommittee SC 4, Language resource management.

iv © ISO 2012 – All rights reserved

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 24616:2012(E)

Language resources management — Multilingual information
framework
1 Scope
This International Standard provides a generic platform for modelling and managing multilingual information in
various domains: localization, translation, multimedia annotation, document management, digital library
support, and information or business modelling applications. MLIF (multilingual information framework)
provides a metamodel and a set of generic data categories [ISO 12620:2009] for various application domains.
MLIF also provides strategies for the interoperability and/or linking of models including, but not limited to,
XLIFF, TMX, smilText and ITS.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 12620:2009; Terminology and other language and content resources — Specification of data categories
and management of a Data Category Registry for language resources
ISO 8879, Information processing — Text and office systems —Generalized Markup Language (SGML)
Extensible Markup Language. Fifth Edition, T. Bray, J. Paoli, C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, E. Maler, F. Yergeau
Editors, W3C Recommendation, 26 November 2008, http://www.w3.org/TR/xml
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply:
3.1
adornment
data category attached to a component of a metamodel
3.2
inline code
inline instructions inserted in a source document
Note to entry: Native code can, for instance, provide presentational instructions (e.g. HTML codes).
3.3
subtitle
textual versions of the dialog in films, television programs, video games, etc., usually displayed at the bottom
of the screen
3.4
working language
language in which linguistic sequences are expressed
4 Specification principles
4.1 Key standard used in the specification: Unified Modeling Language (UML)
The MLIF specification complies with the modelling principles of UML as defined by the Object Management
Group (OMG) [UML]. The specification uses the UML subset that is relevant for the purposes of MLIF.
4.2 Metamodel and adornment
In line with Terminological Markup Framework (TMF) as defined in ISO 16642, MLIF defines a metamodel that
is adorned by data categories, as defined in ISO 12620.
4.3 XML serialization
Associated with the metamodel and its adornment, MLIF proposes a representation in XML called “XML
serialization”, in line with Extensible Markup Language (XML) as defined in ISO 8879.
5 Metamodel specification
The MLIF metamodel is specified in the UML object diagram in Figure 1.

Figure 1 — MLIF metamodel
2 © ISO 2012 – All rights reserved

The MLIF metamodel is defined by the following seven "core components". These components are listed as
follows, according to their XML serialization:
 (Multilingual Data Collection), which represents a collection of data containing global information
and several multilingual units;
 (Global Information), which represents technical and administrative information applying to the
entire multilingual data collection;
 (Grouping components), which represents a sub-collection of multilingual data that have a
common origin or purpose within a given project;
 (Multilingual Component), which groups together all variants of a given textual content;
 (Monolingual Component), which groups together information related to one language and is
part of a multilingual component (MultiC);
 (History Component), which traces modifications to the component to which it is anchored (i.e.
versioning);
 (Segmentation Component), which allows any level of segmentation for textual information,
possibly in a recursive manner.
6 MLIF compliance
Any format compliant with this International Standard may use the MLIF metamodel in two possible ways:
 by fully implementing the MLIF metamodel starting at the level of ;
 by specifically embedding MLIF-compliant information within another model, by implementing one of the
lower level MLIF elements, namely , or .
7 Metamodel adornment
7.1 Introduction
The MLIF XML serialization proposes a set of XML elements and XML attributes, which are described in the
following sections, where the characters “<” and “>” delimit the name of the element. Following the TEI
guidelines (http://www.tei-c.org), some attributes are specified by means of a class attribute, with the
convention that the name of the class attribute is prefixed by “att.” (e.g. “att.xlink”). The other XML attributes
are listed with the convention that two quotes delimit the name of the attribute (e.g. “xml:lang”). The
specifications in Annex G shall be applied.
7.2 General principles concerning the use of W3C generic attributes
The following W3C attributes are to be used by all MLIF-compliant applications:
 the attribute xml:lang shall be used in accordance with W3C recommendations to represent the working
language of any relevant element and, in particular, shall be used systematically for any implementation
of MonoC;
 the attribute xml:id shall be used in accordance with W3C recommendations to provide a unique identifier
to an element of the MLIF metamodel.
7.3 Recommended adornment for GI















7.4 Recommended adornment for GroupC

7.5 Recommended adornment for MultiC









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7.6 Recommended and mandatory adornment for MonoC
 att.lang


 att.xlink
The language attribute is mandatory on MonoC. All other adornments are optional.
7.7 Recommended adornment for SegC


...

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2013
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Language resources management -- Multilingual information framework
Gestion des ressources langagières -- Plateforme d'informations multilingues
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ISO 24616:2012
ICS:
01.020 7HUPLQRORJLMDQDþHODLQ Terminology (principles and
NRRUGLQDFLMD coordination)
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 24616
First edition
2012-09-01
Language resources management —
Multilingual information framework
Gestion des ressources langagières — Plateforme d'informations
multilingues
Reference number
©
ISO 2012
©  ISO 2012
All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means,
electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or
ISO's member body in the country of the requester.
ISO copyright office
Case postale 56  CH-1211 Geneva 20
Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11
Fax + 41 22 749 09 47
E-mail [e-mail]
Web www.iso.org
Published in Switzerland
ii © ISO 2012 – All rights reserved

Contents Page
Foreword . iv
1  Scope . 1
2  Normative references . 1
3  Terms and definitions . 1
4  Specification principles . 2
4.1  Key standard used in the specification: Unified Modeling Language (UML) . 2
4.2  Metamodel and adornment . 2
4.3  XML serialization . 2
5  Metamodel specification . 2
6  MLIF compliance . 3
7  Metamodel adornment . 3
7.1  Introduction . 3
7.2  General principles concerning the use of W3C generic attributes . 3
7.3  Recommended adornment for GI . 4
7.4  Recommended adornment for GroupC . 4
7.5  Recommended adornment for MultiC . 4
7.6  Recommended and mandatory adornment for MonoC . 5
7.7  Recommended adornment for SegC . 5
7.8  Recommended adornment for HistoC . 5
7.9  Recommended online annotation adornment . 5
7.10  Recommended adornment for localization. 6
7.11  Recommended adornment for internationalization . 6
7.12  Recommended adornment for temporal synchronization . 6
8  Relation with other standards . 6
Annex A (informative) Example using MLIF for Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) . 8
Annex B (informative) Example: representing TMX data . 11
Annex C (informative) Example of XLIFF data representation . 14
Annex D (informative) Example: representing smilText data . 18
Annex E (informative) Example of MLIF usage for subtitles (captioning) . 20
Annex F (informative) Using MLIF for MAF data . 26
Annex G (normative) Detailed specification . 27
Bibliography . 42

Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies
(ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO
technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been
established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and
non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization.
International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards
adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an
International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
ISO 24616 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 37, Terminology and other language and content
resources, Subcommittee SC 4, Language resource management.

iv © ISO 2012 – All rights reserved

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 24616:2012(E)

Language resources management — Multilingual information
framework
1 Scope
This International Standard provides a generic platform for modelling and managing multilingual information in
various domains: localization, translation, multimedia annotation, document management, digital library
support, and information or business modelling applications. MLIF (multilingual information framework)
provides a metamodel and a set of generic data categories [ISO 12620:2009] for various application domains.
MLIF also provides strategies for the interoperability and/or linking of models including, but not limited to,
XLIFF, TMX, smilText and ITS.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 12620:2009; Terminology and other language and content resources — Specification of data categories
and management of a Data Category Registry for language resources
ISO 8879, Information processing — Text and office systems —Generalized Markup Language (SGML)
Extensible Markup Language. Fifth Edition, T. Bray, J. Paoli, C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, E. Maler, F. Yergeau
Editors, W3C Recommendation, 26 November 2008, http://www.w3.org/TR/xml
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply:
3.1
adornment
data category attached to a component of a metamodel
3.2
inline code
inline instructions inserted in a source document
Note to entry: Native code can, for instance, provide presentational instructions (e.g. HTML codes).
3.3
subtitle
textual versions of the dialog in films, television programs, video games, etc., usually displayed at the bottom
of the screen
3.4
working language
language in which linguistic sequences are expressed
4 Specification principles
4.1 Key standard used in the specification: Unified Modeling Language (UML)
The MLIF specification complies with the modelling principles of UML as defined by the Object Management
Group (OMG) [UML]. The specification uses the UML subset that is relevant for the purposes of MLIF.
4.2 Metamodel and adornment
In line with Terminological Markup Framework (TMF) as defined in ISO 16642, MLIF defines a metamodel that
is adorned by data categories, as defined in ISO 12620.
4.3 XML serialization
Associated with the metamodel and its adornment, MLIF proposes a representation in XML called “XML
serialization”, in line with Extensible Markup Language (XML) as defined in ISO 8879.
5 Metamodel specification
The MLIF metamodel is specified in the UML object diagram in Figure 1.

Figure 1 — MLIF metamodel
2 © ISO 2012 – All rights reserved

The MLIF metamodel is defined by the following seven "core components". These components are listed as
follows, according to their XML serialization:
 (Multilingual Data Collection), which represents a collection of data containing global information
and several multilingual units;
 (Global Information), which represents technical and administrative information applying to the
entire multilingual data collection;
 (Grouping components), which represents a sub-collection of multilingual data that have a
common origin or purpose within a given project;
 (Multilingual Component), which groups together all variants of a given textual content;
 (Monolingual Component), which groups together information related to one language and is
part of a multilingual component (MultiC);
 (History Component), which traces modifications to the component to which it is anchored (i.e.
versioning);
 (Segmentation Component), which allows any level of segmentation for textual information,
possibly in a recursive manner.
6 MLIF compliance
Any format compliant with this International Standard may use the MLIF metamodel in two possible ways:
 by fully implementing the MLIF metamodel starting at the level of ;
 by specifically embedding MLIF-compliant information within another model, by implementing one of the
lower level MLIF elements, namely , or .
7 Metamodel adornment
7.1 Introduction
The MLIF XML serialization proposes a set of XML elements and XML attributes, which are described in the
following sections, where the characters “<” and “>” delimit the name of the element. Following the TEI
guidelines (http://www.tei-c.org), some attributes are specified by means of a class attribute, with the
convention that the name of the class attribute is prefixed by “att.” (e.g. “att.xlink”). The other XML attributes
are listed with the convention that two quotes delimit the name of the attribute (e.g. “xml:lang”). The
specifications in Annex G shall be applied.
7.2 General principles concerning the use of W3C generic attributes
The following W3C attributes are to be used by all MLIF-compliant applications:
 the attribute xml:lang shall be used in accordance with W3C recommendations to represent the working
language of any relevant element and, in particular, shall be used systematically for any implementation
of MonoC;
 the attribute xml:id shall be used in accordance with W3C recommendations to provide a unique identifier
to an element of the MLIF metamodel.
7.3 Recommended adornment for GI















7.4 Recommended adornment for GroupC

7.5 Recommended adornment for MultiC









4 © ISO 2012 – All rights reserved

7.6 Recommended and mandatory adornment for MonoC
 att.lang


 att.xlink
The language attribute is mandatory on MonoC. All other adornments are optional.
7.7 Recommended adornment for SegC







 att.linguistic
 att.xlink
7.8 Recomme
...

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 24616
First edition
2012-09-01
Language resources management —
Multilingual information framework
Gestion des ressources langagières — Plateforme d'informations
multilingues
Reference number
©
ISO 2012
©  ISO 2012
All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means,
electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or
ISO's member body in the country of the requester.
ISO copyright office
Case postale 56  CH-1211 Geneva 20
Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11
Fax + 41 22 749 09 47
E-mail [e-mail]
Web www.iso.org
Published in Switzerland
ii © ISO 2012 – All rights reserved

Contents Page
Foreword . iv
1  Scope . 1
2  Normative references . 1
3  Terms and definitions . 1
4  Specification principles . 2
4.1  Key standard used in the specification: Unified Modeling Language (UML) . 2
4.2  Metamodel and adornment . 2
4.3  XML serialization . 2
5  Metamodel specification . 2
6  MLIF compliance . 3
7  Metamodel adornment . 3
7.1  Introduction . 3
7.2  General principles concerning the use of W3C generic attributes . 3
7.3  Recommended adornment for GI . 4
7.4  Recommended adornment for GroupC . 4
7.5  Recommended adornment for MultiC . 4
7.6  Recommended and mandatory adornment for MonoC . 5
7.7  Recommended adornment for SegC . 5
7.8  Recommended adornment for HistoC . 5
7.9  Recommended online annotation adornment . 5
7.10  Recommended adornment for localization. 6
7.11  Recommended adornment for internationalization . 6
7.12  Recommended adornment for temporal synchronization . 6
8  Relation with other standards . 6
Annex A (informative) Example using MLIF for Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) . 8
Annex B (informative) Example: representing TMX data . 11
Annex C (informative) Example of XLIFF data representation . 14
Annex D (informative) Example: representing smilText data . 18
Annex E (informative) Example of MLIF usage for subtitles (captioning) . 20
Annex F (informative) Using MLIF for MAF data . 26
Annex G (normative) Detailed specification . 27
Bibliography . 42

Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies
(ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO
technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been
established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and
non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization.
International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards
adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an
International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
ISO 24616 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 37, Terminology and other language and content
resources, Subcommittee SC 4, Language resource management.

iv © ISO 2012 – All rights reserved

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 24616:2012(E)

Language resources management — Multilingual information
framework
1 Scope
This International Standard provides a generic platform for modelling and managing multilingual information in
various domains: localization, translation, multimedia annotation, document management, digital library
support, and information or business modelling applications. MLIF (multilingual information framework)
provides a metamodel and a set of generic data categories [ISO 12620:2009] for various application domains.
MLIF also provides strategies for the interoperability and/or linking of models including, but not limited to,
XLIFF, TMX, smilText and ITS.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 12620:2009; Terminology and other language and content resources — Specification of data categories
and management of a Data Category Registry for language resources
ISO 8879, Information processing — Text and office systems —Generalized Markup Language (SGML)
Extensible Markup Language. Fifth Edition, T. Bray, J. Paoli, C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, E. Maler, F. Yergeau
Editors, W3C Recommendation, 26 November 2008, http://www.w3.org/TR/xml
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply:
3.1
adornment
data category attached to a component of a metamodel
3.2
inline code
inline instructions inserted in a source document
Note to entry: Native code can, for instance, provide presentational instructions (e.g. HTML codes).
3.3
subtitle
textual versions of the dialog in films, television programs, video games, etc., usually displayed at the bottom
of the screen
3.4
working language
language in which linguistic sequences are expressed
4 Specification principles
4.1 Key standard used in the specification: Unified Modeling Language (UML)
The MLIF specification complies with the modelling principles of UML as defined by the Object Management
Group (OMG) [UML]. The specification uses the UML subset that is relevant for the purposes of MLIF.
4.2 Metamodel and adornment
In line with Terminological Markup Framework (TMF) as defined in ISO 16642, MLIF defines a metamodel that
is adorned by data categories, as defined in ISO 12620.
4.3 XML serialization
Associated with the metamodel and its adornment, MLIF proposes a representation in XML called “XML
serialization”, in line with Extensible Markup Language (XML) as defined in ISO 8879.
5 Metamodel specification
The MLIF metamodel is specified in the UML object diagram in Figure 1.

Figure 1 — MLIF metamodel
2 © ISO 2012 – All rights reserved

The MLIF metamodel is defined by the following seven "core components". These components are listed as
follows, according to their XML serialization:
 (Multilingual Data Collection), which represents a collection of data containing global information
and several multilingual units;
 (Global Information), which represents technical and administrative information applying to the
entire multilingual data collection;
 (Grouping components), which represents a sub-collection of multilingual data that have a
common origin or purpose within a given project;
 (Multilingual Component), which groups together all variants of a given textual content;
 (Monolingual Component), which groups together information related to one language and is
part of a multilingual component (MultiC);
 (History Component), which traces modifications to the component to which it is anchored (i.e.
versioning);
 (Segmentation Component), which allows any level of segmentation for textual information,
possibly in a recursive manner.
6 MLIF compliance
Any format compliant with this International Standard may use the MLIF metamodel in two possible ways:
 by fully implementing the MLIF metamodel starting at the level of ;
 by specifically embedding MLIF-compliant information within another model, by implementing one of the
lower level MLIF elements, namely , or .
7 Metamodel adornment
7.1 Introduction
The MLIF XML serialization proposes a set of XML elements and XML attributes, which are described in the
following sections, where the characters “<” and “>” delimit the name of the element. Following the TEI
guidelines (http://www.tei-c.org), some attributes are specified by means of a class attribute, with the
convention that the name of the class attribute is prefixed by “att.” (e.g. “att.xlink”). The other XML attributes
are listed with the convention that two quotes delimit the name of the attribute (e.g. “xml:lang”). The
specifications in Annex G shall be applied.
7.2 General principles concerning the use of W3C generic attributes
The following W3C attributes are to be used by all MLIF-compliant applications:
 the attribute xml:lang shall be used in accordance with W3C recommendations to represent the working
language of any relevant element and, in particular, shall be used systematically for any implementation
of MonoC;
 the attribute xml:id shall be used in accordance with W3C recommendations to provide a unique identifier
to an element of the MLIF metamodel.
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7.8 Recommended adornment for HistoC
The HistoC component is a generic component that traces modifications made on the component to which it is
anchored (e.g. creation, modification and validation). In the MLIF metamodel, the HistoC component may be
anchored to the GI, MultiC or MonoC component. This makes it possible for all evolutions of, or
enhancements to, the component to be recorded.
HistoC may be adorned by four elements:
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7.9 Recommended online annotation adornment
Multilingual text documents are often only one stage in a complex workflow that involves external document
sources in a wide variety of formats. From these, it is often necessary to keep inline markup indicating the
presentational features that have to be retained in a translated target document. To this end, MLIF-compliant
applications should use the fo
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МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЙ ISO
СТАНДАРТ 24616
Первое издание
2012-09-01
Управление языковыми ресурсами.
Многоязыковая информационная
система
Language resources management – Multilingual information framework

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Содержание Страница
Предисловие .iv
1 Область применения .1
2 Нормативные ссылки .1
3 Термины и определения .1
4 Принципы описания .2
4.1 Основополагающий стандарт спецификаций: универсальный язык моделирования
UML .2
4.2 Метамодель и стилистический орнамент .2
4.3 XML-сериализация .2
5 Спецификация метамодели .2
6 Применимость MLIF .3
7 Стилистический орнамент метамодели .4
7.1 Общие замечания .4
7.2 Общие принципы использования групповых атрибутов W3C .4
7.3 Рекомендуемый стилистический орнамент для компонента GI .4
7.4 Рекомендуемый стилистический орнамент для компонента GroupC .5
7.5 Рекомендуемый стилистический орнамент для компонента MultiC .5
7.6 Рекомендуемый стилистический орнамент для компонента MonoC .5
7.7 Рекомендуемый стилистический орнамент для компонента SegC .5
7.8 Рекомендуемый стилистический орнамент для компонента HistoC .6
7.9 Рекомендуемый стилистический орнамент для оперативно доступной аннотации .6
7.10 Рекомендуемый стилистический орнамент для локализации .6
7.11 Рекомендуемый стилистический орнамент для интернационализации .6
7.12 Рекомендуемый стилистический орнамент для синхронизации во времени .7
8 Связь с другими стандартами .7
Приложение A (информативное) Пример использования MLIF для автоматизированного
перевода .8
Приложение B (информативное) Пример: представление данных TMX . 11
Приложение C (информативное) Пример представления данных в формате XLIFF. 14
Приложение D (информативное) Пример представления данных smilText . 18
Приложение E (информативное) Пример использования MLIF для создания субтитров . 20
Приложение F (информативное) Использование MLIF применительно к данным MAF . 26
Приложение G (информативное) Детализированная спецификация . 27
Библиография . 42

Предисловие
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электротехнической комиссией (IEC) по всем вопросам стандартизации в области электротехники.
Проекты международных стандартов разрабатываются согласно правилам, приведѐнным в Директивах
ISO/IEC, Часть 2.
Разработка международных стандартов является основной задачей технических комитетов. Проекты
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75 % комитетов-членов, принявших участие в голосовании.
Принимается во внимание тот факт, что некоторые из элементов настоящего документа могут быть
объектом патентных прав. ISO не принимает на себя обязательств по определению отдельных или
всех таких патентных прав.
ISO 24616 был подготовлен Техническим комитетом ISO/TC 37, Терминология и другие языковые и
информационные ресурсы, Подкомитетом SC 4, Управление языковыми ресурсами.

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МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЙ СТАНДАРТ ISO 24616:2012(R)

Управление языковыми ресурсами. Многоязыковая
информационная система
1 Область применения
Настоящий Международный стандарт обеспечивает универсальную платформу для моделирования
многоязыковой информации и управления ею в самых разных сферах: локализации, перевода,
мультимедийного аннотирования, организации документооборота, ведения цифровых библиотек и в
прикладных системах моделирования хозяйственной деятельности предприятий. Многоязыковая
информационная система MLIF (multilingual information framework) предоставляет соответствующую
высокоуровневую модель (метамодель) и множество универсальных категорий данных [согласно
ISO 12620:2009] для многочисленных прикладных областей. Она обеспечивает также необходимые
стратегии взаимодействия и/или связывания различных моделей, включая, в частности, широко
используемые модели XLIFF, TMX, smilText и ITS.
2 Нормативные ссылки
Перечисленные ниже ссылочные документы обязательны для применения данного документа. В
случае датированных ссылок действующим является только указанное издание. Применительно к
недатированным ссылочным документам применяются их самые последние издания (включая все
последующие изменения):
ISO 12620:2009; Терминология, другие языковые ресурсы и ресурсы содержания. Спецификация
категорий данных и ведение реестра категорий данных для языковых ресурсов
ISO 8879, Обработка информации. Текстовые и офисные системы. Стандартный обобщѐнный
язык разметки (SGML)
Extensible Markup Language. Fifth Edition, T. Bray, J. Paoli, C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, E. Maler, F. Yergeau
Editors, W3C Recommendation, 26 November 2008, http://www.w3.org/TR/xml
3 Термины и определения
В рамках настоящего документа используются термины и определения, приведѐнные ниже:
3.1
стилистический орнамент
adornment
категория данных, приписываемая компоненту метамодели
3.2
внутритекстовый код
inline code
внутритекстовые команды, встроенные в исходный документ
Примечание к статье: на естественном языке могут записываться, в частности, команды
представления информации (например, коды HTML).
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3.3
субтитр
subtitle
текстовые эквиваленты диалогов в кинофильмах, телепрограммах, видеоиграх и т.п., обычно
отображаемые внизу экрана
3.4
рабочий язык
working language
язык, с помощью которого выражаются последовательности лингвистических единиц
4 Принципы описания
4.1 Основополагающий стандарт спецификаций: универсальный язык
моделирования UML
В основе спецификации MLIF лежат принципы построения моделей на языке UML, как он был
определѐн Группой объектного управления OMG [Object Management Group]. В спецификации
используется подмножество элементов языка UML, подходящее для целей MLIF.
4.2 Метамодель и стилистический орнамент
Наряду с терминологической системой разметки TMF (Terminological Markup Framework), как она
определена в ISO 16642, MLIF определяет метамодель, орнаментированную категориями данных, как
она представлена в ISO 12620.
4.3 XML-сериализация
Совместно с метамоделью и еѐ стилистическим орнаментом MLIF даѐт представление информации на
языке XML, называемое “XML-сериализацией”, в сочетании с расширяемым языком разметки XML
(Extensible Markup Language), как он определѐн в ISO 8879.
5 Спецификация метамодели
Метамодель MLIF описывается объектной диаграммой на языке UML, показанной на Рисунке 1. Эту
модель определяют следующие семь “компонентов ядра”, перечисленных ниже в порядке их XML-
сериализации:
 (Multilingual Data Collection / Многоязыковая коллекция данных), которая представляет
собой совокупность данных, содержащих информацию глобального характера и несколько
многоязыковых лингвистических единиц;
 (Global Information / Глобальная информация), включающая в себя сведения технического и
административного характера, применимые ко всей коллекции многоязыковых данных в целом;
 (Grouping components / Компоненты группирования), которые представляют
подмножество многоязыковых данных, имеющих общий источник или общее целевое назначение
в рамках конкретного проекта;
 (Multilingual Component / Многоязыковой компонент), обеспечивающий группировку всех
вариантов определѐнного текстового содержания;
 (Monolingual Component / Одноязычный компонент), обеспечивающий группировку
информации, которая относится к одному и тому же языку и является частью многоязыкового
компонента MultiC;
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 (History Component / Компонент предыстории), обеспечивающий отслеживание
изменений компонента, к которому он привязан (т.е. контроль версий);
 (Segmentation Component / Компонент сегментации), который обеспечивает возможность
любого уровня сегментирования текстовой информации, в том числе – с использованием
рекурсивного метода.
Рисунок 1 — Схематическое представление метамодели MLIF
6 Применимость MLIF
Метамодель MLIF может использоваться применительно к любому формату, совместимому с
настоящим международным стандартом, двумя способами:
 посредством полной реализации метамодели MLIF, начиная с уровня ;
 путѐм специального вложения информации, совместимой с MLIF, в другую модель, с целью
реализации низкоуровневых элементов MLIF, а именно , или .
7 Стилистический орнамент метамодели
7.1 Общие замечания
XML-сериализация MLIF предполагает наличие множества элементов и атрибутов XML, которые
описываются в последующих разделах настоящего стандарта и в которых символы “<” и “>”
ограничивают имя элемента. В соответствии с руководящими указаниями TEI (http://www.tei-c.org),
некоторые из атрибутов определяются путѐм указания их класса, и в этом случае атрибут имени
класса предваряется префиксом “att.” (например “att.xlink”). В то же время другие атрибуты XML
определяются списком, в котором имена атрибутов выделяются кавычками (например “xml:lang”). При
этом должны использоваться спецификации, представленные в Приложении G настоящего стандарта.
7.2 Общие принципы использования групповых атрибутов W3C
Во всех MLIF-совместимых приложениях подлежат использованию следующие атрибуты,
определѐнные консорциумом W3C:
 атрибут xml:lang должен применяться для представления рабочего языка любого релевантного
элемента и, в частности, использоваться систематически при любой реализации компонента
MonoC;
 атрибут xml:id должен использоваться в соответствии с рекомендациями W3C для предоставления
уникального идентификатора элемента метамодели MLIF.
7.3 Рекомендуемый стилистический орнамент для компонента GI
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7.4 Рекомендуемый стилистический орнамент для компонента GroupC
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7.5 Рекомендуемый стилистический орнамент для компонента MultiC
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7.6 Рекомендуемый стилистический орнамент для компонента MonoC
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Для компонента MonoC обязательно наличие языкового атрибута; все другие атрибуты -
факультативны.
7.7 Рекомендуемый стилистический орнамент для компонента SegC
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