XML

XML language definition files

Export from 1.0.0 master sheet September 2015

FILE NAME STRUCTURE

Every XML file has the following file name structure:

Polyglot-$version_$language[_$anotherLanguage].xml

• POLYGLOT is the name of the project
• VERSION is the version string (3 digits, no point or comma), e.g. "100"
• LANGUAGE is the ISO-639-1 language code (lower case) and the regional code (upper case), e.g. "enUS"

Version has a "-" (minus) in front, and all languages are separated by "_" (underscores) for easy string explosion.

INTERNAL XML STRUCTURE

Every XML language file has the following structure:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<resources>
   <polyglot LANG=$langstring DIRECTION=$direction VERSION=$version DATE=$date />
   <s n=$idString>$translation</s>
   ...
</resources>

Explanation:

• XML 1.0 UTF-8 header
• "resources" root element
• "polyglot" info tag & attributes: $langstring (e.g. "German"), $direction ("ltr"/"rtl"), $version (e.g. "100"), $date (e.g. "2015-09-26")
• string tag "s" with name ID attribute "n"=$idString and $translation from the Polyglot database
• "resources" end tag