IBM FileNet P8, Version 5.2.1            

Export workflow-related strings to an XLIFF file

To enable users to view user-authored names, such as step response, queue, and field names, in the language of their current locale, you can use the administration console to export an XLIFF 1.1 file to be translated into a target language.

About this task

XLIFF is an XML-based file format that provides a standard format for data to be localized into a target language. By using a translation application that supports XLIFF 1.1, globalization engineers can translate the items in each file for the specific language and deploy the localized files on the client or server.
Important: To reduce the incidence of syntax errors in the translated file, use an XLIFF translation application to translate the file instead of a text editor.
An exported XLIFF file contains the following globalization properties:
  • Workflow names (work class name)
  • Roster names
  • Queue name
  • Milestone names
  • Step names
  • Step instructions
  • Step parameter names
  • Step responses
  • Field names (user-define data fields, system fields, attachments, workflow groups, XML data fields)

Procedure

To create an XLIFF file for a target language in the administration console:

  1. In the domain navigation pane, click an object store.
  2. In the object store navigation pane, right-click the Administrative > Workflow System folder and click Configure Workflow Settings.
  3. In the Workflow Systems window, right-click an isolated region and click Connect.
  4. After the isolated region is connected, right-click the isolated region and click New.
  5. In the New XLIFF Definition window, select a language from the Target locale drop-down list.
  6. Click Browse and select a location to save the file.
    Important: Do not change the file name. Content Platform Engine uses this file name at run time to locate the appropriate language file.
  7. Click OK to create the file.
  8. To check the translated file for possible syntax errors, right-click the isolated region and click Verify XLIFF file and select the file to be verified. Any syntax errors that are found must be corrected before the file can be used. During the verification process, a warning is displayed for the following conditions:
    • Duplicated translated values (a=b, c=b)
    • Null or empty authored names
    • Null or empty translated values
    • Translated values that are the same as a different authored name (a=b, b=a)


Last updated: March 2016
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