Localization Industry Standards Association
From 1990 to February 2011 the Localization Industry Standards Association or LISA was a Swiss-based trade body concerning the translation of computer software (and associated materials) into multiple natural languages. It counted among its members most of the large information technology companies of the period, including Adobe, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, McAfee, Nokia, Novell and Xerox.[1]
LISA played a significant role in representing its partners at the ISO[2] and the TermBase eXchange (TBX) standard developed by LISA was a submitted to ISO in 2007[3] and became ISO 30042:2008.[4] LISA also had a presence at the W3C.[5]
A number of the LISA standards are used by the OASIS Open Architecture for XML Authoring and Localization framework.
LISA closed on 28 February 2011[6] and their website went offline shortly afterwards. In the wake of the closure of LISA, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute started a Special Interest Group for localization.[7] The SIG has five work items:[8]
- Term-Base eXchange (TBX) / ISO 30042:2008[9]
- Translation Memory eXchange (TMX), with GALA[10]
- Segmentation Rules eXchange (SRX) / ISO/CD 24621[11])
- Global information management Metrics eXchange – Volume (GMX-V);
- XML Text Memory (xml:tm) with XTM International.[12]
[edit] References
- ^ "Objectives of LISA". w3.org. 2008 [last update]. http://www.w3.org/International/O-LISA-object.html. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "ISO - Organizations in cooperation with ISO - LISA". iso.org. 2011 [last update]. http://www.iso.org/iso/about/organizations_in_liaison/organizations_in_liaison_details.htm?id=9299. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "TermNet - International Network for Terminology". termnet.org. 2011 [last update]. http://www.termnet.org/english/about_us/news_archive.php?we_objectID=237. Retrieved 11 November 2011. "Localization industry standard for terminology submitted for adoption by ISO TC37/SC3"
- ^ "ISO 30042:2008 - Systems to manage terminology, knowledge and content -- TermBase eXchange (TBX)". iso.org. 2011 [last update]. http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=45797. Retrieved 11 November 2011. "Systems to manage terminology, knowledge and content -- TermBase eXchange (TBX)"
- ^ "18n/l10n: LISA". w3.org. 2008 [last update]. http://www.w3.org/International/O-LISA.html. Retrieved 11 November 2011. "LISA (Localisation Industry Standards Association) is an international organization of companies, whose goal is to set standards for localization of software. The texts below are provided by LISA:"
- ^ "The Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA) shuts down operations | www.lingotek.com". lingotek.com. 2011 [last update]. http://www.lingotek.com/content/localization-industry-standards-association-lisa-shuts-down-operations. Retrieved 11 November 2011. "The Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA) shuts down operations"
- ^ "ETSI establishes Industry Specification Group for LIS - Telecompaper". telecompaper.com. 2011 [last update]. http://www.telecompaper.com/news/etsi-establishes-industry-specification-group-for-lis. Retrieved 11 November 2011. "ETSI establishes Industry Specification Group for LIS"
- ^ "ETSI Collaborative Portal". portal.etsi.org. 2011 [last update]. http://portal.etsi.org/portal/server.pt/community/home/312. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "ISO 30042:2008 - Systems to manage terminology, knowledge and content -- TermBase eXchange (TBX)". iso.org. 2011 [last update]. http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=45797. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "TMX 1.4b Specification". gala-global.org. 2011 [last update]. http://www.gala-global.org/oscarStandards/tmx/. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "ISO/CD 24621 - Language resources management -- Segmentation Rules eXchange (SRX)". iso.org. 2011 [last update]. http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=37335. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "XML Text Memory Namespace 1.0 Specification". xml-intl.com. 2008 [last update]. http://www.xml-intl.com/docs/specification/xml-tm.html. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
[edit] External links
- LISA Website via the Internet Archive
