New ETSI Industry Specification Group on Localisation Industry Standards

July 13, 2011 - PRLog -- The localisation industry has developed specifications for common data formats for data exchange related to computer-assisted translation.  With the recent closure of the Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA), a number of ETSI members involved in the LISA work have decided to establish a new group at ETSI using the Industry Specification Group model.

Members and participants of the LIS ISG, including WhP International, Lionbridge, IBM, Dell and Alcatel-Lucent, plan to extend the existing XML-based specifications for computer assisted translation, including TMX (Translation Memory eXchange) and SRX (Segmentation Rules eXchange). The first meeting of the new group is scheduled to take place on the 18th of August 2011 at ETSI. The ISG is open to participation from outside the ETSI membership, and the full list of members and participants can be consulted at: http://portal.etsi.org/lis/LIS_List_members.asp.

This new Industry Specification Group is the seventh ISG established at ETSI since 2008. The popularity of the ISG concept demonstrates that this new type of standards committee at ETSI offers flexibility and features which meet current industry needs.

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