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An Introduction to the Okapi Tools
| Date presented: | 7/16/09 |
| Duration: | 60 minutes |
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Webinar description
The Okapi Framework, an open-source project, provides a set of cross-platform components and libraries that assist the development of localization and translation-related tools.
The Okapi Framework allows tools developers and localizers to build new localization processes or enhance existing ones to best meet their needs, while preserving compatibility and interoperability. The Framework also provides developers with a way to share—and re-use—components across different solutions and promotes existing open standards.
One of the applications built on top of the Framework is Rainbow v6. The application provides an easy way to access many of the functionalities of the Okapi libraries.
In this presentation, Yves Savourel, ENLASO’s Solution Architect and active member of the Okapi Framework development team, provides a general overview of the current Framework which includes the system of filters the Okapi Framework provides, as well as the concept of the pipeline and the plug-in steps.
In this session, Savourel illustrates concrete examples on how to use Rainbow and Ratel, two of the tools developed using the Okapi libraries. Some of the tasks demonstrated include:
- Defining SRX segmentation rules,
- Preparing documents for translation in different translation environment,
- Post-processing the translated files,
- Comparing translations, and more.
About the presenter
Yves Savourel
Author of the book XML Internationalization and Localization, Yves Savourel has been in the localization industry for more than 15 years. While providing internationalization consulting, his main focus has always been on developing tools and solutions for localization processes, often including XML aspects. Yves has been closely involved in the creation of XLIFF (XML Localisation Interchange File Format), TMX (the Translation Memory eXchange format), SRX (Segmentation Rules eXchange), and other standardization efforts. More recently, Yves has chaired the Internationalization Tag Set working group at the W3C. He is also a programmer and participates actively in different open-source projects related to localization, such as the Okapi Framework. Yves is a native of Brittany and has lived in France, Africa and in the Indian Ocean before settling in Colorado. He has post-graduate degrees in Geography and Computer Science.
