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Eclipse Babel Project Development Meeting: 01/21/08

Attendees:

  • Chris Nguyen
  • Kit Lo
  • Pat Huff
  • Nigel Westbury
  • Gabe
  • Antoine Toulme
  • Jess Garms
  • Werner Keil
  • Pascal
  1. Server-side Translation Project Update - Denis
    1. Almost done w/ the Map Inputs
      1. PDE files can be defined on Babel server for version
      2. Property files can be pulled and from CVS and imported based on tag and CVS information from the Map file
    2. Directory Structure of Strings
      1. Expect to see thousands of new files next time you log on
      2. Translatable Structure
        1. Proposal: File – key name
      3. Reference: http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/babel-dev/msg00116.html
  2. EclipseCon
    1. Acceptance Dates:
      1. February 1st
        1. Session titles due
      2. February 17th
        1. Session content
        2. Will Nigel be there to talk about the message editor?
        3. Any other topics
    2. 2 Short talks accepted (10 minutes each)
      1. Introduction to the Eclipse Babel Project
        1. Kit is going to cover this
        2. Might be right time to introduce the message editor
          1. Kit will reach out to Nigel for more information
      2. The Eclipse Babel Project Translation Server
        1. Will there be a demo involved?
    3. BOF
      1. Introduce to the Community
      2. Collect some new ideas/enhancements for the project
    4. Babel Working Session
      1. Attendees:
        1. Kit Lo
        2. Jess Garms
        3. Chris Nguyen
        4. Denis
        5. Gabe
        6. Antoine
        7. Hughes
        8. Chris to send out email to Babel to find a convenient time
  3. Copyright information – Kit Lo
    1. Posted something to the newsgroup
      1. IBM’s legal’s team believes we need to post something in the properties files to know where its derived from
        1. Hasn’t heard back yet
      2. We may have to look into copyrighting the strings
    2. Should we save the copyright information anywhere?
    3. Terms of Use in Eclipse.org may contain information for this
  4. IBM Donation Status (Japanese and Chinese)
    1. Once the translation server is at the point where we can put down some strings to see how it works
  5. Message Editor
    1. Has been some interest in contributing from other people
  6. Additional Topics
    1. Hughes from Intalio – will contribute to the message editor
      1. Discuss during face to face
      2. Using editor to help translators translate the properties files

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