[jbosscache-commits] JBoss Cache SVN: r4508 - core/trunk.

Author: manik.surtani(a)jboss.com Date: 2007-09-26 13:33:33 -0400 (Wed, 26 Sep 2007) New Revision: 4508 Added: core/trunk/README-i18n.txt Log: Added i18n instructions Added: core/trunk/README-i18n.txt =================================================================== --- core/trunk/README-i18n.txt (rev 0) +++ core/trunk/README-i18n.txt 2007-09-26 17:33:33 UTC (rev 4508) @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +Internationalising documentation +-------------------------------- + +Documentation for JBoss Cache is written using docbook XML. There is a lot of reference material on docbook XML if +you are unfamiliar with it, but JBoss Cache's usage of docbook is pretty basic and most of it can be picked up by looking +through the existing documentation sources, which are in src/main/docbook. + +For each document, the 'en' version is treated as the reference source for all translations. + +Starting a new translation +-------------------------- + +** NB: This section needs updating since moving to subversion. + +Each time a new translation is started, the docs directory should be updated and tagged as I18N_<2-letter iso lang code>_<2-letter iso country code> (optional) +such as I18N_IT or I18N_PT_BR (note all in upper case) + +Updating translations +--------------------- + +Each time a new release is made, translations should be updated by: + +1) Doing a diff of the 'en' docs, comparing the latest against the translation tag (e.g., I18N_IT) +2) Updating the translation (e.g., the 'it' docs) +3) Moving the translation tag on the 'en' files (e.g., I18N_IT) to the current snapshot. + +- Manik Surtani +