This document proposes the LT-Innovate OSCAR project, which would provide a standardized open standards compliance assessment report (OSCAR) for translation tools. The OSCAR would assign compliance levels from 0-4 to various standards, providing a score that could help buyers choose tools and enforce progress on open standards compliance in the industry. The OSCAR project would be run annually by LT-Innovate's Standards Interest Group and provide the assessment for free to LT-Innovate members and potentially for a fee to non-members.

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LT-Innovate OSCAR
Open Standards Compliance Assessment
Report Project (proposal)
The Cause of Voluntary Enforcement
LT-Innovate Standards Interest Group (SIG):
Serge Gladkoff <serge.gladkoff@gmail.com>
Bradley Harrad <bradley.harrad@ltcinnovates.com>
Andrzej Zydron <azydron@xtm-intl.com>

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THE WORLD HAS CHANGED
“FEUDAL” world “CONNECTED” world
 The past was disconnected  Modern world in connected
We are playing a different game now:
…But the pieces must be cut to fit together.

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THE STAGE OF STANDARDS that will shape up the future
 W3C
 ITS
 ETSI LIS
 GMX/V
 SRX
 TBX
 TMX
 xml:tm
 OASIS
 XLIFF
 OAXAL
 Unicode
 Unicode
 TR#29
 Pre-standards projects
 Linport (+TIPP)
 XLIFF:doc
 MQM
 DQF

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COMPLIANCE LEVELS = SUPPORT POINTS; SCORE CARD
 0. Is not supported in any version.
 1. Is supported in previous version (e.g. XLIFF 1.2 instead of XLIFF 2.0), but not in the most recent.
 2. Will be supported in the most recent version soon, or verification is not validated yet (ITS).
 3. Supported and validated on test examples with test suite, but not on all data and apps.
 4. Fully supported for all data and apps (Unicode in Windows).
Sample TMS product OSCAR SCORE:
Compliance matrix, score and accompanying report of standard form may serve as a standard way of product
standards compliance assessment.
The total matrix of available tools and their compliance assessment may serve as:
- A map of the open standards compliance reference assessment;
- A navigator for the buyers when choosing tools;
- A tool to enforce open standards assessment and compliance progress in the industry.
Standard ITS GMX/V SRX TBX TMX xml:tm XLIFF2.0 xliff:doc SCORE
Complianc
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1 0 3 3 4 3 3 3 20

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THE OSCAR PROJECT
 Is run by LT-innovate as annual report
 Metrics and score is explained, updated and
generated for every report
 Free program for LT-Innovate members
 Paid program for non-members (?TBD)
 Standards themselves, programs and services
may also be evaluated (e.g. if proposed
standard draft is not compliant with other
standards)
 Run by Standards Interest Group of LT-
Innovate, currently:
 Andrzei Zydron (XTRF)
 Serge Gladkoff (Logrus)
 Bradley Harrad (LTCInnovates)
A simple tool to help building a modern world.