scope:

The scope of the present document is to recreate, enhance and maintain former LISA OSCAR SIG TMX standard [1]. TMX stands for Translation Memory eXchange. The present document is the recreation of TMX version 1.4b in ETSI format. The TMX V1.4b in XHTML is available on-line at http://www.ttt.org/oscarStandards/tmx/tmx14b.html .

The present document defines the Translation Memory eXchange format (TMX). The purpose of the TMX format is to provide a standard method to describe translation memory data that is being exchanged among tools and/or translation vendors, while introducing little or no loss of critical data during the process.

Past LISA/OSCAR standards [1] are available now online at http://www.gala-global.org/lisa-oscar-standards and http://www.ttt.org/oscarStandards .

In March 2011 the Localisation Industry Standards Association (LISA) was declared insolvent. As a result LISA's portfolio of standards has been authorized to be posted under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License that allows for reuse and creation of derivative works based on the LISA standards. Note that LISA has designated the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Localisation Industry Standards (LIS) Industry Specification Group (ISG) as its successor organization for its standards portfolio.