TermBase eXchange format¶

Supported features¶
Explanation	Source string explanation is saved and loaded from the `<descrip>` tag, translation string explanation from `<note from="translator">`.
Administrative status	Terms with administrative status `forbidden` or `obsolete` in `<termNote type="administrativeStatus">` are marked with the `forbidden` flag (Forbidden translations).
Translation needed	Terms with `<termNote type="translationNote">` containing `no` are marked as read-only (Untranslatable terms).
Usage notes	Usage notes from `<descrip type="Usage note">` tags are displayed in the glossary.

Added in version 4.5.

Changed in version 5.12.

TBX is an XML format for the exchange of terminology data.

Explanations¶

Weblate loads and saves explanation from TBX files to be displayed in Glossary.

Translation explanation is stored as <note from="translator"></note> tag.
Source string explanation is stored as <descrip></descrip> tag.

Example files¶

Example file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE martif PUBLIC "ISO 12200:1999A//DTD MARTIF core (DXFcdV04)//EN" "TBXcdv04.dtd">
<martif type="TBX" xml:lang="en">
    <martifHeader>
        <fileDesc>
            <sourceDesc>
                <p>Translate Toolkit</p>
            </sourceDesc>
        </fileDesc>
    </martifHeader>
    <text>
        <body>
            <termEntry>
                <langSet xml:lang="en">
                  <tig>
                    <term>address bar</term>
                  </tig>
                </langSet>
                <langSet xml:lang="cs">
                  <tig>
                    <term>adresní řádek</term>
                  </tig>
                </langSet>
            </termEntry>
            <termEntry>
                <langSet xml:lang="en">
                  <tig>
                    <term>administrator</term>
                  </tig>
                </langSet>
                <langSet xml:lang="cs">
                  <tig>
                    <term>správce</term>
                  </tig>
                </langSet>
            </termEntry>
            <termEntry>
                <langSet xml:lang="en">
                  <tig>
                    <term>administrate</term>
                  </tig>
                </langSet>
                <langSet xml:lang="cs">
                  <tig>
                    <term>spravovat</term>
                  </tig>
                </langSet>
            </termEntry>
            <termEntry>
                <langSet xml:lang="en">
                  <tig>
                    <term>always on top</term>
                  </tig>
                </langSet>
                <langSet xml:lang="cs">
                  <tig>
                    <term>vždy navrchu</term>
                  </tig>
                </langSet>
            </termEntry>
        </body>
    </text>
</martif>

Weblate configuration¶

Typical Weblate Component configuration
File mask	`tbx/*.tbx`
Monolingual base language file	Empty
Template for new translations	Empty
File format	TermBase eXchange file