XML Localization Interchange File Format is an XML-based format created to standardize the way localizable data are passed between tools during localization. OASIS standardized XLIFF in 2002. Django-XLIFF conforms to version 1.2.
XLIFF is a bit more verbose than the Django’s standard XML output. Sample output looks like (extra white space added for readability:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xliff xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2"
version="1.2"
xmlns:d="https://docs.djangoproject.com/">
<file datatype="database"
source-language="en-us"
original="simpleapp.tag.2">
<body>
<group resname="simpleapp.tag.2" restype="row">
<trans-unit resname="data"
translate="no"
id="data"
restype="x-SlugField">
<source>tag2</source>
</trans-unit>
<trans-unit d:keytype="pk"
d:to="contenttypes.contenttype"
restype="x-ForeignKey"
d:rel="ManyToOneRel"
resname="content_type"
translate="no"
id="content_type">
<source>37</source>
</trans-unit>
<trans-unit resname="object_id"
translate="no"
id="object_id"
restype="x-PositiveIntegerField">
<source>200</source>
</trans-unit>
</group>
</body>
</file>
</xliff>