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Can Passolo interface with Schema ST4

Carmen Vollmuth

We are designing a brand new online help publication for our software products. A big issue to solve is consistency between the still fluid UI texts and the help document. Given the extensive amount of strings and the lack of localization context, there is now way of knowing which part of the document needs updating. 
A very elegant solution would be the possibility to use the target strings from Passolo as variables in Schema ST4 and automate the data transfer.  

Are there Passolo wizards out there having any ideas on how to make this happen? I appreciate any kind of bump in the right direction.

Thank you all.
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  • This will always end up in a more or less customized solution. Many CCMS systems like ST4 do support variables, snippets, and other differently named concepts to insert referenced UI texts consistently into the user documentation.

    As software strings repeat a lot in user interfaces, exporting just the UI strings (and its translations) is often not enough. Depending on the context, UI strings that are equal in the source might be translated differently. An “application” could be “Anwendung” as well as “Bewerbung” and might appear in the same software. So beside the UI strings, additional metadata information like IDs and dialog IDs where these UI strings appear could be very useful for authors inserting UI references into the user documentation. And you need to align this with the capabilities of your CCMS system.

    I know Passolo customers that are using Schema ST4 and have implemented such a connection to Passolo, but there is no out-of-the-box solution.
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  • This will always end up in a more or less customized solution. Many CCMS systems like ST4 do support variables, snippets, and other differently named concepts to insert referenced UI texts consistently into the user documentation.

    As software strings repeat a lot in user interfaces, exporting just the UI strings (and its translations) is often not enough. Depending on the context, UI strings that are equal in the source might be translated differently. An “application” could be “Anwendung” as well as “Bewerbung” and might appear in the same software. So beside the UI strings, additional metadata information like IDs and dialog IDs where these UI strings appear could be very useful for authors inserting UI references into the user documentation. And you need to align this with the capabilities of your CCMS system.

    I know Passolo customers that are using Schema ST4 and have implemented such a connection to Passolo, but there is no out-of-the-box solution.
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