Studio adds qualifiers like in XLF files. How to stop this, how to remove them

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Dear Forum / dear support 
 Studio seems to add qualifiers such as "state" in to the <target> statement. 
 Unfortunatelly, there are systems which won&acute;t allow an import or this will result in errors if there are new attributes added (which were not exported bei these systems (eg. SAP, Drupal). 
 We are looking for a method which suites an automated process. Thanks for helping. 
 Peter

Paul · Accepted Answer

Hi Peter Kerner , 
 
I guess you could create a batch search and replace script for a decent text editor quite easily to just remove the state attribute. If you want it to happen in Studio then a custom batch task using the API could do this too. Probably also not too hard. I guess if there were other things you might like to post-process then the API approach would make more sense. But this would require a developer whereas a non-developer could do the script in a text editor.

Paul · Answer

Hi Peter Kerner , 
 
C# is the development language most suitable and working in Visual Studio would be more sensible. We also provide templates to help get started using Visual Studio. Best place to ask questions on this is here: 
 
 community.sdl.com/.../ 
 
And you can find more information relating to the APIs here: 
 
 appstore.sdl.com/.../sdk.html 
 
And source code for many of the apps on the appstore here... these are good leaning opportunities: 
 
 sdl.github.io/.../ 
 
Regards 
 
Paul

Paul · Answer

Hi Peter Kerner , 
 
I don't think SAP have this problem dealing with an optional attribute in an XLIFF import. I know Giles mentioned this but I don't know if he was working with an SAP system or SAP themselves. I'll double check as we know then very well, but I doubt this is a problem for them. 
 
I have also asked our filetype manager why we don't have an option to not even include this optional state, but I do think any system handling XLIFF should be able to manage optional information allowed in the XLIFF spec. So it's not necessarily a Studio problem... although I do like the idea of being as flexible as possible so we can help those who are not.

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Studio adds qualifiers like <target state="new"> in XLF files. How to stop this, how to remove them