Metadata for multilingual content management - a practical experience with the SARE-Bi system

Introduction This paper describes a multilingual document managing system, SARE-Bi, that is based on the use of metadata. In this system, metadata have the role of controlling all phases of a document’s life cycle, from the drafting of the first version up to the reutilization of published material, including all intermediate phases of translation, post-edition, validation, publication, and others. The system has been implemented in the web application server Zope and metadata are based on two XML proposals: TEI, for structural mark-up, and XLIFF, for log control. The paper shows how adequate Zope is as an application to manage the entire life cycle of multilingual contents.