Exporting a TD for TBX Files

WorldServer exports terminology databases (TDs) in TBX format as the default.

For TBX export, WorldServer prompts you to download a zip file. This zip file contains the TBX export file and a companion XCS file (xcs.xml) for use with other TBX applications. The XCS file is populated with relevant language and attribute information for this termbase. The export lists all languages present in the TBX file. It contains the default XCS file's data category definitions. If WorldServer has term or entry attributes not present in the default XCS file, the exported XCS file is exported with data category definitions for the following additional attributes:

Term entry attributes are exported as descrip data categories.
Term attributes are exported as termNote data categories.
Selector attributes have their permitted values exported as picklist values.
All other attributes are plain text.

WorldServer uses the default XCS file to help it identify which data category element to export to a standard TBX data category. For example, it knows that an attribute named administrativeStatus is a termNote data category and an attribute named context is a descrip data category.

Note: Additional TBX support is available in the WorldServer SDK. To expose both language and attribute mapping for import, a subclass of WSTdImportArg provides an appropriate API. Languages can be mapped directly if there are language specifications with country code ambiguity. Attributes can only be used or ignored. If there is no language ambiguity and no missing attributes, there is no need for mapping info: all the import needs is the TBX file.

Go to the Tools > Term Databases > Term Database <TD> page.
Generate a results set of entries using either the Search or the Browse tab.
Select some or all of the entries.
CIick Export TD.
Select TBX as the export format for a results set in your WorldServer TD.
Click Export.
In the File Download dialog box, save the file to your computer.
Close the Download Complete dialog box.
Click OK to close the Export Entries from Term Database <TD> dialog box.