WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
SPECIAL UNION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PATENT
CLASSIFICATION
(IPC UNION)
IPC Fix Texts Specification
Date
By
Version
Status
Modification
November 5, 2013
OC
1.0
PF Revised
Creation
Contact: WIPO: Patrick FIÉVET
(patrick.fievet@wipo.int)
Table of Contents
1.
Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 2
2.
General description ............................................................................................................ 2
3.
Scope of the Fixed Texts file.............................................................................................. 2
3.1.
4.
Definition of scope ..................................................................................................... 2
Content of the file ............................................................................................................... 2
4.1.
lang element ............................................................................................................... 3
4.1.1.
4.2.
5.
Version attribute ................................................................................................. 3
text element ................................................................................................................ 3
4.2.1.
lang attribute ...................................................................................................... 3
4.2.2.
id attribute .......................................................................................................... 3
Sample ................................................................................................................................ 3
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1. Introduction
The purpose of this document is to provide complementary details to the
“IPC Master File specification” used as reference document.
It describes the structure and content of the International Patent Classification (IPC)
Fixed Texts file.
It uses, wherever possible, reference to International standards, in particular WIPO ST.8.
The format of this file is XML i.e. primarily an exchange format aiming at easy interface
between IT systems of different types and infrastructure independent.
2. General description
See brief content description, time dependency and file naming convention in the IPC
master file specification document.
This file is language dependent.
3. Scope of the Fixed Texts file
3.1. Definition of scope
Fixed Texts for the IPC are intended to provide in a consistent way,
complementary information to the contents of others IPC master files.
The Fixed Texts are provided in a form of a sequence of independent Text
elements, each of which contains a single fixed text.
4. Content of the file
The Fixed Texts file is a list of text in one language. Each text is uniquely identified by a
character string (usually made of significant names separated by underscore characters).
This identifier (see id attribute below) is used to align various translations of a fixed texts
files.
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4.1. lang element
This is the root element of the Fixed Texts file.
4.1.1. Version attribute
The version of the XML Schema to which the file comply to (e.g. 1.0).
4.2. text element
This element contains the fixed text. Its content is made of Unicode characters.
4.2.1. lang attribute
The two-letter language code of the fixed text.
4.2.2. id attribute
The identifier of the fixed text. This value must be unique in the file.
5. Sample
5.1. English
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<lang version="1.0">
<text id="IPC" lang="EN">IPC</text>
<text id="ipcpub_disclaimer" lang="EN">International Patent Classification (IPC)
Official Publication</text>
</lang>
5.2. French
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<lang version="1.0">
<text id="IPC" lang="FR">CIB</text>
<text id="ipcpub_disclaimer" lang="FR">Classification Internationale des Brevets (CIB)
Publication Officielle</text>
</lang>
End of document
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