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Chapter 12. Linguistic resources and localisation 211ory can potentially be used from design to customer release and serve as a single,easily maintainable and accessible resource for localisers that is independent of thetools and technologies used by them. The localisation memory is the backbone ofthe IGNITE localisation factory and it is transparent to localisers who can continueto use their preferred localisation technology resources.4.4 The IGNITE Localisation FactoryIGNITE produced a demonstrator of a configurable, modularized, and extendibleautomated localisation environment based on open standards and using anXLIFF-based localisation memory as a backbone, while using Trans-WS rules forits interfaces with clients and service providers.The IGNITE Factory uses configurable converters for non-XLIFF file formatsat its entrance and exit points and already supports a large variety of file formats.Leveraging and editor components have already been implemented.5. ConclusionsThe localisation industry emerged in the mid 1980s as a function of internationalsales departments who had to provide localised versions of typical office applicationsto their expanding international customer base. Over the following decade,an enterprise localisation model evolved that was supported by a growing numberof desktop-based tools for translators and engineers working on localisationprojects that were limited to what now seems like a small range of applications,platforms, languages and media. Localisation projects were scheduled with defineddeltas, where localised versions were released in tiers, i.e., groups of languageversions bundled for a specific release date according to the importance of themarket they covered. Ten years later, in 2005, Lionbridge’s CEO Rory Cowan announcedthe arrival of Localisation 2.0. This model is largely driven by consumerlocalisation requirements that are less structured, often ad hoc and much more variedin terms of the number of languages and the type of digital media covered. Amulti-million euro Irish government supported research initiative, Next GenerationLocalisation, was announced in 2007 to carry out the fundamental and appliedresearch underpinning the design, development, implementation and evaluationof the blueprints for the Next Generation Localisation Factory and addressing thechallenges described above (Science Foundation Ireland 2007).Traditional, often stand-alone localisation approaches are no longer adequatein the networked world of immediate localisation demands. Large, experiencedmultinational publishers and service providers with adequate in-house developmentcapacities have already begun to move towards Localisation 2.0 by investing