Uploading properties files for asset translations

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To provide details about an asset in other languages when web browsers are set to those languages, you can upload properties files to the asset.

Before you begin

Create a properties file that contains the asset details in the required language:
  1. In a text file editor, open a new document.
  2. Enter the name of the asset, a short description, and a description for the asset in the following format:

    name=My asset
    shortDescription=This sentence is a brief overview of my asset.
    longDescription=This sentence is a longer description of my asset that gives more detail than the short description.

  3. Save the file as asset_language-code.properties. For example, the Spanish properties file for an asset is asset_es.properties.
  4. Create additional asset properties files for other languages. You can create one .zip file that includes all of the properties files or upload the files individually.

Procedure

To upload the files individually:
  1. Locate an asset and open its General Details page.
  2. Click Content.
  3. Click the Upload translation files icon Upload translation files icon.
  4. Click Browse and select the properties or .zip file that you created for the asset.
  5. Click Update.
  6. If you are uploading additional asset properties files individually, repeat these steps.

Results

The name, short description, and description for an asset are visible in the language that the web browser is set to.

Also, when a user clicks Download this asset, the asset archive that is downloaded includes the translation properties files in the asset/com.ibm.ram.data/nl folder.

What to do next

To revise properties files from an asset, upload the modified files with the same file name. The older versions are overwritten, but cannot be deleted.