What does the letter g in xliff:g stand for

Question

I'm curious to know what the letter g in the following tag stand for:

<string name="countdown">
    <xliff:g id="time" example="5 days>%1$s</xliff:g>until holiday
</string>

I've copied this tag from https://developer.android.com/distribute/tools/localization-checklist.html#manage-strings

I tried googling it but was unable to find any answer. Thank you.

Answer 1

g means

Generic Group Placeholder

for more see this doc

http://docs.oasis-open.org/xliff/v1.2/os/xliff-core.html#g

https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/xliff/faq.php

Answer 2

The g stands for generic group placeholder. The required id attribute is used to reference the replaced code in the file. You can read more about it in the specification provided here