---
name: "xml2pot"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "poxml"
version: "26.08.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xml2pot"
---

# xml2pot(1)

Creates a PO template file from a DocBook XML file.

## NAME

xml2pot - Creates a PO template file from a DocBook XML file.

## SYNOPSIS

**xml2pot** \[*original-XML*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**xml2pot** is a command-line tool that produces a gettext message template file from the DocBook XML file original-XML. The template file is sent to standard output.

The resulting template file can be used to create gettext message files (PO-files) for a variety of languages. These can then be used in conjunction with [**po2xml**(1)](/po2xml/1.md) to translate the original XML file into these other languages.

This utility is part of the KDE Software Development Kit.

## SEE ALSO

[po2xml(1)](/po2xml/1.md), [split2po(1)](/split2po/1.md), [swappo(1)](/swappo/1.md)

## AUTHORS

The PO XML tools were written by Stephan Kulow \<coolo@kde.org\>

This manual page was prepared by Ben Burton\<bab@debian.org\>

## AUTHOR

**Ben Burton** \<bab@debian.org\>

Author.