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CLDR - Common Locale Data Repository

The Common Locale Data Repository Project, ofte abbreviated as CLDR, is a project of the Unicode Consortium to provide locale data in the XML format for use in computer applications. CLDR contains locale-specific information that ans operating system will typically provide to applications. CLDR is written in LDML(Locale Data Markup Language). The information is currently used in International Components for Unicode, The information is currently used in International Components for Unicode, Apple's macOS, LibreOffice, MediaWiki, and IBM's AIX, among other applications and operating systems.

It includes:

  • Locale-specific patterns for formatting and parsing: dates, times, timezones, numbers and currency values, measurement units,…

  • Translations of names: languages, scripts, countries and regions, currencies, eras, months, weekdays, day periods, time zones, cities, and time units, emoji characters and sequences (and search keywords),…

  • Language & script information: characters used; plural cases; gender of lists; capitalization; rules for sorting & searching; writing direction; transliteration rules; rules for spelling out numbers; rules for segmenting text into graphemes, words, and sentences; keyboard layouts…

  • Country information: language usage, currency information, calendar preference, week conventions,…

  • Validity: Definitions, aliases, and validity information for Unicode locales, languages, scripts, regions, and extensions,…

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