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| Common Locale Data Repository | |
|---|---|
| Developed by | Unicode Consortium |
| Initial release | CLDR 1.0 (19 December 2003; 21 years ago (2003-12-19)[1]) |
| Latest release | |
| Container for | XML[3] |
| Website | cldr |
TheCommon Locale Data Repository (CLDR) is a project of theUnicode Consortium to providelocale data inXML format for use in computer applications. CLDR contains locale-specific information that anoperating system will typically provide to applications.CLDR is written in theLocale Data Markup Language (LDML).
CLDR is maintained by a technical committee which includes employees from IBM, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and some government-based organizations. The committee is chaired by John Emmons, of IBM;Mark Davis, of Google, is vice-chair.[4]
Among the types of data that CLDR includes are the following:
The information is currently used inInternational Components for Unicode,Apple'smacOS,LibreOffice,MediaWiki, andIBM'sAIX, among other applications and operating systems.
CLDR overlaps somewhat withISO/IEC 15897 (POSIX locales). POSIX locale information can be derived from CLDR by using some of CLDR's conversion tools.
The CLDR covers 400+ languages.[5]
