cldr.unicode.orgCLDR - Unicode Common Locale Data Repository

Search this site Navigation Unicode CLDR Project CLDR Releases/Downloads CLDR Survey Tool CLDR Change Requests CLDR Charts CLDR Process CLDR Specifications Information Hub for Linguists Unicode Extensions for BCP 47 Implementer’s FAQ ULI Subcommittee Message Format Subcommittee Milestone Schedule Q2/3 Targets Q4/1 Apr 01 Start Tool/Data Preparation Oct 15 May 21 Start Shakedown Submission Dec 05 May 30 Start General Submission Start Limited Submission Dec 10 Jul 22 End Submission Start Vetting Jan 15 Aug 5 End Vetting Start Resolution Jan 29 Aug 08 Start Production Feb 04 Aug 22 Data Freeze All manual data changes done, only BRS data changes thereafter Feb 15 Sep 12 Alpha — Final Data candidate No change to data affecting ICU thereafter Other dtd, data, spec, docs, tool changes allowed Feb 20 Sep 26 Beta — Final Candidate No dtd or data changes allowed thereafter Docs, charts, spec changes allowed (= ICU release candidate) Mar 25 Oct 4 Release (= ICU Release) Apr 22 * dates are typically adjusted according to days of the week; are also subject to occasional delays Internal Development CLDR Development Site New CLDR Developers Handling Tickets (bugs/enhancements) CLDR: Big Red Switch Messages Design Proposals Direct Modifications to CLDR Data Updating Codes Updating DTDs Editing the CLDR Spec Sitemap Unicode CLDR Project News 2020-03-25 CLDR v37β available for testing (see blog post, coming soon) 2020-03-11 CLDR v36.1 released 2020-01-10 New CLDR subcommittee: Message Formatting What is CLDR? Contents 1 News 2 What is CLDR? 3 Who uses CLDR? 4 How to Use? 5 How to Contribute? 5.1 Translations and other language data 5.2 Code and Structure 5.3 Tickets 6 Who has contributed? 7 What is the Schedule? The Unicode CLDR provides key building blocks for software to support the world's languages, with the largest and most extensive standard repository of locale data available. This data is used by a wide spectrum of companies for their software internationalization and localization, adapting software to the conventions of different languages for such common software tasks. 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 : D efinitions, aliases, and validity information for Unicode locales, languages, scripts, regions, and extensions,… CLDR uses the XML format provided by UTS #35: Unicode Locale Data Markup Language (LDML) . LDML is a format used not only for CLDR, but also for general interchange of locale data, such as in Microsoft's .NET. Who uses CLDR? Presentation Some of the companies and organizations that use CLDR are: Apple ( macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS, and several applications; Apple Mobile Device Support and iTunes for Windows ; …) Google (Web Search, Chrome, Android, Adwords, Google+, Google Maps, Blogger, Google Analytics, …) IBM (DB2, Lotus, Websphere, Tivoli, Rational, AIX, i/OS, z/OS,…) Microsoft (Windows, Office, Visual Studio, …) and many others, including: ABAS Software, Adobe, Amazon (Kindle), Amdocs, Apache, Appian, Argonne National Laboratory, Avaya, Babel (Pocoo library), BAE Systems Geospatial eXploitation Products, BEA, BluePhoenix Solutions, BMC Software, Boost, BroadJump, Business Objects, caris, CERN, Debian Linux, Dell, Eclipse, eBay, EMC Corporation, ESRI, Firebird RDBMS, FreeBSD, Gentoo Linux, GroundWork Open Source, GTK+, Harman/Becker Automotive Systems GmbH, HP, Hyperion, Inktomi, Innodata Isogen, Informatica, Intel, Interlogics, IONA, IXOS, Jikes, jQuery, Library of Congress, Mathworks, Mozilla, Netezza, OpenOffice, Oracle (Solaris, Java), Lawson Software, Leica Geosystems GIS & Mapping LLC, Mandrake Linux, OCLC, Perl, Progress Software, Python, Qt, QNX, Rogue Wave, SAP, Shutterstock, SIL, SPSS, Software AG, SuSE, Symantec, Teradata (NCR), ToolAware, Trend Micro, Twitter, Virage, webMethods, Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia), Wine, WMS Gaming, XyEnterprise, Yahoo!, Yelp How to Use? Most developers will use CLDR indirectly, via a set of software libraries, such as ICU , Closure , or TwitterCLDR . These libraries typically compile the CLDR data into a format that is compact and easy for the library to load and use. For those interested in the source CLDR data, it is available for each release in the XML format specified by LDML . There are also tools that will convert to JSON and POSIX format. For more information, see CLDR Releases/Downloads . How to Contribute? CLDR is a collaborative project, which benefits by having people join and contribute. There are multiple ways to contribute to CLDR. Translations and other language data CLDR has an online tool to gather data from multiple sources, called the Survey Tool . It is deployed twice a year to gather data for new structure, and make corrections in previously-released data. Multiple people can contribute for the same data item, with a resolution process deciding the outcome. Individuals (vetters) can contribute data for their language by setting up an account . They can also organize a community of speakers of their languages to contribute data, discuss issues, etc. Qualifying organizations (companies, governments, institutions, etc) can ask to be set up as Organizations. Vetters added by the organizations manager get the organization’s vote count. Please file a ticket for this. Unicode voting members can get more heavily involved, and join the technical committee, which is the ultimate arbiter for the structure and content of CLDR. That committee is responsible for assessing the Survey Tool features, proposals for additions or changes to structure, bug fixes, and final resolution of each release of CLDR. Code and Structure The CLDR tooling supports the interactive Survey Tool, plus all of the tooling necessary to test and process the release. Programmers interested in contributing to the tooling are welcome; they may also be interested in contributing to ICU , which uses CLDR data. For more information, see http://cldr.unicode.org/development . CLDR covers many different types of data, but not everything. For projects which may cover other types of data, see Other Projects . Tickets People may file tickets with bug fixes or feature requests. Once a ticket is approved, they can also create pull requests on GitHub . Who has contributed? Many people have made significant contributions to CLDR and LDML; see the Acknowledgments page for a full listing. What is the Schedule? CLDR has a regular schedule, with two cycles per year. There is a consistent release schedule each year so that implementations can plan ahead. The actual dates for each phase are somewhat adjusted for each release: in particular, the dates will usually fall on Wednesdays, and may change for holidays. The two important periods for translators are: Submission : translators are asked to flesh out missing data, and check for consistency. Vetting : translators are asked to review all changed or conflicted values, and reach consensus. The details are found in the left-hand navigation bar. Subpages (17): Acknowledgments CLDR Change Requests CLDR Charts CLDR Process CLDR Releases/Downloads CLDR Specifications CLDR Survey Tool CLDR SW Engineer Posting CLDR v26 Open for Data Submission Corrigenda and Errata downloads/cldr-27 Draft Schedule JSON Format Data Language Support Levels Requesting Additions/Updates to CLDR Language/Popul...