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Nowhere in the page is described what "CLDR" stands for or means.

Common Locale Data Repository: "The Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) is a project of the Unicode Consortium to provide locale data in XML format for use in computer applications. CLDR contains locale-specific information that an operating system will typically provide to applications. CLDR is written in the Locale Data Markup Language (LDML)." [from Wikipedia]

Edit: the page now starts at the beginning, with a definition. My comment was posted while formatting was being edited.




It's right at the top of the page:

> What is CLDR?

> The Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (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:


Funny. The page started at the "How to Use?" section when I posted that comment. I guess their banner "Formatting and links continue to be fixed" is very much true.

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