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Introduction

The Unicode CLDR provides key building blocks for software to support the world's languages. CLDR is by far the largest and most extensive standard repository of locale data. 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 as formatting of dates, times, time zones, numbers, and currency values; sorting text; choosing languages or countries by name; and many others.

CLDR uses the XML format provided by UTS #35: 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.

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Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments for special contributions to successive versions of CLDR and LDML are in the Acknowledgments section of UTS #35: Locale Data Markup Language (LDML).

Many other people have made significant contributions to CLDR and LDML, including the following:

A S Alam (ਅਮਨਪਰੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਆਲਮ),
Abdullah Hassaan Al-Anssary (عبدالله حسان الأنصاري),
Ahmad Farrag (أحمد فرّاج),
Åke Persson,
Akio Kido,
Alan Liu,
Alberto Barbati,
Alberto Escudero-Pascual,
Alejandra Canoura Pérez,
Alexander Buloichik (Аляксандар Булойчык),
Alexander Kachur (Александр Качур),
Alexey Proskuryakov (Алексей Проскуряков),
Alexis Cheng (鄭宗堯),
Anastasia Golikova (Анастасия Голикова),
Andrea Decorte,
André Stryger,
Andy Heninger,
Angelo Dalli,
Anna Taranova (Анна Таранова),
Anthony Deign (അന്തോണി ഡെയ്‌ന്‍),
Antoine Leca,
Artur Klauser,
Ashraf-ul-Kabir (اشرف الکبير),
Atso Puronen,
Audun Lona,
Avery Chan,
Ayka Agayeva,

Baldev Soor,
Behdad Esfahbod (بهداد اسفهبد),
Behdad Pournader (بهداد پورنادر),
Boris Matveev (Борис Матвеев),

Calvin Lee (李灝),
Catherine Christaki (Κατερίνα Χρηστάκη),
Charles Pau (鲍景超),
Charles Riley,
Chris Hansten,
Christopher Fynn (ཀརྨ་སྒྲུབ་བརྒྱུད་བསྟན་འཛིན།),
Cibu C. J. (സിബു സി.ജെ.),
Claire Ho (賀靜蘭),
Cristina Gonçalves

Dacijus Turauskas,
Dale Schultz,
Dan Dascalescu,
Daniel Yacob,
Dary Mihova (Дари Михова),
David Luo (罗凌),
Deborah Goldsmith,
Delyth Prys,
Denis Jacquerye,
Dewi Bryn Jones,
Dick Veerhar,
Dmitry Molodyk,
Đoàn Anh Đức,
Dominic Hung (洪淦輝),
Doug Ewell,
Doug Felt,
Dr. Adebisi Aromolaran,
Dr. Frans Wijma,
Dr. Rajesh Kumar (डॉ. राजेश कुमार),
Dr. Sarmad Hussain [CRULP (مرکز تحقیقات اردو)],
Dwayne Bailey,

Eddy Petrișor,
Eike Rathke,
Elisabete Ferreira,
Elsebeth Flarup,
Erdal Ronahi,
Eric Mader,
Eric Muller,
Erkki Kolehmainen,
Ernest v.d. Boogaard,
Eva Albertsdotter Enblom,

Fayeq Oweis (فائق عويس ),
Firoj Alam (ফিরোজ আলম),
Flora Gu,
Focko Dijksterhuis,
Fredrik Stenshamn,
Friedel Wolff,

George Rhoten,
Ghasem Kiani (قاسم کیانی مقدم),
Gruff Prys,

Han Keuper,
Helena Shih Chapman (施尙吟),
Hideki Hiura,
Håvard Hjulstad,
Hélène Guillerme,

Ihar Mahaniok (Ігар Маханёк),
Irina Chausova,
Irina Parshina,
Iroro Orife,
Ivailo Djilianov (Ивайло Джилянов),
Ivana Jelisavcic (Ивана Јелисавчић),

Jacobo Tarrío Barreiro,
Jaganadh.G (ജഗന്നാഥ്.ജി),
Jama Musse Jama,
James Ballentine,
Janny Chen (陈敏敏),
Jarkko Hietaniemi,
Jarosław Włodarczyk,
Javier Sola,
Jean-Jacques Enser,
Jelena Oertel,
Jelena Pjesivac-Grbovic (Јелена Пјешивац-Грбовић),
Jeno Demeczky,
Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven,
John Emmons,
Jolanta Szczerba,
Jonathan Rosenne (יונתן רוזן),
Jung Hyoun Yi (이정현),
Jungshik Shin (신정식, 申政湜),
Jørgen Christian Wind Nielsen,

Keith Stribley,
Kent Karlsson,
Kentaroh Noji (野地 健太郎),
Khaled Hosny (خالد حسني),
Kik Velt,
Klaas Ruppel,
Klean Xhelilaj,

Laurențiu Iancu,
Lee Collins,
Livia Soardi,
Lynn Lin (林蓓蓓),

Maiko Nagae Tasaki (田崎 麻衣子),
Manfred Kiefer,
Marc Liyanage,
Maria Luna,
Mark Davis,
Mark Garrett,
Markus Scherer,
Mati Allouche (מתתיהו אלוש),
Michael Everson,
Michael Twomey,
Miguel A. Jimenez,
Miguel Sousa,
Mihai Niță,
Mike Tardif,
Milind Wanjari,
Mine Halıcı,
Mirela Škarica,
Mitra Fathollahpour (میترا فتح اله پور),
Myron Nechypor,
Márcio Ferreira,

Natalie Davitashvili (ნატალია დავითაშვილი),
Nattapong Sirilappanich (ณัฐพงษ์ ศิริลาภพานิช),
Neda Armanfar (ندا آرمانفر),
Neel Kamal Thakur (नील कमल ठाकुर),
Nicha Kumchokpattaraporn (ณิชชา กำโชคภัทรพร),
Nicholas Shanks,
Ole Kristian Julseth,
Omi Azad (অমি আজাদ),
Oscar D.P. Triscon,

Pantelis Assimakopoulos,
Patrick Andries,
Paulo José,
Peter Edberg,
Peter Linsley,
Peter Nugent,
Philippe Verdy,
Philips Benjamin,
Puri Rodríguez Díaz,

Radek Podolski,
Radi Pipev (Ради Пипев),
Radosław Moszczyński,
Raghuram Viswanadha (రఘురామ్ విశ్వనాథ),
Raj Neettiyath (രാജ് നീട്ടിയത്ത്),
Rajesh Ranjan (राजेश रंजन),
Ramon Casha,
Reiko Saito (斎藤 玲子),
Riad Khaled Hallab (رياض خالد حلاب),
Rici Lake,
Rick McGowan,
Rob Kiely,
Roey Saban (רועי סבן),
Roozbeh Pournader (روزبه پورنادر),
Rossi Ignatova (Роси Игнатова),
Ruben Zakharov (Рубен Захаров),

S. M. Murtoza Habib (এস. এম. মুর্তজা হাবিব),
Sajith VK,
Samphan Raruenrom (สัมพันธ์ ระรื่ืนรมย์),
Sandra O'Donnell,
Saniye Boran,
Sara Santa Clara,
Saravanan (ശരവണന്),
Sasha Maric (Саша Марић),
Saurabh Kudesia (सौरभ कुदेशिया),
Serena Xiao (肖顺敏),
Serpil Zengin Akkaya,
Shankar Prasad M V,
Shu Bei (舒蓓),
Siddaarth Shanmugam (சித்தார்த் சண்முகம்),
Simon Dean,
Simone Nicolo,
Simos Xenitellis (Σίμος Ξενιτέλλης),
Sivaraj Doddannan,
Soe Min Mark,
Sonia Mokrani,
Steingrímur Árnason,
Steven R. Loomis,
Sumesh Chandran V.R (സുമേഷ് ചന്ദ്രന്‍.വി.ആര്‍),
Suresh Chandrasekharan (സുരേഷ് ചന്ദ്രശേഖരന്),
Susan Maria Howard,
Susanna Laaksonen,
Suwit Srivilairith (สุวิทย์ ศรีวิไลฤทธิ์),
Sverrir Á. Berg,
Séamus Ó Ciardhuáin,
Søren Thing Pedersen,

Tarek Abou Aly (طارق أبو على),
Tatsuo Sekine(関根 達夫),
Teppo Turtiainen,
Theresa Hieatt-Smith,
Thomas Dujardin,
Thrine Bjerknes,
Tim Brandall,
Tom Garland,
Troy Korjuslommi,

Valeriy Perunov,
Vasyl Shumskyi,
Viswa Prabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ),
Vitaliy Shipitsyn (Виталий Шипицын),
Vladimir Weinstein (Владимир Вајнштајн),
Vladislav Zavyalov (Владислав Завьялов),
Vytautas Rekus,

Walter Keutgen,
Waris Abdukerim Janbaz (ۋارىس ئابدۇكېرىم جانباز),
Weilin Zhang (张卫琳).
William Gan (甘玮亚),
William J. Sullivan,
Witold Jarnicki,

Yajie Ma (马亚杰),
Yannis Haralambous (Γιάννης Χαραλάμπους),
Yasuyuki Kagawa (香川 康之),
Yoshito Umaoka (馬岡 由人),
Yun Fang Ge (葛云芳),
Yuri Kirghisov,
Yury Tarasievich (Юры Тарасевіч),

Zsolt Mattburger

The first CLDR version under the sponsorship of the Unicode Consortium was version 1.1. The CLDR project was originally developed under the sponsorship of the Linux Application Development Environment (aka LADE) Workgroup of the Free Standards Group's OpenI18N (formerly known as Linux Internationalization Initiative or Li18nux) team. CLDR 1.0 was approved on 2004.01.16 by the OpenI18N steering committee. The founding members of the workgroup were IBM, Sun and OpenOffice.org.

Thanks to the following people for their contributions to the CLDR 1.0 and LDML 1.0: Helena Shih Chapman, Mark Davis, Simon Dean, Deborah Goldsmith, Steven R Loomis, Kentaroh Noji, George Rhoten, Baldev Soor, Michael Twomey, Ram Viswanadha and Vladimir Weinstein. Special thanks to Akio Kido, Hideki Hiura, Tom Garland, and the OpenI18N organization for the sponsorship of this activity, and to the ICU team for hosting the CVS repository and collecting and managing the data for the project.


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