CLDR-19204 Add CLDR Mission Statement and locale data definition. #5288
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- Add definition for locale data - Order definitions alphabetically
Added CLDR mission statement to the CLDR home page.
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| ## CLDR Mission | ||
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| _To build and maintain the most trusted and comprehensive repository of [locale data], reflecting common usage across the world, through active participation from organizations and community members._ |
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We don't have to do in this PR (eg not blocking), but I'd suggest the following change:
| _To build and maintain the most trusted and comprehensive repository of [locale data], reflecting common usage across the world, through active participation from organizations and community members._ | |
| _To build and maintain the most trusted and comprehensive specification for and collection of [locale data], reflecting common usage across the world, through active participation from organizations and community members._ |
- "repository" has the wrong connotation in the industry, implying to many that it is not curated. So I think 'collection' is broader
- We underplay the value of CLDR if we just focus on the data. The specification is equally important, serving to define (for example) the structure of locale identifiers, unit identifiers and preferences, ... and the conformant use of the data.
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We did hash this over both over email and in the TC meeting and reached consensus. If we need to discuss it again, we should do that in a TC meeting, not in a PR. Also note that one of the purposes of the mission statement is brevity, not an exhaustive list of what we provide.
Personally I think "repository" is fine, it is the R in CLDR after all...
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| ***literate percent*** \- indicates the percentage of the country's population that is literate, based on literacy information from the World Bank, CIA Factbook, and others. | ||
| ***customary modern usage*** - The terms or characters commonly used in modern contexts: newspapers, journals, lay publications, street signs, commercial signage, common geographic names, company names, and so on. It does not include terms or characters that are only commonly used in technical or academic contexts such as mathematical expressions, archaic or historic texts, citations of archaic words, liturgical texts, or pedagogical use. |
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| ***customary modern usage*** - The terms or characters commonly used in modern contexts: newspapers, journals, lay publications, street signs, commercial signage, common geographic names, company names, and so on. It does not include terms or characters that are only commonly used in technical or academic contexts such as mathematical expressions, archaic or historic texts, citations of archaic words, liturgical texts, or pedagogical use. | |
| ***customary modern usage*** - The terms or characters commonly used in modern contexts: | |
| newspapers, journals, lay publications, street signs, commercial signage, common geographic names, company names, and so on. | |
| It does not include terms or characters that are only commonly used in technical or academic contexts such as mathematical expressions, archaic or historic texts, citations of archaic words, liturgical texts, pedagogical use, or formal contexts. |
We want to cover the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" vs "North Korea" issue also.
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It appears that most of what you are doing is alphabetizings, so if you want to do this later, that's fine.
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We want to cover the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" vs "North Korea" issue also.
I think that's the "common geographic names" part.
CLDR-19204
Add mission statement as approved by the CLDR TC on 2026-01-14
Add definition for locale data
Rearrange definitions in alphabetical order
This PR completes the ticket.
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