Globalization and Localization
Globalization: Number/Currency: Support for different number formats or currency symbols for a specific culture or language (these mostly follow the user locale of the Operating System) Date/Time/Calendar: Support different date formats, time formats, calendars that are used in a specific culture or specific locale (e.g. Gregorian, Hijri, Lunar calendars etc). Sort/Compare: Numeric representations of a sort element based on locale-specific sorting rules. A sort key consists of several weighted components that represent a character’s script, diacritics, case, and so on. Keyboards and Input Methods: A standard arrangement of characters on a keyboard that defines which keys produce particular characters or scan codes in different languages. Address/Telephone Formats: Support for address and telephone formats and parsing with consideration to different country/region. Measurement (e.g., paper size, cm v. in.): Measurement units represent the various units of m...