CLDR Version 28 Released

<http://cldr.unicode.org/index/downloads/cldr-28#TOC-Coverage>Unicode
CLDR 28 provides an update to the key building blocks for software
supporting the world's languages. This data is used by all major
software systems <http://cldr.unicode.org/index#TOC-Who-uses-CLDR-> for
their software internationalization and localization, adapting software
to the conventions of different languages for such common software
tasks. The following summarizes the main improvements in the release.

    * *General locale data. *Overall, about 5% of the data items in this
      release are new (see Growth
      <http://cldr.unicode.org/index/downloads/cldr-28#TOC-Growth>),
      while about 8% have corrections. Notable changes include a major
      review of and improvement to Spanish locales for Latin America;
      the addition of two new "modern-coverage" locales (Belarusian and
      Irish); and moving certain data from en_GB to en_001 for improved
      quality and reduced data size in locales that use en_GB conventions.
    * *Formatting.* There are a number of new units and types of
      formats, with a major revision to the day period rules
      <http://www.unicode.org/cldr/charts/28/supplemental/day_periods.html>---preferred
      for many languages instead of AM/PM ("10:30 at night")---with
      localizations; the addition of compact formatting for currencies
      ("EUR10M", "EUR10 million"), and the addition of more unit
      measures, including 7 new general units (duration-century), 21 new
      per-unit types, 4 new units for measuring personal age (needed for
      some languages), and new coordinate units for formatting latitude
      and longitude across languages ("10°N").
    * *Identifiers.* The new features extend the ability to specify
      subregions of countries
      <http://www.unicode.org/cldr/charts/28/supplemental/territory_subdivisions.html>,
      validate identifiers, and customize locales, including the
      addition of subdivisions of countries, such as /Scotland/ and
      /California/ (localized names are not yet present, except for
      English); the addition of validity data
      <http://unicode.org/cldr/trac/browser/tags/release-28/common/validity>
      for currency codes, measurement units, and locale identifier
      elements (allowing validation of Unicode language and locale
      identifiers without requiring BCP47 data); the addition of seven
      -u- extension keys and corresponding types to allow customization
      of locales ("cf" for specifying /standard/ vs /accounting/
      currency formats), and the clarification of the specification of
      identifiers, especially for validity testing.

The specification
<http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/tr35-41/tr35.html> and charts
<http://www.unicode.org/cldr/charts/28/> have also been updated.

http://blog.unicode.org/2015/09/cldr-version-28-released.html

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