All files within this directory were derived from the Common Locale Data Repository (see http://unicode.org/cldr) The CLDR project is responsible for the accuracy and maintenance of this data. A copy of this data is checked into the Dojo util project as a zip file. The XML data is transformed to the JSON-style Javascript you see under the nls/ directory. These Javascript files include data necessary to do things like format and parse dates, numbers, and currencies in different locales to consider cultural differences. They are used by other modules in core Dojo such as dojo.date, dojo.number and dojo.currency. It usually is not necessary to use dojo.cldr directly. An arbitrary subset of locales have been checked in to dojo/cldr under svn. To support other locales, the full set may be generated by using xslt scripts in the util/buildscripts/cldr/ ant script. Hundreds of locales are supported by the CLDR project. See terms of use: http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html#Exhibit1