Unicode MessageFormat Working Group Developing Standard for Localizable Message Strings
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Summary
The MessageFormat Working Group (MFWG), a subgroup of the Unicode CLDR-TC, is developing an industry standard for localizable message strings. This standard aims to support software developers, translators, and end users with fluent messages and locally-adapted presentation for data values. The framework addresses complex linguistic features like gender, inflections, and speech, with the goal of providing an interoperable syntax for message formatting across different programming languages and platforms.
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MessageFormat is designed to support software developers, translators, and end users with fluent messages and locally-adapted presentation for data values.
Our goal is to provide an interoperable syntax, mess
while providing a framework for increasingly complex features, such as gender, inflections, and speech.
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