Digital Vitality¶

Target competencyDemonstrates the ability to inform and assist communities in the digitization of their language.

Why it matters¶

Promoting a language digitally is important to its use and survival.

Each rung is a level a learner is at; its activities are what carries them to the next one. How to read these levels

0No Competency

Learn how to identify and collect the data needed to add a language to the Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR).

Carries a learner to 1 — Has Knowledge
1Has Knowledge

Help language community users to codify the features of their language and locale for representation digitally.

Carries a learner to 2 — With Assistance
2With Assistance

Assist language teams to add their language to the Common Locale Data Repository. Promote sustainable Unicode orthographies.

Carries a learner to 3 — Independent
3Independent

Assist teams to create localized tools for their languages. This could include vernacular websites, spelling and grammar checkers and Wikipedia.

Carries a learner to 4 — Expert
4Expert

Assist teams with well-developed orthographies and a wide variety of text resources to create resources such as morphologically-aware spell checkers, text-to-speech, parsers, machine translation, and voice recognition.

Top of the ladder

Knowledge to inform and assist communities in the digitization of their language.

CLDR - Common Repository for LocalesSite · cldr.unicode.orgHome of the Unicode CLDR project, the common repository of locale data software uses to support languages.
SLDR - SIL's Repository for Minority Language LocalesSite · github.comGitHub repository of the SIL Locale Data Repository, which holds locale data for minority languages.
UNICODE LOCALE DATA MARKUP LANGUAGE (LDML)Document · unicode.orgUnicode technical standard defining LDML, the XML format for locale data, for reference on locale files.