<s>
Globalize	B-Language
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
JavaScript	B-Language
library	I-Language
for	O
internationalization	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
localization	I-General_Concept
that	O
uses	O
the	O
Unicode	O
Common	O
Locale	O
Data	O
Repository	O
(	O
CLDR	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Globalize	B-Language
provides	O
number	O
formatting	O
and	O
parsing	O
,	O
date	O
and	O
time	O
formatting	O
and	O
parsing	O
,	O
currency	O
formatting	O
,	O
unit	O
formatting	O
,	O
message	O
formatting	O
(	O
ICU	O
message	O
format	O
pattern	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
plural	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Keeps	O
code	O
separate	O
from	O
i18n	B-General_Concept
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Avoids	O
duplicating	O
data	O
if	O
using	O
multiple	O
i18n	B-General_Concept
libraries	O
that	O
leverage	O
CLDR	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Allows	O
developers	O
to	O
load	O
the	O
i18n	B-General_Concept
functionalities	O
they	O
need	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Runs	O
in	O
browsers	O
and	O
Node.js	B-Language
,	O
consistently	O
across	O
all	O
of	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Makes	O
globalization	O
as	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
as	O
jQuery	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Globalize	B-Language
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Unicode	O
Consortium	O
's	O
Common	O
Locale	O
Data	O
Repository	O
(	O
CLDR	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
largest	O
and	O
most	O
extensive	O
standard	O
repository	O
of	O
locale	O
data	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Globalize	B-Language
does	O
n't	O
bundle	O
any	O
localization	O
data	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
to	O
be	O
first	O
initialized	O
using	O
some	O
CLDR	O
content	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Globalize	B-Language
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
October	O
2010	O
by	O
John	O
Resig	O
and	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
David	O
Reed	O
,	O
sponsored	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
jQuery	B-Language
Globalization	O
plugin	O
,	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
an	O
export	O
of	O
the	O
.net	O
locale	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
there	O
the	O
dependency	O
on	O
jQuery	B-Language
was	O
removed	O
and	O
the	O
project	O
renamed	O
to	O
Globalize	B-Language
.	O
</s>
