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<Namespace Name="System.Globalization" FullName="System.Globalization" FullNameSP="System.Globalization" Maintainer="Mono">
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    <summary>
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      <para>The <see cref="N:System.Globalization" /> namespace contains classes that define culture-related information, including language, country/region, calendars in use, format patterns for dates, currency, and numbers, and sort order for strings. These classes are useful for writing globalized (internationalized) applications. Classes such as <see cref="T:System.Globalization.StringInfo" /> and <see cref="T:System.Globalization.TextInfo" /> provide advanced globalization functionalities, including surrogate support and text element processing.</para>
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    <remarks>
      <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
      <para>The following MSDN blogs include discussions of the <see cref="N:System.Globalization" /> namespace and its classes:</para>
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            <see cref="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=160948">http://blogs.msdn.com/shawnste/</see>
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            <see cref="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=160949">http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/</see>
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            <see cref="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=160951">http://blogs.msdn.com/kierans/</see>
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