.RESX - Microsoft .NET (Strings)

.NET is an open-source software development framework for mainly Microsoft Windows. Localization for apps developed using the .NET framework work primarily with resources files (.resx).

.resx files are XML-based with the root element being <root>. Localizable strings are typically embedded in <value> elements nested under <data>. <value> elements may also be found in <resheader> but these are usually metadata not intended for translation.

Code Sample

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
  <xsd:schema xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata" id="root">
    <xsd:element name="data">
      <xsd:complexType>
        <xsd:sequence>
          <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2"/>
        </xsd:sequence>
        <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string"/>
        <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string"/>
        <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string"/>
      </xsd:complexType>
    </xsd:element>
  </xsd:schema>
  <resheader name="resmimetype">
    <value>text/microsoft-resx</value>
  </resheader>
  <resheader name="version">
    <value>2.0</value>
  </resheader>
  <resheader name="reader">
    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
  </resheader>
  <resheader name="writer">
    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
  </resheader>
  <data name="boolean_key">
    <value>--- true
</value>
  </data>
  <data name="empty_string_translation">
    <value/>
  </data>
  <data name="key_with_description">
    <value>Now that's a decsription! (For some formats at least)</value>
    <comment>This is the superb description for this key!</comment>
  </data>
  <data name="key_with_line-break">
    <value>This translations contains
a line-break.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="nested.deeply.key">
    <value>I'm a deeply nested key.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="nested.key">
    <value>This key is nested inside a namespace.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="null_translation">
    <value/>
  </data>
  <data name="pluralized_key">
    <value>This could be pluralized.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="sample_collection">
    <value>---
- first item
- second item
- third item
</value>
  </data>
  <data name="simple_key">
    <value>simple key, simple message, everything so simple.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="unverified_key">
    <value>This translation is not yet verified and is waiting for it. (In some formats we export this status as well)</value>
  </data>
</root>