System for controlling access to and generation of localized application values

A method in a computer system for controlling generation of and access to localized application data, comprising:

• receiving a request for application data from an application;
• determining if localized application values corresponding to the request are present in local memory of the computer system;
• when determined present, retrieving the localized application values from the local memory;
• when determined not present, retrieving the localized application values from an application value repository;
• and
• returning retrieved localized application values to the application;
• wherein the request includes an application name, a geographical area code, a language code, and at least one element name which are used in the retrieving steps to provide localized application values matching the geographical area code and the language code.

An interface for providing localized data to an application operating on a computer system, the interface comprising computer readable program code devices for:

• receiving a request for application data from an application;
• determining if localized application values corresponding to the request are present in a cache structure of the computer system, the localized application values comprising values specific to a geographical area and language identified in the request;
• when determined present, retrieving the localized application values from the cache;
• when determined not present, retrieving the localized application values from an application value repository;
• and
• returning retrieved localized application values to the application.