1. A computer memory having computer-readable components for localization of data included in software programs, the computer-readable components, when executed by at least one processor, comprising: data elements defined by a software data schema; and an owned comment data element created by an associated owner, the owned comment data element comprising information about the localization of the data included in the software programs, only the associated owner having permission to manipulate the owned comment data element, the owned comment data element including a data field for enabling and disabling a processing of the owned comment data element, the owned comment data element included in other data elements, the data elements being used in a computer-implemented method, the method comprising: when the data field for enabling and disabling the processing of the owned comment data element indicates that the owned comment data element is enabled, merging at least two owned comment data elements having different ownerships, the merging comprising: when an ownership conflict between the at least two owned comment data elements having different ownerships does not arise, forming a single owned comment data element representing the at least two owned comment data elements, and issuing an error message when, during the merging, an owned comment data element of the at least two owned comment data elements that is not associated with an owner comprising a file or a tool is disabled.