1. A method implemented on a computer system for validating the contents of a locale source file, which comprises information arranged by categories, keywords and elements, said method comprising: detecting one or more of each of said categories, keywords and elements in said locale source file; extracting one or more of said elements with associated values from said locale source file; storing each of said extracted elements as textual data in an element storage area; formatting a text string of data using said textual data; and validating said text string.