5. 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, wherein: the owned comment data element includes a data field for enabling and disabling a processing of the owned comment data element, the owned comment data element is included in other data elements, and the owned comment data element is included in a list of owned comment elements comprising at least one owned comment data element; and 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 the owned comment data element with at least one another owned comment data element having ownership different from ownership of the owned comment data element, the merging comprising: when an ownership conflict between the owned comment data element and the at least one another owned comment data element does not arise, forming a single owned comment data element representing the 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.
5. 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, wherein: the owned comment data element includes a data field for enabling and disabling a processing of the owned comment data element, the owned comment data element is included in other data elements, and the owned comment data element is included in a list of owned comment elements comprising at least one owned comment data element; and 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 the owned comment data element with at least one another owned comment data element having ownership different from ownership of the owned comment data element, the merging comprising: when an ownership conflict between the owned comment data element and the at least one another owned comment data element does not arise, forming a single owned comment data element representing the 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. 10. The computer memory of claim 5 , wherein the owned comment data element includes an associated version data field and an associated date data field and wherein the computer-implemented method further comprises processing the owned comment data element by software localization tools, which provide information about the owned comment data element by issuing messages.