8. Non-transitory, computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, are configured to cause a processor to: receive, from a remote device and via a network interface of at least one network interfaces of an electronic device, a request for active or available locales for the electronic device; send, to the remote device and via the network interface, a message in a locale profile format including a list of available locales, wherein the message comprises: a version field that indicates a version of schema used to transmit the list of available locales; an active local field that indicates a locale currently being used by the electronic device; and an available locales field that indicates which locales are available for use; enable the remote device to read the version field using a locale profile; disable the remote device from writing to the version field using the locale profile; and enable the remote device to write to the version field using a profile other than the locale profile.
8. Non-transitory, computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, are configured to cause a processor to: receive, from a remote device and via a network interface of at least one network interfaces of an electronic device, a request for active or available locales for the electronic device; send, to the remote device and via the network interface, a message in a locale profile format including a list of available locales, wherein the message comprises: a version field that indicates a version of schema used to transmit the list of available locales; an active local field that indicates a locale currently being used by the electronic device; and an available locales field that indicates which locales are available for use; enable the remote device to read the version field using a locale profile; disable the remote device from writing to the version field using the locale profile; and enable the remote device to write to the version field using a profile other than the locale profile. 10. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the active locale field indicates a locale of a plurality of available locales that the electronic device currently employs in communication with the remote device, with users, or with a remote service, wherein the active locale field comprises an active locale field tag including a tag value of 0x0001 that indicates that the following information identifies an active locale for the electronic device.