CFUNICODETEXT
CFUNICODETEXT is a standardized text format used primarily for encoding multilingual data in financial and scientific software suites. The format was developed by the Consortium for Financial Universals (CFU) in 2012 to provide a single, Unicode-based representation of structured financial reports, analytical models, and metadata across different jurisdictions and languages. A CFUNICODETEXT file is a plain‑text document that follows a strict syntax resembling a tag‑based markup similar to XML but designed to be human‑readable and efficient to parse programmatically. The specification defines a set of standard tags such as <currency>, <exchangeRate>, <instrument> and semantic attributes that ensure interoperability between legacy systems and modern cloud services.
The first public release, version 1.0, was integrated into the CFU Reporting Engine in 2013. Subsequent revisions
Software libraries for reading and writing CFUNICODETEXT are available in several languages, including C++, Java, Python,
See also: Unicode, ISO 20022, JSON, XML, Financial Reporting Standards.
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