locale attribute: metanorma/bipm-si-brochure#191

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diff --git a/author/ref/document-attributes.adoc b/author/ref/document-attributes.adoc
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ Two-letter code (ISO 639-1) of the language the document is written in. Defaults
 The script of the document (ISO 15924). Defaults to `Latn`. Must be supplied as
 `Hans` for Simplified Chinese.
 
+`:locale:`::
+The locale of the document (currently expected to be a two-letter country code,
+ISO 3166-1 alpha-2). [added in /~https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-standoc/releases/tag/2.2.4]
+
 `:boilerplate-authority:`::
 File containing predefined text of document, in Metanorma XML. The document
 predefined text needs to follow the structure described in

diff --git a/author/topics/languages.adoc b/author/topics/languages.adoc
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ The language of the document is specified in following link:/author/ref/document
 * `:language:` — ISO 639-2 two-letter language code. Defaults to `en`.
 * `:script:` — ISO 15924 script code (for languages with more than one script).
   Defaults to `Latn`. e.g., specify `Hant` for Traditional Chinese.
+* `:locale:` – ISO 3166-1 two-letter country code [added in /~https://github.com/metanorma/metanorma-standoc/releases/tag/v2.2.4].
+As of this writing, the impact of locale in localisation is minor: narrow non-breaking space in front of colon for templated
+localised text (e.g. cross-references) in Swiss French, vs full non-breaking space for other locales of French.
 * `:i18nyaml:` — language template file. Only needed if you're using a language other than
   English, Chinese (Simplified) or French.