ICU-22722 Update docs for cldr-to-icu converter

unicode-org · May 31, 2024 · b9b324c · b9b324c
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diff --git a/tools/cldr/README.md b/tools/cldr/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ more directories to the list, modify the `cldrTestData` fileset.
 The cldr-to-icu directory contains tools to convert from CLDR's XML
 data to ICU resource files.
 
-See [cldr-to-icu/README.txt](cldr-to-icu/README.txt) and
+See the [cldr-to-icu README](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/tree/main/tools/cldr/cldr-to-icu) and
 [cldr-icu-readme.txt](../../icu4c/source/data/cldr-icu-readme.txt) for
 more information.
diff --git a/tools/cldr/cldr-to-icu/README.md b/tools/cldr/cldr-to-icu/README.md
@@ -162,7 +162,18 @@ $ ant -f build-icu-data.xml
   $ ant -f build-icu-data.xml <options>
   ```
 
-See build-icu-data.xml for documentation of all options and additional customization.
+## Config syntax details
+
+Note: some elements have an implicit default attributes associated with them, according to [`ldml.dtd`](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/main/icu4c/source/data/dtd/cldr/common/dtd/ldml.dtd).
+For example, for the `timeFormat` element,
+the following excerpt of the DTD schema indicates that there is a default value `"standard"` for the `type` attribute:
+
+```
+<!ELEMENT timeFormat ... >
+<!ATTLIST timeFormat type NMTOKEN "standard" >
+```
+
+See `build-icu-data.xml` for documentation of all options and additional customization.
 
 
 ## Running unit tests