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Subject: Re: [ebxml-msg] language codes
Good catch. We should also follow the usage convention
for this attribute: The ISO two-letter language code should be lowercase and the
country code should be uppercase ("en-US" not "en-us"). None of the
existing examples follow this convention.
thanx,
doug
----- Original Message -----
From: Cliff Collins
To: David Fischer
Cc: ebxml-msg
Sent: Wednesday, 12 December 2001 10:51
Subject: [ebxml-msg] language codes I think the language
codes used in some examples are backwards. They should be "en-US" and not
"us-en". See link below. I included the content of the important
section.
2.12 Language IdentificationIn document processing, it is often useful to identify the natural or formal
language in which the content is written. A special attribute named
Note: [IETF RFC 1766] tags are constructed from two-letter language codes as defined by [ISO 639], from two-letter country codes as defined by [ISO 3166], or from language identifiers registered with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority [IANA-LANGCODES]. It is expected that the successor to [IETF RFC 1766] will introduce three-letter language codes for languages not presently covered by [ISO 639]. For example:
Cliff Collins
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