- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:46:24 +0000 (UTC)
On Fri, 3 Apr 2009, Alex Bishop wrote: > > In several places in HTML5 (specifically, sections 3.3.3.3, 4.2.5.3 and > 5.11.1), the specification states that certain attribute values must be > valid RFC 3066 language codes. > > However, RFC 3066 was replaced by RFC 4646 (and RFC 4647) in September > 2006. > > Is there a reason that HTML5 refers to the older standard or is this > just an oversight? On Fri, 3 Apr 2009, Masataka Yakura wrote: > > I think the current plan is to point to BCP 47, since RFC 4646 is "soon" > to be replaced by its successor [1]. > > [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2008Jan/0298.html On Fri, 3 Apr 2009, Michael(tm) Smith wrote: > > And the general plan is to at some point(s) (e.g., before taking the W3C > version to Last call) do a thorough review and update of all the > references/citations to whatever the current versions are that they > should point to at that time. It's maybe not all that useful to try to > keep them up to date piecemeal along the way. I'm now going through the references. I've updated the RFC3066 references to point to BCP47. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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