RE: Proposed NTriples changes for literal notation

>     This is any allowed xml:lang content as defined in
>     http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml#sec-lang-tag

YES.

>
>     ISSUE #2: I don't think specifying this more precisely here is
>     worth it.  If the consensus is to do this, it would be something
>     like this (after RFC 1766):
>        language ::= [a-zA-Z]{1,8} ('-' [a-zA-Z]{1,8})
>

NO, don't go there.
XML first edition did that, then RFC3066 updated RFC1766 and changed it
(digits are allowed in some places now).

I think XML first edition actually went further ...

Second edition fixed it by removing a load of rules.


Jeremy