- From: Felix Sasaki <fsasaki@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:24:36 +0900 (JST)
- To: "Richard Ishida" <ishida@w3.org>
- Cc: public-i18n-core@w3.org, "'Addison Phillips'" <addison@yahoo-inc.com>
+1 Felix > > Chaps, > > I propose to send the following to the HTML Working Group. > > =======================================Dear HTML WG, > > Since RFC 4646 now obsoletes RFC 3066 which obsoleted RFC 1766, the I18n > Core WG would like you to issue an erratum for HTML 4.01 specification and > any other specifications where it is appropriate that fall under your > radar to update the reference given in the specifications. > > In addition, the section > http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/dirlang.html#h-8.1.1 of the HTML > 4.01 specification needs several changes: > > > [1] "[RFC1766] defines and explains the language codes that must be used > in HTML documents." > > Should become "[RFC4646] defines and explains the language codes that must > be used in HTML documents." > > > [2] Some of the examples need to be changed: there is now a subtag (tlh) > for Klingon, so x-klingon is inappropriate; there is also a subtag for > navajo (nv), so i-navajo should not be used; there is no subtag for > cockney, so that shouldn't be given as an example; > > > [3] "Two-letter primary codes are reserved for [ISO639] language > abbreviations. Two-letter codes include fr (French), de (German), it > (Italian), nl (Dutch), el (Greek), es (Spanish), pt (Portuguese), ar > (Arabic), he (Hebrew), ru (Russian), zh (Chinese), ja (Japanese), hi > (Hindi), ur (Urdu), and sa (Sanskrit)." > > "Any two-letter subcode is understood to be a [ISO3166] country code." > > Now we should refer to the new IANA registry, not to ISO code lists. > > > For more information about RFC 4646 and links see > http://www.w3.org/International/articles/language-tags/ > > Thanks. > > PS: Note that an earlier erratum was submitted requesting a change to > reflect that RFC 3066 obsoleted RFC 1766 - this would now be moot. > > =======================================Any comments? > > RI > > ===========Richard Ishida > Internationalization Lead > W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) > > http://www.w3.org/People/Ishida/ > http://www.w3.org/International/ > http://people.w3.org/rishida/blog/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ishida/ > > >
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