- From: Ian B. Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 11:58:52 -0500
- To: nir dagan <dagan@upf.es>
- CC: www-html-editor@w3.org
nir dagan wrote: > > Dear Editors of HTML. > > I think that there is an error in an example in section 8.1.1 of > the HTML 4.0 spec. It is said that "he" is the two letter code > for Hebrew, whereas the references you give to ISO639 say it is > "iw" and not "he". "he" isn't assigned to any language. > (I looked at the reference at www.sil.org). > > Please enlighten me if I got it wrong. I have a link to a Hebrew > site, and I am not sure how to write the HREFLANG. Yes, I'm afraid this looks like a bug. I'll verify this with our internationalization experts, but you should probably use "iw" since it's registered. Thank you for pointing this out. Ian -- Ian Jacobs / 401 Second Ave. #19G / New York, NY 10010 USA Tel/Fax: (212) 684-1814 Email: ibjacobs@panix.com
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