Re: Language Codes in Negotiation Record

Here is a reference that points to what may be all of the relavent 
standards:
http://www.dsv.su.se/~jpalme/ietf/language-codes.html

Mike Taylor wrote:

>Ray and others,
>
>Having read the definition of the negotiation records for character
>set and language negotiation (version 3) at
>	http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/agency/defns/charneg-3.html
>I'm trying to figure out what form language codes should take.  The
>ASN says "LanguageCode ::= GeneralString -- from ANSI Z39.53-1994",
>and Z39.53 seems to define a set of three-letter codes: see for
>example
>	http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/nisoLang3-1994.html
>but in describing language-code options in the ZOOM Abstract API, I
>would be more comfortable referencing an international standard than
>a NISO one.  And presumably ISO 23950 references an equivalent ISO
>standard at this point?
>
>Does anyone know what the equivalent ISO standard is?  (If there is
>one.)
>
>Thanks,
>
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