- From: Shuh Barbara <barbara.shuh@nlc-bnc.ca>
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 10:12:53 -0500
- To: www-zig@w3.org
Hi Mike The ISO standard for the three-letter language codes is: ISO 639-2: Codes for the representation of names of languages -- Part 2: alpha-3 code. http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/ The Library of Congress is the maintenance agency for both the ISO and NISO Language Codes, so I am assuming that the lists are equivalent. On the LC site, ISO is mentioned prominently, with no mention of NISO. But the NISO site references LC as the maintenance agency: http://www.niso.org/standards/index.html Barb ______________________ Barbara Shuh Library Network Specialist National Library of Canada Phone: (613) 995-1701 Fax: (613) 943-1939 E-mail: barbara.shuh@nlc-bnc.ca -----Original Message----- From: Mike Taylor [mailto:mike@indexdata.com] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 4:47 PM To: www-zig@w3.org Subject: Language Codes in Negotiation Record 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, _/|_ _______________________________________________________________ /o ) \/ Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com> http://www.miketaylor.org.uk )_v__/\ "The sugar-plums are rancid and the stockings are in flames" -- Spinal Tap, "Christmas with the Devil" -- Listen to my wife's new CD of kids' music, _Child's Play_, at http://www.pipedreaming.org.uk/childsplay/
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