- From: Michael Everson <everson@egt.ie>
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 19:31:05 +0100
- To: unicode@unicode.org
- Cc: IETF Languages discussion <ietf-languages@iana.org>, xml-dev@xml.org, xml-editor@w3.org
XML will want to take advantage of the increased functionality which the revision of RFC 1766 (to include ISO 639-2 codes) will permit. Ar 09:24 -0800 2000-04-25, scríobh Elliotte Rusty Harold: > >Has anybody noticed that XML 1.0 requires 2-letter and forbids >three-letter language codes? From section 2.1.2 of the XML 1.0 spec: > >The Langcode may be any of the following: > > a two-letter language code as defined by [ISO 639], "Codes for the > representation of names > a language identifier registered with the Internet Assigned > Numbers Authority [IANA]; these begin with the prefix "i-" (or "I-") > a language identifier assigned by the user, or agreed on between parties > in private use; these must begin with the prefix "x-" or "X-" in > order to ensure that they do not conflict with names later > standardized or registered with IANA > >Production 35 enforces this constraint. >I think XML needs another erratum here to fix this. Please wait until the RFC 1766 revision is published. Michael Everson ** Everson Gunn Teoranta ** http://www.egt.ie 15 Port Chaeimhghein Íochtarach; Baile Átha Cliath 2; Éire/Ireland Vox +353 1 478 2597 ** Fax +353 1 478 2597 ** Mob +353 86 807 9169 27 Páirc an Fhéithlinn; Baile an Bhóthair; Co. Átha Cliath; Éire
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