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IETF Tags for Identifying Languages
Date added 10 August 2009
Last edited 12 November 2009
Full Title
IETF Tags for Identifying Languages
Description
IETF Tags for Identifying Languages describes the structure, content, construction, and semantics of language tags for identifying the language used in an information object. It describes how to register language tag values and how to create extensions.
Standards Developing Organisation
- IETF
- Internet Engineering Task Force
Rights
No information
Lifecycle Actions
- Access, Use and Reuse
- Description and Representation Information
Standard Framework
- Digital Archive Standards
Standard Type
- Metadata Content Standards
Current Version
Further Information
- Wikipedia entry on IETF Language Tags [external]
Alternative Current Versions
None.
Previous Versions
- March 1995 - IETF RFC 1766: Tags for the Identification of Languages [external]
- Superseded
- January 2001 - IETF RFC 3066: Tags for the Identification of Languages [external]
- Superseded by IETF RFC 4646 AND IETF 4647
Referenced Standards
- Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0: 2004
- IETF RFC 2026: October 1996, The Internet Standards Process - Revision 3
- IETF RFC 1766: March 1995, Tags for the Identification of Languages
- IETF RFC 2028: October 1996, The Organizations Involved in the IETF Standards Process
- IETF RFC 2047: November 1996, MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part Three: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text
- IETF RFC 2119: March 1997, Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
- IETF RFC 2231: November 1997, MIME Parameter Value and Encoded Word Extensions: Character Sets, Languages, and Continuations
- IETF RFC 2434: October 1998, Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in IETF RFCs
- IETF RFC 2781: February 2000, UTF-16, an encoding of ISO 10646
- IETF RFC 2860: June 2000, Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Technical Work of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
- IETF RFC 3066: January 2001, Tags for the Identification of Languages
- IETF RFC 3339: July 2002, Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps
- IETF RFC 3552: July 2003, Guidelines for Writing IETF RFC Text on Security Considerations
- IETF RFC 4234: October 2005, Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF
- IETF RFC 4645: September 2006, Initial Language Subtag Registry
- IETF RFC 4647: September 2006, Matching of Language Tags