Tags for the Identification of Languages
RFC 3066, “Tags for the Identification of Languages”, is a Best Current Practice document published in January 2001 by H. Alvestrand. It obsoletes RFC 1766. It has been obsoleted by RFC 4646, RFC 4647 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes a language tag for use in cases where it is desired to indicate the language used in an information object, how to register values for use in this language tag, and a construct for matching such language tags. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
What “Best Current Practice” means
Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.
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