RFC 4646 · BEST CURRENT PRACTICE · 2006

Tags for Identifying Languages

Overview

RFC 4646, “Tags for Identifying Languages”, is a Best Current Practice document published in September 2006 by A. Phillips, M. Davis. It obsoletes RFC 3066. It has been obsoleted by RFC 5646 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes the structure, content, construction, and semantics of language tags for use in cases where it is desirable to indicate the language used in an information object. It also describes how to register values for use in language tags and the creation of user-defined extensions for private interchange. This document, in combination with RFC 4647, replaces RFC 3066, which replaced RFC 1766. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.

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What “Best Current Practice” means

Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 3066
Obsoleted by
RFC 5646
Other RFCs from 2006

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