On 2002.10.11 22:57 Andrew Dunbar wrote: > > Nope because the formula of the tags is ISO 639 + dash > + ISO 3166 > > Both of these ISO standards have changed and will > change again. So we can't just make up our own > letters. I'm sure this is specifically forbidden in > some RFC somewhere. RO is probably Romania and even > if it's not it's entirely likely to become something > at some point and then we'd be in trouble. > > It *is* legal to use tags such as "x-foo". IANA has > accepted registrations for such with x- and art- and > maybe another which escapes me. I see these used for > Lojban and Klingon for instance. > > Note that in this case "x" is no longer a language > code so parsing the tags is potentially more complex. > > > For your amusement only. > > Don't worry I was amused (: > > Andrew. > > ===== > http://linguaphile.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/translator.pl http://www.abisource.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > >
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