On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 08:57:22AM +0100, Jachym Cepicky wrote: > Hi, > > IMHO ISO 639 (3 letter format) should be used [1] and all other > formats (2 letters, 'locale' format) should only point to it.
This doesn't make sense from an implementation perspective. The Accept-Language header, used by OpenLayers to search for an appropriate language code, is 2-char based, not three-char based codes. This is defined by RFC2616, which depends on RFC1766. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1766.txt -- Chris > Jachym > > [1] http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/ISO-639-2_utf-8.txt > > 2009/1/30 Chris Claydon <[email protected]>: > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I work on the MapGuide Open Source project, which makes use of OpenLayers > > via the Fusion open source viewer. We'd like to add support for Spanish, > > Hungarian, and possibly Japanese localized strings to OpenLayers, and we > > have a couple of questions? > > > > > > > > The format of the various JavaScript files in the Lang folder is not 100% > > consistent. For example: > > > > > > > > 1) The cs-CZ.js file uses OpenLayers.Lang["cs-CZ"] to declare the array > > of strings whereas fr.js uses OpenLayers.Lang.fr > > > > 2) Some languages use a two character locale designation (fr, de etc.) > > and some use four characters (cs-CZ, sv-SE etc.) > > > > 3) Some files seem to base the settings on the 'en' version of the > > strings. Eg. de.js (uses OpenLayers.Util.applyDefaults) Others just declare > > the array independently. Eg. fr.js > > > > > > > > So, when creating new language resources, which is the best model to follow? > > Is there any documentation on this, or any general guidelines? > > > > > > > > Any information would be much appreciated! We will happily contribute these > > files to the OpenLayers project when they are completed. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Chris C. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev > > > > > > > > -- > Jachym Cepicky > e-mail: jachym.cepicky gmail com > URL: http://les-ejk.cz > GPG: http://les-ejk.cz/pgp/JachymCepicky.pgp > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev -- Christopher Schmidt MetaCarta _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
