>> I have seem many times in this mailing list, on the term 'language tag'.
KP> This comes from the OS/2 tables [in TrueType and OpenType fonts].
KP> There are 64 bits in this table which were originally designed to
KP> indicate which "CodePages" the font supported,
The term ``language tag'' is also used in Unicode for a way of
embedding language information into a Unicode stream. The use of
language tags in Unicode text is frowned upon, as it destroys the
stateless nature of Unicode text, leading to unpleasant consequences
if Unicode strings are e.g. concatenated. The consensus seems to be
that language tags should be avoided, and language information
included in higher-level protocols (such as XML).
Juliusz
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