Juliusz Chroboczek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> 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).
The Unicode plane-14 language tags are just one form of language tag.
A language tag might be defined as:
An identifier attached to a section of information content that
identifies the language used in the information content.
The most familiar form of language tags might be the lang=""
attribute of HTML and XML.
Regards,
Owen
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