I am pretty sure it is for if you have a second language pack on your computer, the browser will load that before loading your site (allowing the user to see the page in their foreign tongue).
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:34:33 -0000, Kornel Lesinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:06:00 +0000, john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Can somebody please explain what the "content-language" meta tag is > > useful for? > > It's not exactly meta tag. It's HTTP header. > See: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3282.html > > > Is it required for validity? > > No. > > > I have a site that is being translated into 6 languages,so should I > > include all the languages in the "content-language" tag? > > No, only actual language of file you are sending. See examples in RFC. > > Personally I think that HTML lang (or xml:lang) attributes > are more appropriate (and precise). > > -- > regards, Kornel LesiÅski > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > -- Anthony Timberlake Owner - StaticHost Internet Services http://www.statichost.co.uk http://www.spikeradio.org ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
