<div dir="auto">Some 14 years(!) ago, I raised the issue of a language code for marking up the taxonomic names of living things:<br><br>   <a href="http://www.alvestrand.no/pipermail/ietf-languages/2003-February/000574.html">http://www.alvestrand.no/pipermail/ietf-languages/2003-February/000574.html</a><br><br>But that came to nothing. I blogged about the same issue, in 2008:<br><br>   <a href="http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/marking-up-the-scientific-names-of-living-things/">http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/marking-up-the-scientific-names-of-living-things/</a><br><br>when Gregor Hagedorn made a similar proposal:<br><br>   <a href="http://mailman.nhm.ku.edu/pipermail/taxacom/2008-June/027271.html">http://mailman.nhm.ku.edu/pipermail/taxacom/2008-June/027271.html</a><br><br>The issue of how to indicate the language of these names, which are not in Latin, English, or any other regular spoken language, still vexes web editors and others.<br><br>I would welcome suggestions as to how this might finally be resolved.<br><br>-- <br>Andy Mabbett<br>@pigsonthewing<br><a href="http://pigsonthewing.org.uk">http://pigsonthewing.org.uk</a></div>