Script codes in RFC 3066
John Cowan
jcowan at reutershealth.com
Wed Apr 9 10:16:59 CEST 2003
Caoimhin O Donnaile scripsit:
> I think that language codes should be "atomic", not hierarchic,
In general you are right. But we can't escape so easily from ISO 639-1/-2,
because so many systems already understand them. Saying cpf-hat for
Haitian Creole French gives systems that only understand "cpf" at least
some clue.
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