Element: Language
Type
of proposal:
Fast-track
Type
of qualifier: Encoding scheme
Shepherd: Rebecca Guenther
Originator: Usage Board
Date
of Submission: 31 July 2001
Encoding
Scheme: RFC 3066
Name: RFC3066
Label: RFC 3066
Definition: Internet RFC 3066 'Tags for the Identification of
Languages' specifies a primary subtag which is a two-letter code taken from ISO
639 part 1 or a three-letter code taken from ISO 639 part 2, followed
optionally by a two-letter country code taken from ISO 3166. When a language in ISO 639 has both a
two-letter and three-letter code, use the two-letter code; when it has only a
three-letter code, use the three-letter code.
This RFC replaces RFC 1766.
See
Also: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3066.txt