[db-wg] status and use/fulness of the geoloc: attribute - language attribute

On 19.09.2012 20:58, Jaap Akkerhuis wrote:
> Language tags has always been, and still are the source of conflicts
> in standard organisations (ISO and IETF etc.)
>
>      As an aside (I am ignorant with that regard), I have seen language encodings
>      being widely used that look like PT_PT or PT_BR. Difference or applicability?
>
> As far as I remember PT_PT stands for Portugees as spoken in Portugal while
> PT-BR denotes the Brazailian variant. So one sees American English, UK
> english etc.

And so on, and so on, and so on - e.g.:

de:    General German
de-de: German German
de-at: Austrian German
de-ch: Swiss German
de-li: Liechtenstein German
de-lu: Luxemburgian German
de-nl: Dutch German ;-)

Have a look at the language prefs of your browser of choice.

Best,

	-C.