W3C resource, approved by consensus. (Includes Working Drafts.)
Non-W3C resource or W3C resource that is not yet approved by consensus.
Recommended technique.
This page lists links to resources on the W3C Internationalization Activity site and elsewhere that help you use internationalization features of SVG. It is a subpage of the techniques index. A dynamic version of this page is also available, to help you get an overview and drill down quickly to what you need.
On this page: Characters • Language • Text direction
Introducing character sets and encodings
W3C Getting Started article.
Character encodings for beginners
What is a character encoding, and why should I care? W3C article.
Brief overview of encoding declarations. W3C article.
W3C article.
W3C article.
What is the 'Document Character Set' for XML and HTML, and how does it relate to the encodings I use for my documents? W3C article.
Using character entities and NCRs
What are character entity and NCR escapes, and when should I use them? W3C article.
W3C Getting Started article.
How to choose the right attribute values. W3C article.
W3C article.
Why use the language attribute?
Why use the language attribute? W3C article.
In W3C document, Best Practices for XML Internationalization.
How to choose the right attribute values. W3C article.
How do I use language markup in HTML or XML content when I don't know the language, or the content is non-linguistic? (W3C article)
IANA's language tag registry.
Language Subtag Registry search tool
User friendly interface to IANA's language tag registry by Richard Ishida.
Points to a document containing both RFC 4646 (Tags for the Identification of Languages) and RFC 4647 (Matching Language Tags)
RFC 4646 Tags for the Identification of Languages
The specification.
RFC 4647 Matching of Language Tags
The specification.
Why use the language attribute?
Why use the language attribute? W3C article.
Follow the guidelines in the IETF's BCP 47 for language attribute values.
Use the subtag zxx when the text is known to be not in any language.
Which language tag is right for me? How do I choose language and other subtags? Covers all the subtag types in the latest version of BCP47. W3C article.
A simple overview of the syntax for language tags in BCP 47. W3C article.
In W3C techniques document, Specifying Language in XHTML and HTML Content.
How do I use language markup in HTML or XML content when I don't know the language, or the content is non-linguistic? W3C article.
Two-letter or three-letter language codes
Should I use two-letter or three-letter ISO language codes in language tags? W3C article.
This is the official location where you will find all subtags available for use in language tags.
User friendly interface to IANA's language tag registry by Richard Ishida. Provides for checking of subtags as well as lookup. Up-to-date with latest version of BCP 47.
Points to a document containing both RFC 5646 (Tags for the Identification of Languages) and RFC 4647 (Matching Language Tags)
RFC 5646 Tags for the Identification of Languages
The specification.
RFC 4647 Matching of Language Tags
The specification.
Attributes for character-content elements
xml:lang in the SVG Tiny 1.2 spec (section 5.10.2)
The xml:lang and xml:space attributes
xml:lang in the SVG 1.1 spec (section 5.10.2)
xml:lang in the XML spec (section 2.12)
Creating SVG Tiny Pages in Arabic, Hebrew and other Right-to-Left Scripts
Tutorial.
Bidi formatting codes vs. markup for bidi support
To correctly format bidi text in (X)HTML or XML content, should I use Unicode control codes or markup? FAQ-based article.
CSS vs. markup for bidi support
Should I use CSS or markup to correctly format Unicode-based bidirectional (bidi) text in HTML and XML-based markup languages? FAQ-based article.
Unicode controls vs. markup for bidi support
To correctly format bidi text in (X)HTML or XML content, should I use Unicode control codes or markup? W3C FAQ-based article.
Using Unicode controls for bidi text
If I'm unable to use markup to correctly order bidirectional text, what can I do? FAQ-based article.
Unicode in XML and other Markup Languages
Unicode Technical Report #20.
