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 understand how to use multilngual aspects of your browser. 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 • Web addresses
Character encodings for beginners
W3C article.
How can I check the character encoding information sent in the HTTP header of a web document? W3C article.
Checking the character encoding using the validator
How can I check that the character encoding of my document is correct using the W3C HTML Validator? W3C article.
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Setting language preferences in a browser article
How do I use the language settings of my browser to specify the language in which a server should send me pages?
Choosing a Language Tag article
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.
Language tags in HTML and XML article
A simple overview of the syntax for language tags in BCP 47.
W3C Internationalization Checker page
Find out what Accept-Language information is actually being sent by your browser. (Run the checker on any page, then in the Information panel, look under Request Headers > Accept-Language.)
Language Subtag Lookup tool page
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.
An Introduction to Multilingual Web Addresses
Explains in simple terms what happens behind the scenes if you want to use non-English characters in Web addresses. W3C article.
