ISSUE-4: Language tag references

Language tag references

State:

CLOSED

Product:

woff

Raised by:

Richard Ishida

Opened on:

2010-12-15

Description:

6.2.1 Extended Metadata Block
http://www.w3.org/TR/WOFF/#Metadata

WG Reviewed: Yes

"The possible values for the lang attribute can be found in the IANA Subtag Registry [Subtag]."

This implies that you can only use single subtags, since that is what the registry contains (with the exception of a few undesirable redundant and grandfathered tags.)

We think this should actually say:

"The possible values for the lang attribute MUST conform to BCP 47."

An there should be an entry for BCP 47 in the References section.

Similarly, the sentence

" A user agent displaying metadata is expected to choose a preferred language/locale to display from among those available, following RFC 4647 [RFC-4647]."

Would be better as

"A user agent displaying metadata is expected to choose a preferred language/locale to display from among those available, following a matching algorithm such as the lookup algorithm specified in BCP 47 (currently RFC 4647)."

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