[Foundation-l] Language codes to rename

[Brion Vibber]

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Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> Hoi,
> Do not forget the als.wikipedia.org. It stands for Alsatian, but the als
> code is the Tosk language. The "gsw" code is the code that should have been
> used.
> http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=gsw

Adding it to my list, thanks!

> The nrm.wikipedia is also using a wrong code. nrm is Narom, a language from
> Malaysia. Nourmande is not recognised as a language, consequently there is
> no code available for it. I propose to use qaa for this.
> http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/scope.asp#R

I'd recommend roa-x-norman (generic Romance code with an extension tag)
rather than a private-use identifier.

Private-use identifiers are meant more for things like internal coding
within an application; such as where you'd want to indicate that a
document is not in a human language, or maybe a special mixed setting
that's specific to your organization's internal usage such as "not yet
inspected for coding" or something.

Per spec: "These identifiers may only be used locally, and may not be
used in interchange without a private agreement."

The purpose of using language codes on the web as we do is explicitly
for interchange with browser software, end users (as a navigation marker
in the URL), and content reusers.

- -- brion

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