References (was Re: [xliff-tools] PO Representation Guide: The PO Header)

[Asgeir Frimannsson]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:19, Rodolfo M. Raya wrote:
> Here are a few comments about the PO Representation Guide:
>
> References
>
>
>         A definition of PO format or a link to an agreed standard
>         definition of PO format must be included in this section.
>
>
>         Definitions of the standards used in language related attributes
>         are essential. XLIFF specs says that language codes are not case
>         sensitive and also recommends following RFC3066; this RFC
>         recommends the ISO 639 codes, which are case sensitive (lower
>         case). Right now almost all Open Source projects working with PO
>         files use ISO 639-1 codes. The adopted language standard must be
>         clearly stated, to avoid potential conflicts with  tools that
>         use custom codes.
>

Agreed, we should link to agreed standards and RFC's mentioned.

cheers,
asgeir