Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) M. Davis
Request for Comments: 6497 Google
Category: Informational A. Phillips
ISSN: 2070-1721 Lab126
Y. Umaoka
IBM
C. Falk
Infinite Automata
February 2012
BCP 47 Extension T - Transformed Content
Abstract
This document specifies an Extension to BCP 47 that provides subtags
for specifying the source language or script of transformed content,
including content that has been transliterated, transcribed, or
translated, or in some other way influenced by the source. It also
provides for additional information used for identification.
Status of This Memo
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................2
1.1. Requirements Language ......................................4
2. BCP 47 Required Information .....................................4
2.1. Overview ...................................................4
2.2. Structure ..................................................6
2.3. Canonicalization ...........................................7
2.4. BCP 47 Registration Form ...................................8
2.5. Field Definitions ..........................................8
2.6. Registration of Field Subtags .............................10
2.7. Registration of Additional Fields .........................11
2.8. Committee Responses to Registration Proposals .............11
2.9. Machine-Readable Data .....................................11
3. Acknowledgements ...............................................14
4. IANA Considerations ............................................14
5. Security Considerations ........................................14
6. References .....................................................14
6.1. Normative References ......................................14
6.2. Informative References ....................................15
1. Introduction
[BCP47] permits the definition and registration of language tag
extensions "that contain a language component and are compatible with
applications that understand language tags". This document defines
an extension for specifying the source of content that has been
transformed, including text that has been transliterated,
transcribed, or translated, or in some other way influenced by the
source. It may be used in queries to request content that has been
transformed. The "singleton" identifier for this extension is 't'.
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Language tags, as defined by [BCP47], are useful for identifying the
language of content. There are mechanisms for specifying variant
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