Bob Stayton [[email protected]] wrote:
> Regarding the value of "de" versus "DE_DE", you may also see examples using "de-de", "de_DE", and other variants. I'm not clear that there is a single standard that everyone is to adhere to, which has led to the "too much flexibility" problem you mention. < The most current standard I know of is RFC 5646 (http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5646.txt), which uses the hyphen but mandates neither a specific capitalization rule nor the use of the country code. I've never actually seen a published standard that used the underscore, but I have seen it in practical use. ************************* Rob Cavicchio Principal Technical Writer & Information Architect EMC Captiva Information Intelligence Group EMC Corporation 3721 Valley Centre Drive, Ste 200 San Diego, CA 92130 P: (858) 320-1208 F: (858) 320-1010 E: [email protected] The opinions expressed here are my personal opinions. Content published here is not read or approved in advance by EMC and does not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of EMC.
