README for I18N::LangTags Time-stamp: "2004-10-06 23:19:39 ADT" I18N::LangTags I18N::LangTags - functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language tags Language tags are a formalism, described in RFC 3066 (obsoleting 1766), for declaring what language form (language and possibly dialect) a given chunk of information is in. This library provides functions for common tasks involving language tags (notably the extraction of them, comparing them, and testing the formal validity of them) as is needed in a variety of protocols and applications. I18N::LangTags::List -- tags and names for human languages. This module goes from known language tag names ("fr-CA") to their English names ("Canadian French"). Its documentation also lists the several hundred known tags and some common subforms. You may find this useful as a reference. See the POD for more information. INSTALLATION You install I18N::LangTags and I18N::LangTags::List, as you would install any perl module library, by running these commands: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install If you want to install a private copy of I18N::LangTags in your home directory, then you should try to produce the initial Makefile with something like this command: perl Makefile.PL LIB=~/perl See perldoc perlmodinstall for more information on installing modules. DOCUMENTATION POD-format documentation is included in LangTags.pm. POD is readable with the 'perldoc' utility. See ChangeLog for recent changes. SUPPORT Questions, bug reports, useful code bits, and suggestions for I18N::LangTags should just be sent to me at sburke@cpan.org AVAILABILITY The latest version of I18N::LangTags is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit to find a CPAN site near you. COPYRIGHT Copyright 1998+, Sean M. Burke , all rights reserved. The programs and documentation in this dist are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.