README for I18N::LangTags Time-stamp: "1998-12-15 00:03:44 MST" I18N::LangTags I18N::LangTags - functions for dealing with RFC1766-style language tags Language tags are a formalism, described in RFC 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 as they are needed in a variety of protocols and applications. The functions it currently provides are: is_language_tag($lang1) extract_language_tags($whatever) same_language_tag($lang1, $lang2) similarity_language_tag($lang1, $lang2) is_dialect_of($lang1, $lang2) super_languages($lang1) See the POD for more information. INSTALLATION You install I18N::LangTags, 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 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@netadventure.net 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. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.