Obtaining language from http headers

[mattgarrish]

A side-issue raised in #42 is whether http headers can be a fallback for obtaining the language of the publication.

Leaving for future discussion.

[BigBlueHat]

Anyone interested in discussing this issue should give HTTP headers, meta elements and language information a good, thorough read.

It'd also be best to "zoom out" a bit and read through these articles also: https://www.w3.org/International/articlelist#language

We will be receiving review from this group prior to any final publication (re: Coordination in our charter).

[iherman]

We should postpone (and keep open) this issue until we get to the point where we discuss the overall role of HTTP (e.g., what is the HTTP response on the address of a publication, etc)

[dauwhe]

Is there any other answer besides "do what browsers do"?

[iherman]

No... :-)

The manifest does not give any information on the language of the content of the resources. The language must be established as the browsers do indeed...

[iherman]

This issue was discussed in a meeting.

• RESOLVED: close #54

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Obtaining language from http headers #54
Tzviya Siegman: #54
Wendy Reid: Obtaining language from http headers (#54)
Wendy Reid: the issue is whether http headers can be fallback for determining the language of a publication
Tzviya Siegman: this is no longer relevant; it’s from a long time ago
Rachel Comerford: let’s add a comment saying this
Ivan Herman: I’ll clean the minutes then refer to them in a close comment
Resolution #5: close #54