RE: TR35

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Peter Constable a écrit :
> A "language" is an attribute of content, and a "language" ID
> is used for
> declaration of that attribute.
>
> A "locale" is an operational mode of software processes, and
> a "locale"
> ID is used in APIs to set or determine that mode.

Oversimplified, I'm afraid. Consider machine translation software or
computer-aided translation tools (e.g. translation memories). In these:

  A "language" is an operational mode of software processes, and
  a "language" ID is used in APIs to set or determine that mode.

-- 
François

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