Internationalization isn’t just translation. It’s about formatting dates, pluralizing words, sorting names, and more, all according to specific locales. Instead of relying on heavy third-party libraries, modern JavaScript offers the Intl API — a powerful, native way to handle i18n. A quiet reminder that the web truly is worldwide.

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Language tags are used in RDF to record the language, script, region and other characteristics of text strings. Unlike MARC, which uses language codes at the level of bibliographic records, language tags are assigned at the level of the individual property, which allows a great deal of useful specificity.

Simple explanation of the difference between Internationalization (i18n) and Localization (l10n).

“In this article I’ll fill you in on exactly what every working programmer should know. All that stuff about “plain text = ascii = characters are 8 bits” is not only wrong, it’s hopelessly wrong, and if you’re still programming that way, you’re not much better than a medical doctor who doesn’t believe in germs. Please do not write another line of code until you finish reading this article.”