When you interact with various websites and HTTP protocol servers, a concept you may encounter is language tags (Language Tags) found in RFC 9110. In large-scale systems and web communications, these tags can play a crucial role in determining the language of web content. However, what exactly are language tags and why are they important?
Language tags can be standards-compliant types that are processed by browsers and servers allowing for web content to be presented in the requested language that was sent in requests. This is especially common for multilingual sites, as providing better services to users based on their preferred language can be helpful.
The guidelines in RFC 9110 specifically address the subject of language tags. These standards include various formats for constructing language tags that can be accepted by servers and user agents, allowing for the suitable language to be determined for content. In this context, language tags have a specific structure, usually in the form of a simple code such as "en" (for English) or "fr" (for French).
Using language tags in HTTP enables you to provide a better user experience. With this, you can not only present more relevant content to users, but also resolve issues of incorrect or inappropriate content display as well as enhance the SEO aspects of your website.
These tags also provide developers with the ability to engage in more complex interactions such as selecting the appropriate language for users based on geographical location.
{ "language-range": "es-ES" }
"{ "language-range": "es-ES" }" signifies an indication of interest in receiving site content in Spanish and European Spanish.
"language-range" is a parameter defining the range of language, here indicating Spanish and the European variant of Spanish.
"es-ES" is the code that represents the specified Spanish and the location associated with it.