What did you see from the IBM webpage's <head> section?

To do:

  1. Find the properties that has the prefix:
    1. "DC"
    2. "IBM"
    3. no prefix
  2. Find the property for 'date'
    1. What does this statement tells us?
    2. Who decided that the date should be coded like this?
      • look for scheme="iso8601"
      • Practice: write a value according to this scheme: May 12, 2011.
  3. Find the property for 'language'.
    1. What does this statement tells us?
    2. Who decided that the language should be coded like this?
      • look for 'scheme="rfc1766"
      • If I do not follow this scheme, will the code be different? Yes, see how Library of Congress use: ISO639-2

IBM source code

Examples of metadata statements from IBM Web sites for particular countries and languages.

Statement pattern

Where [xxx] could have the values as

 

<meta content= “[xxx]” name= “IBM.Country” />

Note: “IBM.Country” is a list of country names defined by IBM.

“US” (United States)
“GB” (United Kingdom)
“CN” (China)
“GR” (Greece)

Example:
<meta content= “US” name= “IBM.Country” />  
Where: IBM US home page at http://www.ibm.com/us/en/

 

<meta content= “[xxx]” scheme= “rfc1766” name= “DC.Language” />

Note: Scheme “rfc1766” indicates a value standard, RFC1766 Tags for the Identification of Languages.

“en-US” (English used in the United States)
“en-GB” (English used in United Kingdom)
“zh-CN” (Chinese used in mainland China)
“el-GR”  (Greek used in Greece) 

Example: 
<meta content= “en-GB” scheme= “rfc1766” name= “DC.Language” />
 Where: IBM United Kingdom (UK) home page at http://www.ibm.com/uk/en/