Re: Last Call: 'Tags for Identifying Languages' to BCP

[Bruce Lilly <blilly at erols.com>]

>  Date: 2005-08-28 20:33
>  From: "JFC (Jefsey) Morfin" <jefsey at jefsey.com>

> The problem are:
[...]
> - the lack of alternative (are we sure there are no other 
> architectural way to address the same need without information leak)

I think the answer is "yes".  For tagging of content, there is no "leak",
only information -- that is the entire point of the tag.  For negotiation,
there necessarily has to be some exchange of information ("I prefer X").

> - the lack of encryption

See above re. the necessity of information exchange.  TLS is available to
protect against eavesdropping.

> - the "spam" aspect: I am imposed to receive the langtag.

You can of course ignore it if you wish.  I also fail to understand how
you can be opposed to a language tag as "spam" yet at the same time
apparently wish to compound the amount of "spam" by including icons,
dictionaries, timestamps, etc.  

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