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RE: [Ltru] Re: Moving Forward



All,

I'm working on a prototype revision to section 2.3 (Choice of Language Tag) that encapsulates this thread. I'll post it later this morning on this list.

I think it addresses your concerns Ira without being too onerous to implement in the registry.

Addison

Addison P. Phillips
Globalization Architect, Quest Software
Chair, W3C Internationalization Core Working Group

Internationalization is not a feature.
It is an architecture. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ltru-bounces at lists.ietf.org [mailto:ltru-bounces at lists.ietf.org] On
> Behalf Of McDonald, Ira
> Sent: jeudi 14 avril 2005 08:06
> To: 'Peter Constable'; LTRU Working Group
> Subject: RE: [Ltru] Re: Moving Forward
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Peter - your proposal appears to be wobbling between
> (1) One new field
>     - ExpectedScript (complete list)
> (2) Two new fields
>     - DefaultScript (do NOT use a script subtag)
>     - ExpectedScript (not including DefaultScript value??)
> 
> If this registry (and RFC3066bis) don't make VERY clear
> when script subtags MUST NOT be used, then we're making
> no headway.
> 
> Cheers,
> - Ira
> 
> Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
> Blue Roof Music / High North Inc
> PO Box 221  Grand Marais, MI  49839
> phone: +1-906-494-2434
> email: imcdonald at sharplabs.com
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ltru-bounces at lists.ietf.org
> > [mailto:ltru-bounces at lists.ietf.org]On
> > Behalf Of Peter Constable
> > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 10:20 AM
> > To: LTRU Working Group
> > Subject: RE: [Ltru] Re: Moving Forward
> >
> >
> > > From: ltru-bounces at lists.ietf.org
> > [mailto:ltru-bounces at lists.ietf.org]
> > On
> > > Behalf Of Doug Ewell
> >
> >
> > > I do think that anyone proposing that the initial registry contain
> > > default-script information for all 479 ISO 639-1 and -2 languages
> >
> > That is not what Frank or I have suggested. A default-script
> > field only
> > needs values for languages like English for which we don't want people
> > to use script subtags in general.
> >
> >
> >
> > Peter Constable
> >
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