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L.Gillam <L dot Gillam at surrey dot ac dot uk> wrote:

> Jefsey's last few statements made me realise a possible solution for
> him.
>
> He identified a desire to use a tag "jefsey-2005" or similar.
>
> Of course, he can do this with private use extensions. This also seems
> to be an applicable solution for his "nations".
>
> So, if Jefsey tags his content with "en-x-jefsey-2005", the list can
> configure its content-acceptance accordingly.
>
> Whether such a tag would only be accepted if it has been given a name
> in every possible language is another matter.

I agree with Lee.  I've thought for quite some time that Jefsey's need
to tag "referent" and "style" would be best met with private-use
subtags.

His example of "jefsey-2005" illustrates what he has said many times,
that his "referent" subtag would go down to the level of "individual
variations."  Since nobody's ever going to register subtags for tens of
thousands of individual speakers, let alone billions (no hyperbole
here), it seems appropriate and reasonable to use the private-use
mechanism for that.

And until "style" is defined in somewhat more stable and concrete terms
than what I have seen so far, that might be a good candidate for
private-use subtags as well.

-Doug Ewell
 Fullerton, California
 http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/



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