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[Ltru] [psg.com #985] Specify case rules for canonical tags



Hi -

> Comment registry-cowan-04 in message
> http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ltru/current/msg00607.html
> reads:
> Proposal registry-cowan-04: Specify case rules for canonical tags
>
> CURRENT:  Canonicalizing a tag does not affect the case of the letters
> in it.
>
> PROPOSED: Canonicalizing a tag adjusts the case of the letters as
> follows:
>
> 1) The first letter of a script subtag is upper case; 2) Both
> letters of an alpha region subtag are upper case; 3) All other
> letters are lower case.
>
> RATIONALE:  These are the de facto canonicalization rules for ISO 639,
> ISO 3166, and ISO 15924 codes. Since we have not had canonical tags
> before, there is no previous practice to contradict.  The requirement
> for case-insensitive matching may be eliminated if all tags being
> matched
> are known to be canonical.

There was some discussion of this proposal, but it wasn't clear (to me at
least) whether there was agreement at the end.  Consequently, I haven't
closed this item.  Would we be content to wrap this this up as a "reject",
or does it need further discussion?

Randy, ltru co-chair




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