Huh? You mean putting a subtag into the language tag to indicate what kind (generation) of tag it is? The 3066bis scheme represents a narrowing of the 3066 grammar for language tags. Unlike 3066, it represents a full description of every subtag, including those unassigned by 3066bis. It will not be possible to create a new, different, grammar for language tags without breaking compatibility with 3066bis. Any "3066ter" or later will essentially provide additional rules for putting things into the registry, not modify the grammar of a tag. What will be more important to archivists will be the registry date. This will define what subtags were valid at the time. (Once we switch to a registry, the scheme itself is less important than the registry) Putting a subtag into the tag to indicate the scheme is a colossal waste as it conveys no useful information. But I may be misunderstanding your comment, since you put the (Scheme_RFC_3066_bis) on the left side of the ABNF statement. Best Regards, 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 Debbie Garside > Sent: den 3 juli 2005 02:59 > To: ltru at ietf.org > Subject: [Ltru] Referencing the Scheme within the Tag > > An issue that I still feel quite strongly about is the referencing of the > encoding scheme within the language tag itself; I believe it is essential > for long term archival processes. I would like to propose the addition of > the following: > > "Implementers MAY reference this scheme within the language tag itself > using > the following syntax: > > Language-Tag (Scheme_RFC_3066_bis) = ..." or some such... > > This would be particularly useful when tagging cultural information for > archival purposes e.g. digitalised manuscripts. It would give archivists > the ability to maintain, reference and update their systems. > > > Debbie Garside > www.linguasphere.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Ltru mailing list > Ltru at lists.ietf.org > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru _______________________________________________ Ltru mailing list Ltru at lists.ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru
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