I'm clearly against it, for several reasons: - I don't like punycode, and I don't think it should get any mention or use in any context other than internationalized domain names (where it should be strictly limited to use within the protocol, and the necessary application stubs, but not be exposed to the user). - I think that of all things, language tags should stay ASCII only. I have worked, and am still working, to get more and more of the Web and the Internet internationalized. This includes Web addresses and domain names. The reason for the difference between language tags and domain names and so is that language tags are on a lower level. I.e. it doesn't make sense to have language tags in multiple languages or scripts, because this would create difficult bootstrap issues. - Please note that alpha-8 is discriminatory for languages that use the Latin script, too. Many words are longer than 8 letters. Regards, Martin. At 08:58 05/07/14, Randy Presuhn wrote: >Hi - > >Can I get a hum on whether to add the proposed text? > >Randy, ltru co-chair > > >> From: "r&d afrac" <rd at afrac.org> >> To: "Randy Presuhn" <randy_presuhn at mindspring.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 7:08 AM >> Subject: Re: [Ltru] Re: [psg.com #1061] eliminate (or proscribe) Private >Use Tags >... >> "The use of "x-" has no particular meaning regarding the nature of the >> private subtags." >> or >> "The use of "x-" is to introduce the private extension of the format. It >> may in particular be used for multilingual or punycoded subtags." >> >> The Alpha8 is discreminatory against internationalised subtags, as punycode >> can imply punycoded string of different length for internationalised >> strings of similar length. >... > >Presumably this would go in 2.2 where it currently says: > o The single letter subtag 'x' is reserved to introduce a sequence > of private-use subtags. The interpretation of any private-use > subtags is defined solely by private agreement and is not defined > by the rules in this section or in any standard or registry > defined in this document. > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Ltru mailing list >Ltru at lists.ietf.org>https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru
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