Martin Duerst scripsit: > One thing I'm wondering about is the expected number of updates to > the ISO 639-3 registry. One theory would be that 639-3 is already > so comprehensive that updates will be very rare. Another theory is > that updates will be proportional to the number of code elements > registered, at a rate similar to 639-2. Peter, others, any idea > which theory might be better? According to http://www.ethnologue.com/ethno_docs/introduction.asp , the 15th (2005) edition of the Ethnologue, on which 639-3 is based, contains 7299 code elements, and has an increase of 103 code elements since the 14th (2000) edition. That is a growth rate of 20 code elements per year, or 0.27%. Essentially all of those are splits -- what the 14th edition called a single language, the 15th edition calls two or more languages based on additional evidence. And according to http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/codechanges.html , there have been 68 code elements added to 639-2 in the same period, a growth rate of 2.9%. So I'd say that it's unlikely that updates will be proportional to the number of code elements. -- John Cowan cowan at ccil.org http://ccil.org/~cowan You cannot enter here. Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go! --Gandalf _______________________________________________ Ltru mailing list Ltru at ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru
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