Addison Phillips <addison at yahoo dash inc dot com> wrote: >> "Thus, a parser need not have an up-to-date copy (or any copy at all) >> of the IANA Language Subtag Registry to perform most searching and >> matching operations." > > Done, although I edited the sentence somewhat in order to address this > issue. It now reads: > > -- > Thus, a parser need not have a list of valid tags or subtags (such as > a copy of some version of the IANA Language Subtag Registry) in order > to perform common searching and matching operations. > -- > > I admit to some pain removing the pithy "or any copy at all". Actually I prefer my version, which is not only higher in pith but also avoids giving the impression that any old list of valid tags or subtags is an acceptable substitute for the LSR. An alternative way to address the forward-reference issue would be "... the IANA Language Subtag Registry (described in Section 3) to perform..." But this is not critical. > Done. I did a search-and-replace. Note that a few instances of naked > "ISO 3166" remain. These are all references to ISO 3166 as a standards > body or in general. When in doubt, I made it ISO 3166-1. Perfect. > (editor hat off) I think a declaration from the chairs on this item is > in order. I thought it was at or near consensus myself. Should I wait on draft-4645bis-05 then, or go ahead with it? >> I was surprised to see RFC 4645, which pertained to RFC 4646, listed >> as a normative reference while draft-4645bis, which pertains to the >> present draft, is only listed as informative... > > Actually, this is deliberate and probably NOT an error. RFC 4645 did, > in fact, define the list in question. There is a reference to the > document in normative language in Section 2.2.4, item 3, subitem E. OK. -- Doug Ewell * Fullerton, California, USA * RFC 4645 * UTN #14 http://www.ewellic.org http://www1.ietf.org/html.charters/ltru-charter.html http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages ˆ _______________________________________________ Ltru mailing list Ltru at ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru
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