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Re: [Ltru] 639-5 (was RE: ISO 639 language code addition rules...)



John Cowan 2008-06-01 21.11:

> Kent Karlsson scripsit:


>> But I would like some firmer recording in the LSR of the fact that a
>> code is a collection/family code (rather than relying on "languages"
>> or "(family)" being part of the name, or just referring back to 639-5).
>> Something like "Type: language collection" or similar.
> 
> +1
> 
>> Pushing this a
>> bit, macrolanguages should similarly be explicitly recorded as such
>> (rather than just implicitly), by something like "Type: macrolanguage"
> 
> I think that's just an invitation to error: it violates the DRY rule.

Don't Repeat Yourself. However, if as Addisin proposed, this info 
should go into a separate Attribute field, then I can't see how 
the Macrolanguage attribute/information can be skipped.
-- 
leif halvard sili
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