> From: ltru-bounces at ietf.org [mailto:ltru-bounces at ietf.org] On Behalf Of > Kent Karlsson > > The region-subtag-looking-thingies in "sgn-XX" were never true region > > subtags. That was the big problem with those tags; they did not mean > > quite what they looked like. "sgn-US" was registered as meaning > > "American Sign Language," which is not really the same as "sign > > languages as used in the United States," which is what you get if you > > take "sgn-US" apart. Admittedly this was a bit more plausible in > 2001, > > when we were still fooling ourselves that there was no generative > > mechanism and tags were completely atomic. I never bought into that principle, and always objected to those registrations accordingly. Even so, I agree that is the principle assumed by those tags: the bits that look like region IDs are not intended to be interpreted in the same way generative region IDs would be interpreted. Peter _______________________________________________ Ltru mailing list Ltru at ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru
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