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Re: [Ltru] 3.1.6: Preferred-Value field for extlangs



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> The 'Preferred-Value' field in subtag records of type "extlang" use
> the same format as grandfathered or redundant tags. This allows the
> subtag to be deprecated in favor of either a single primary
> language subtag or a new language-extlang sequence.
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>
> It's not clear to me what's meant: in just what way is the format
> the same as for grandfathered or redundant tags? The requirements
> stated in 3.1.1 that apply to *all* fields would be one similarity,
> but obviously that's not what was in mind. Is it that the field
> "contains language ranges that are strongly RECOMMENDED for use in
> place of the record's value"? It's just not clear, but should be.

We already modified this in the editor's copy. Currently it reads:

<t>For fields of type 'extlang', 'grandfathered', or 'redundant', 'Preferred-Value' contains an extended language range that is preferred for forming the language tag. That is, each of the subtags that appears in the value MUST appear in the replacement tag; additional fields can be included in a language tag as described elsewhere in this document. For example, the replacement for the grandfathered tag "zh-min-nan" (Min Nan Chinese) is "nan", which can be used as the basis for tags such as "nan-Hant" or "nan-TW" (note that the extended language subtag form such as "zh-nan-Hant" or "zh-nan-TW" can also be used).</t>

Addison
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