> From: ltru-bounces at ietf.org [mailto:ltru-bounces at ietf.org] On Behalf Of > Doug Ewell > Second, the collection codes in -2 aren't a subset of -5 anyway, > because > of 'bih' and 'day' and 'him' which are in -2 but not -5. Yes, I know - > - > this is supposed to be just a one-time synchronization error, an > isolated anomaly, won't happen again, 639/JAC will be fixing it any day > now. Fine, I just know that they haven't fixed it yet, a month after > it was reported Sigh... At least this week LoC acknowledged that JAC made a decision wrt day to make it a collection and that there was an oversight regarding that in the preparation of 639-5. > > are included as primary language subtags in the registry. The > > 'Description' field of a collection typically includes the word > > "languages" to indicate that it represents more than one language. > > Why don't we simply direct the user to look for the magic field "Scope: > collection" in the Registry, instead of telling her to parse > Description fields for the word "languages" What a concept! (+1) > Should be "In the case of 'cmc', for example, the registry also > contains...." With the current wording, it looks as though only 'cmc' > is special in this regard. +1 > > The subtag 'gem' helps illustrate this further: since it is > > interpreted inclusively, content tagged with "en" (English), "de" > > (German), or "gsw" (Swiss German, Alemannic) could also (but SHOULD > > NOT) be tagged with "gem" (Germanic languages). Obviously, the > > languages in a collection are frequently not mutually intelligible, > as > > this example demonstrates. > > Should be "may not be" or "are not necessarily" mutually intelligible. > This one selected example doesn't demonstrate anything about whether > languages in a collection are "frequently" not mutually intelligible, > although we here on the list know that to be the case. In and of itself, the wording "are frequently not" is OK. I agree, though, that the gsw/de example does not demonstrate *that* claim, whereas Doug's wording, making a lesser claim, would be demonstrated by the example. Peter _______________________________________________ Ltru mailing list Ltru at ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru
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