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[Ltru] 4.6: private use subtags convey... (nothing except by prior agreement)



The current draft has this in Section 4.6:

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Subtags defined in the IANA registry as having a specific private use meaning convey more information that a purely private use tag prefixed by the singleton subtag 'x'.
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Strictly speaking, that's not true: a private-use *subtag* conveys *no* information (except by private convention -- which is clearly not assumed in this statement), and so cannot convey more information than anything else.

Suggested revision:

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Tags created using subtags defined in the IANA registry as having a specific private use meaning can convey more information that a purely private use tag prefixed by the singleton subtag 'x'.
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Also, this wording is a bit problematic:

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However, in some cases content tagged with private use subtags MAY interact with other systems in a different and possibly unsuitable manner compared to tags that use opaque, privately defined subtags, so the choice of the best approach sometimes depends on the particular domain in question.
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Tags that use private-use subtags vs. tags that use opaque, privately-defined subtags? Those sound the same.

Suggested revision:

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However, in some cases content tagged with private-use subtags MAY interact with other systems in a different and possibly unsuitable manner compared to tags that use opaque, private-use subtag sequences prefixed by 'x', so the choice of the best approach sometimes depends on the particular domain in question.
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Peter
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