From: ltru-bounces at ietf.org [mailto:ltru-bounces at ietf.org] On Behalf Of Mark Davis > Unicode ordering is not necessarily a good model, since > it applies to characters that reflect real usage, whereas > BCP47 is completely responsible for the meaning and syntax > of these subtags. The biggest way that Unicode breaks down as an analogy is that combining marks can interact graphically in terms of positional ordering, which gives a very transparent metaphor for encoded ordering, whereas for our subtags there is no obvious metaphor for what subtag ordering might mean other than increasing degrees of specificity -- and that is typically relevant in cases where a prefix is given, and always irrelevant if the subtags are fully independent (e.g. rozaj and fonipa). Peter _______________________________________________ Ltru mailing list Ltru at ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru
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