[Ltru] OT: ISO 639-6 RA
"Debbie Garside" <debbie@ictmarketing.co.uk> Fri, 12 September 2008 17:50 UTC
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Subject: [Ltru] OT: ISO 639-6 RA
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Hi It is with great regret that I write to inform you that ISO FDIS 639-6 may never be published as standard. After 7 years of hard work the standard is about to fall through a lack of funding for the RA and the final development stages of the standard. BSI say that it does not now fit their current business model. I quote "Unfortunately, I am not able to confirm that BSI will be able to assume any responsibility for the Registration Authority (RA) associated with the standard. Our holdings of RAs and Maintenance Agencies (MA) have been the subject of much internal discussion recently; we have concluded they do not fit with our business model and are resource heavy. Hence, over the past few months we have relinquished some of our holdings, as we are unable to fund them." As you all know, standards work is notoriously underfunded and unless BSI can see a fat profit in it, it is a no go. As you all also know, language standards are supposed to be free! A catch 22 situation! If there is a UK based profit making organization out there that would like to support this work please contact me. I would like to inform you that standards development counts as R & D for the purposes of tax credits. What this effectively means is that a company that is currently in profit can support ISO 639-6 and gain tax credits of 125%. In other words, as far as I am aware, it wouldn't cost anything and would save an additional 25% on your tax bill. I must now apologise to the members, Co-Chairs of LTRU and to ietf-languages for posting this message but needs must. Thanks for your time. Best regards Debbie Garside Editor ISO FDIS 639-6 Debbie Garside CEO The World Language Documentation Centre Corner House Barn Street Haverfordwest Pembrokeshire SA61 1BW Wales UK Tel: 0044 1437 766441 Fax: 0044 1437 766173 Web: http://www.thewldc.org _______________________________________________ Ltru mailing list Ltru@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru
- [Ltru] OT: ISO 639-6 RA Debbie Garside