3). Registry format: IANA is switching its registries to XML. The WG should consider switching the format. Alternatively 4646bis should be updated to specify reasons for keeping the existing format.
IANA informed the WG that it was switching its registries to XML *internally* for maintenance purposes, and that its intent was not to require the revision of all existing protocols that did not already use XML. There are already tools and processes that use the Language Subtag Registry in its existing format. The WG argued at great length about this and decided not to make this breaking change. -- Doug Ewell * Thornton, Colorado, USA * RFC 4645 * UTN #14 http://www.ewellic.org http://www1.ietf.org/html.charters/ltru-charter.htmlhttp://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages ˆ
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