Fwd: wadegile and pinyin LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORMs

[Michael Everson <[e-mail]>]

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> From: "Mark Davis" <[e-mail]>
> Date: 26 August 2008 00:33:31 IST
> To: "Michael Everson" <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Re: wadegile and pinyin LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORMs
>
> The answer is that there is no requirement in BCP47 that all  
> possible variant subtags for a given language be registered at once.

I am aware of that.

> When arevela or 1996 or 1606nict or any other variant was  
> registered, there was no call for all possible subtags for the base  
> languages be registered. Now, as you know, we have found the need to  
> register a Belarussian variant subtag contrasting with tarask, but  
> that didn't block the initial registration of tarask: it is only  
> that nobody at the time saw a need for it, which is now being  
> addressed.

There's nothing wrong with me asking Why didn't you think of a  
particularly important Taiwanese romanization that is used in a lot of  
inputting software.

> If others want to register additional variant subtags for Chinese  
> romanizations, that is up to them to make a proposal. We only have  
> need for these two, at the current time. If and when we need more,  
> if they haven't be yet registered we'll make a proposal at that time.

There is nothing improper about my asking you to think about whether  
it would also be valuable to you, now or in the future, to register  
one or more additional tags. It's not really OK for you to have  
ignored my queries, which were addressed to you. I understand that  
Google has certain interests. I believed I was asking a question  
congruent with those interests.

Please respond to my question with respect to the additional  
orthographies I mentioned.

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com