Re: [Ietf-languages] Script subtag registrations

[Doug Ewell <[e-mail]>]

Hi Sebastian,

This is a good question for someone new to the system.

We register two broad classes of subtags into the Language Subtag Registry:

1. those that are based on one of the core standards, and
2. those that are not.

Primary language subtags that are 2 or 3 letters long, extended language (extlang) subtags, script subtags, and region subtags are based on one of ISO 639-1, 639-2, 639-3, 639-5, 3166-1, 15924, or UN M49. When a change is made to the code list of one of these standards, we register one or more subtags to reflect that change, and in that case the only justification that is needed is to keep up with the core standards. They have their own review committees and we do not second-guess their decisions. The main purpose of the two-week review is to check the proposed subtag for clerical errors, such as typos. These proposals are almost never rejected.

Variant subtags are proposed on this list by individuals (who may represent an organization or group). The list may debate whether the variant actually exists, whether the subtag value and Description field(s) are "good" (i.e. representative of the variant, meaningful, unlikely to be confused with another), whether the references are sufficient, and so on. Good justification is usually required to support the request, since we are the review committee. At the end of the review period, the Reviewer either accepts or rejects the proposal or extends the review period for more discussion; all of these outcomes commonly occur.

The latter scenario would also apply to primary language subtags 5 to 8 letters long, although we have never registered one and there would be intense resistance against any attempt to do so.

Hope this helps,

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ietf-languages <[e-mail]> On Behalf Of Sebastian Drude
Sent: Monday, February 1, 2021 14:38
To: Doug Ewell <[e-mail]>; [e-mail]
Subject: Re: [Ietf-languages] Script subtag registrations

Dear Doug, all,


As you know, I am new to this, so please bear with me...

I see that the information provided is rather sketchy, no references to external documents...

Probably this is due to the fact that these changes are being proposed merely in order to sync with ISO 15924, where the respective material that  support these new script records have already been checked -- is that correct?  In that case, I have no objections.  Otherwise I would like to know whether this forum always decides on such a (in my view) thin basis?

Contentwise, there is of course no doubt to me that these scripts did exist, were different from other scripts and that they should receive codes if these are needed.


Best,

Sebastian (Drude)

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On 28/01/2021 20:53, Doug Ewell wrote:
> Five new script code elements have been added to ISO 15924: