Re: [Ietf-languages] Language subtag registration form

[John Cowan <[e-mail]>]

On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 6:37 PM Sebastian Drude <[e-mail]> wrote:

> I only do not agree with the characterization as a "Sociolect" -- a
> variety of a language which is characteristic for a certain (social) group
> within the whole speaker community.  As the applicant explains, the same
> speakers/writers may use it in the same text, so this is (according to the
> upcoming ISO TC 21636) clearly some kind of *register*, not a sociolect.
>

It might also be characterized as a chronolect.  Currently this committee
uses them only for specific orthographic reforms like DE-1901 for the
codified orthography of that year, but there is nothing preventing
something like "DE-cent16" for 16th century German from being registered.
(This would be incorrectly understood in Italian, where _Seicento_ means
1600-1699, but we can't have everything.)  In this case there is no actual
date, of course.

> Which brings us back to the question of how in the future the 8 dimensions
> identified in ISO TC 21636 can be reflected/applied in the current
> frameworks, in particular BCP 47).  Are there members of this group who
> would like to participate with me in a working group that would work out
> proposals for that?
>

Unfortunately, there is no information publicly available on these 8
dimensions that I can find.  Is there any description not behind the ISO
paywall, or can you prepare a short precis?  I would be interested if so.