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Re: [Ietf-languages] I-D Action: draft-msporny-d-langtag-ext-00.txt

Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> Mon, 27 May 2019 20:00 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Ietf-languages] I-D Action: draft-msporny-d-langtag-ext-00.txt
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On 5/26/19 10:20 PM, Michael Everson wrote:
> I don’t buy the whole enterprise. Why does this need to be tagged? 
> The encoded characters have RTL or LTR properties. The script codes 
> can be parsed with knowledge of what script is what. Why is that not 
> adequate?

Here's some background, Michael:

https://github.com/w3c/rdf-dir-literal/issues/3#issuecomment-496004819

... and why we're having this discussion:

https://github.com/w3c/rdf-dir-literal/issues/3#issuecomment-496006350

... and what the current proposed spec text in the Verifiable
Credentials Data Model specification regarding i18n states:

https://pr-preview.s3.amazonaws.com/w3c/vc-data-model/pull/641.html#internationalization-considerations

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