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Re: Last Call: 'Tags for Identifying Languages' to BCP

David Hopwood <david.nospam.hopwood@blueyonder.co.uk> Wed, 24 August 2005 15:34 UTC

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JFC (Jefsey) Morfin wrote:
> I would like to understand why 
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ltru-registry-12.txt 
> claims to be a BCP: it introduces a standard track proposition, 
> conflicting with current practices and development projects under way?

I've read this draft and see nothing wrong with it. Having a fixed,
unambiguous way to parse the elements of a language tag is certainly
a good idea. What specific current practices do you think it conflicts
with?

> I support it as a transition standard track RFC needed by some, as long 
> as it does not exclude more specific/advanced language identification 
> formats, processes or future IANA or ISO 11179 conformant registries.

The grammar defined in the draft is already flexible enough.

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David Hopwood <david.nospam.hopwood@blueyonder.co.uk>


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