Re: [Ltru] Updated draft-4646bis...

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On 7/17/07, Addison Phillips <addison@yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
>
> NB> In inserting this text, I edited it for flow and formatting. I
> eliminated some redundant (and, in my view, slightly hyperbolic) text.
> The inserted text reads:
>
> --
> <t>The 'mis' (Uncoded) primary language subtag identifies content whose
> language is known but which does not currently have a corresponding
> subtag. This subtag SHOULD NOT be used. Because the addition of other
> codes in the future can render its application invalid, it is inherently
> unstable and hence incompatible with the stability goals of BCP 47. It
> is always preferable to use other subtags: either 'und' or (with prior
> agreement) private use subtags.</t>
> --
>
> I moved the definition to the first sentence so that this item is more
> like the surrounding items.
>
> Addison
>
> Mark Davis wrote:
> > I don't see the following in the text, although I believe there was
> > rough consensus. You have something there, but the language is not
> > nearly forceful enough).
> >
> > The ' mis' (Uncoded) primary language subtag SHOULD NOT be used.
> > According to ISO 639, it is used to identify linguistic content whose
> > language is known but which does not *currently* have a corresponding
> > subtag. It is thus intrinsically unstable -- the addition of other codes
> > in the future can render its application invalid at any point without
> > any warning -- and hence incompatible with the stability goals of BCP
> > 47. It is thus always preferable to use other subtags: either "und" or
> > -- with prior agreement -- private use subtags.
> >
> > See:
> >
> >
> >       date
> >       Jun 16, 2007 8:29 AM
> >
> >       subject
> >       Suggested language for "mis" (Re: [Ltru] RE: ISO 639-2 decision:
> "mis")
> >
> >
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On 7/17/07, *Addison Phillips* <addison@yahoo-inc.com
> > <mailto:addison@yahoo-inc.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     All,
> >
> >     I have just completed and posted my edits to draft-07. I have not
> yet
> >     submitted them to the ID Editor... as Martin points out, the integer
> >     burning forge is currently on hiatus, pending IETF #69.
> >
> >     However, the edits are all in place and can be used to further the
> >     discussion. Note that I have not incorporated the proposed text
> related
> >     to Macrolanguage. However I have incorporated my proposed UTF-8
> changes.
> >
> >     A diff from draft-06 can be accessed here:
> >
> >        http://tinyurl.com/2o7t6m
> >
> >     The documents posted are:
> >
> >        http://www.inter-locale.com/ID/draft-ietf-ltru-4646bis-07.html
> >        http://www.inter-locale.com/ID/draft-ietf-ltru-4646bis-07.txt
> >        http://www.inter-locale.com/ID/draft-ietf-ltru-4646bis-07.xml
> >
> >     Happy commenting.
> >
> >     Addison
> >
> >     --
> >     Addison Phillips
> >     Globalization Architect -- Yahoo! Inc.
> >     Chair -- W3C Internationalization Core WG
> >
> >     Internationalization is an architecture.
> >     It is not a feature.
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Mark
>
> --
> Addison Phillips
> Globalization Architect -- Yahoo! Inc.
> Chair -- W3C Internationalization Core WG
>
> Internationalization is an architecture.
> It is not a feature.
>


-- 
Mark