IETF Logo Mail Archive

Re: [Ltru] Macrolanguage usage

Leif Halvard Silli <lhs@malform.no> Tue, 20 May 2008 11:51 UTC

Return-Path: <ltru-bounces@ietf.org>
X-Original-To: ltru-archive@megatron.ietf.org
Delivered-To: ietfarch-ltru-archive@core3.amsl.com
Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by core3.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9940628C0E8; Tue, 20 May 2008 04:51:25 -0700 (PDT)
X-Original-To: ltru@core3.amsl.com
Delivered-To: ltru@core3.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by core3.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 214C128C0D0 for <ltru@core3.amsl.com>; Tue, 20 May 2008 04:51:25 -0700 (PDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -2.166
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.166 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.433, BAYES_00=-2.599]
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([64.170.98.32]) by localhost (core3.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ZnyG4VnsKXxO for <ltru@core3.amsl.com>; Tue, 20 May 2008 04:51:19 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from lakepoint.domeneshop.no (lakepoint.domeneshop.no [194.63.248.54]) by core3.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42B5928C1A5 for <ltru@ietf.org>; Tue, 20 May 2008 04:51:19 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from 10013.local (cm-84.208.108.246.getinternet.no [84.208.108.246]) (authenticated bits=0) by lakepoint.domeneshop.no (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m4KBp7Q5018547; Tue, 20 May 2008 13:51:07 +0200
Message-ID: <4832BB2B.8070805@malform.no>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 13:51:07 +0200
From: Leif Halvard Silli <lhs@malform.no>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8.1b1) Gecko/20060724 Thunderbird/2.0a1 Mnenhy/0.7.4.666
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Shawn Steele <Shawn.Steele@microsoft.com>
References: <mailman.494.1210865385.5128.ltru@ietf.org> <00a901c8b6f5$c04529a0$e6f5e547@DGBP7M81> <DDB6DE6E9D27DD478AE6D1BBBB83579562E143D665@NA-EXMSG-C117.redmond.corp.microsoft.com>, <4D25F22093241741BC1D0EEBC2DBB1DA013A118FF0@EX-SEA5-D.ant.amazon.com> <C9BF0238EED3634BA1866AEF14C7A9E561554BEAF9@NA-EXMSG-C116.redmond.corp.microsoft.com>, <4D25F22093241741BC1D0EEBC2DBB1DA013A218331@EX-SEA5-D.ant.amazon.com> <C9BF0238EED3634BA1866AEF14C7A9E561554BEB05@NA-EXMSG-C116.redmond.corp.microsoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <C9BF0238EED3634BA1866AEF14C7A9E561554BEB05@NA-EXMSG-C116.redmond.corp.microsoft.com>
Cc: LTRU Working Group <ltru@ietf.org>, Doug Ewell <doug@ewellic.org>
Subject: Re: [Ltru] Macrolanguage usage
X-BeenThere: ltru@ietf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9
Precedence: list
List-Id: Language Tag Registry Update working group discussion list <ltru.ietf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru>, <mailto:ltru-request@ietf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://www.ietf.org/pipermail/ltru>
List-Post: <mailto:ltru@ietf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:ltru-request@ietf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru>, <mailto:ltru-request@ietf.org?subject=subscribe>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Sender: ltru-bounces@ietf.org
Errors-To: ltru-bounces@ietf.org

Shawn Steele 2008-05-16 21.39:
> So I'm thinking something more like this (draft, I don't really like how well I said it)
>
> ---
> While documents written in Standard Mandarin SHOULD use the 'cmn' (Mandarin) language subtag to form the larger language tag, the 'zh' (General Chinese) subtag MAY be used if the actual variation is not known or for compatibility with older applications.
> ---
>   

I disagree with the above text.

I would however agree with this text:

<t>While **for example** documents written in Standard Mandarin SHOULD use the 'cmn' (Mandarin) language subtag to form the larger language tag,  the 'zh' (General Chinese) subtag MAY be used for compatibility with older applications. **The same rule applies to all the other Chinese languages. Thus also for example Cantonese may be tagged as 'zh' for the exact same reasons as Mandarin. Another legal usecase for 'zh' is if the actual variation is not known.</t>

-- 
leif halvard silli
_______________________________________________
Ltru mailing list
Ltru@ietf.org
https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru

v2.23.0 | Report a Bug | By Email