[Ltru] Re: Proposal for a subtag registration (fr-2004-ORTOGRAF)

["Mark Davis" <[e-mail]>]

It might be worth putting that text (wordsmithed a bit) into 4646bis:

One purpose of the registration process is to exclude idiosyncratic subtags:
those that do not have any usage beyond a handful of individuals for a brief
period of time.

On Dec 11, 2007 7:10 AM, Peter Constable <[e-mail]> wrote:

> > From: [e-mail] [mailto:ietf-languages-
> > [e-mail]] On Behalf Of Stephane Bortzmeyer
>
>
> > To put things into perspective, what problem do we try to solve by
> > limiting registrations to variants that have a sizable user base,
> > "well-enough attested"?
>
> [snip]
>
> > I candidly ask this because RFC 4646 never mentions the criteria of
> > "well-enough attested use". It just says "This requirement is not
> > intended to exclude particular languages or dialects due to the size
> > of the speaker population or lack of a standardized orthography.
> > Minority languages will be considered equally on their own merits."
>
> I don't think the request for established usage is in contradiction with
> what the RFC says, and I don't think it needs to be explicitly stated to be
> an operational principle here. I think what problem is being solved -- or,
> rather, what problem is being avoided -- is to prevent registration of
> subtags that will need to be widely supported indefinitely but which never
> had any potential value beyond a handful of individuals for a brief period
> of time.
>
>
> Peter
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-- 
Mark

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