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Re: [Ltru] Geocoordinates

"Randy Presuhn" <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com> Wed, 11 March 2009 17:53 UTC

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Hi -

> From: "Mark Davis" <mark@macchiato.com>
> To: "Randy Presuhn" <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com>
> Cc: "LTRU Working Group" <ltru@ietf.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ltru] Geocoordinates
>
> It is not necessarily non-conformant. I could define a field as follows:
> 
>    - if it has 4 characters and no hyphen, it means X
>    - otherwise it is interpreted as a BCP 47 language tag.
> 
> That is perfectly conformant usage of BCP 47, and would work with the
> current spec.

As a technical contributor...
I disagree.  The field's definition would result in well-formed
tags being analyzed incorrectly.

> The disadvantage is that if BCP47 ever uses 4-letter base
> language codes, then you can't represent the full range of BCP47 at that
> point.

They are *already* in the grammar.  That's the whole point of
"reserved for future use".

Randy

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