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Re: [Ltru] Geocoordinates

John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org> Wed, 11 March 2009 15:27 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Ltru] Geocoordinates
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Peter Constable scripsit:

> I'd be resistant to 4-letter primary language subtags. I have made
> derivative use of BCP 47 tag syntax with the modification that the only
> obligatory subtag is the script subtag. Introducing different 4-letter
> subtags within BCP 47 syntax would create conflicts with this or other
> similar derivative uses of our language tag syntax.

You can easily return to compliance by changing all ill-formed wxyz tags
to und-wxyz tags.

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