RE: [Ltru] RE: ISO 639-2 decision: "mis"

Just a slight comment:

Addison wrote:

>It SHOULD NOT be used except when 
> other means of identifying the language are not available. 

Double nots are not good :-)

I propose:

"It should only be used when other means of identifying the language are
unavailable."

Debbie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Addison Phillips [mailto:addison@yahoo-inc.com] 
> Sent: 15 June 2007 19:19
> To: Randy Presuhn
> Cc: LTRU Working Group
> Subject: Re: [Ltru] RE: ISO 639-2 decision: "mis"
> 
> Randy Presuhn wrote:
> > 
> > I disagree with the phrase "or when the range of language tags 
> > supported in a given application are constrained."  If the 
> application 
> > knows what language it is, it should use the correct tag, if one 
> > exists.  If the application doesn't know what language is 
> in use, "und" would be correct.
> 
> That's nice in theory. But some applications use a subset of 
> tags (I used the MARC21 example in the text) and then 
> transmit them through another system (where the larger range 
> of RFC 4646 is available). Those systems only know that the 
> content is 'mis' (because it is tagged that
> way) and not what the miscellaneous language happens to be.
> 
> We don't define what subtags applications are capable of 
> supporting or required to support elsewhere. We should focus 
> on providing appropriate guidance (which is not to use the 
> subtag). I note that Peter's use of MAY doesn't reflect the 
> current draft.
> 
> I propose that we modify the draft to say the following. Please note: 
> the paragraph format is consistent with the other items in 
> that section. 
> I think that folks should glance at that text when proposing edits.
> 
> --
> The 'mis' (Uncoded) primary language subtag is used to 
> identify linguistic content whose language is known but 
> cannot otherwise be identified. It is intended for use when 
> the range of language tags is constrained or for languages 
> not otherwise categorized. It SHOULD NOT be used except when 
> other means of identifying the language are not available. 
> For example, a library application might be limited to the 
> set of subtags defined for use by the [MARC21] standard. The 'mis' 
> subtag might be used by this application for languages not 
> included in that set.
> --
> 
> Comments?
> 
> 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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