Re: [Ltru] my technical position on extlang

John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org> Sun, 18 May 2008 01:57 UTC

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To: Martin Duerst <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp>
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Subject: Re: [Ltru] my technical position on extlang
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Martin Duerst scripsit:

> In my understanding, one of the main points against extlangs was
> that the "remove from the right" fallback hierarchy may not be
> right. 

The problem is, AFAIU, that too much information is thrown away:
zh-yue-Hant does not fall back to zh-Hant, but first to zh-yue and
then to zh.

> I'm opposed to allowing both extlang and independent tags
> (i.e. both zh-yue and yue), but if that's what we as a WG
> decide, I can live with it.

I don't think anyone has ever suggested that: it's either/or.

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