Re: [Ltru] a modest proposal...

["Phillips, Addison" <[e-mail]>]

> I think this proposal may make the guidance task worse.

Are you really saying that Quechua, Cree, Zapotec, Konkani, Malay, Swahili and the rest somehow make Chinese tagging guidance *easier*? I'm totally mystified now about what you think would work.

Guidance under this plan for tagging Chinese could be very straightforward. Perhaps:

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When selecting a tag for a Chinese language, that tag SHOULD always use the specific extended language subtag. For example, tag Mandarin Chinese content with a tag starting with "zh-cmn", adding any necessary additional subtags for script, region, or variant as appropriate. If the specific variety of Chinese is not known or is not important to the content, the primary language subtag 'zh' MAY be used without an extended language subtag to form the complete tag.
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Addison


Addison Phillips
Globalization Architect -- Lab126

Internationalization is not a feature.
It is an architecture.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of
> Broome, Karen
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:39 PM
> To: Peter Constable; LTRU Working Group
> Subject: Re: [Ltru] a modest proposal...
>
> I think this proposal may make the guidance task worse.
>
> Karen
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf
> >Of Peter Constable
> >Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:29 PM
> >To: LTRU Working Group
> >Subject: Re: [Ltru] a modest proposal...
> >
> >It's a proposal that (whether with or without Shawn's variation)
> >might be just the right compromise. (See my comments in another mail
> >I just posted.)
> >
> >We would still need to have text giving clear guidance on how to tag
> >for Chinese.
> >
> >
> >Peter
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On
> >Behalf Of
> >> Shawn Steele
> >> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 12:54 PM
> >> To: Phillips, Addison; LTRU Working Group
> >> Subject: Re: [Ltru] a modest proposal...
> >>
> >> I would either like that, or the same thing, except where cmn and
> >yue
> >> are allowed as aliases of zh-cmn & zh-yue
> >>
> >> - Shawn
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On
> >Behalf Of
> >> Phillips, Addison
> >> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 12:38 PM
> >> To: LTRU Working Group
> >> Subject: [Ltru] a modest proposal...
> >>
> >> Since:
> >>
> >> 1. We appear to be stuck.
> >> 2. We (most of us, anyway) would like to see this work completed.
> >> 3. We haven't a compelling-enough technical argument that resolves
> >the
> >> issue.
> >>
> >> I would like to submit a "modest proposal" for addressing the
> >impasse:
> >>
> >> 1. Restore a *single* extlang to the ABNF.
> >> 2. Keep the Macrolanguage field in the registry for all
> >encompassed
> >> languages, which information may be use by implementations however
> >> makes the most sense.
> >> 3. Cherry pick *only* the 'zh' (and possibly the 'ar') encompassed
> >> languages for registration as extlangs. This is done in the name
> >of
> >> compatibility alone. 4. Permit implementations to treat the
> >'language'
> >> production as atomic (that is, the sequence "zh-yue" MAY be
> >treated as
> >> if it were a single subtag but MAY be treated as separate subtags,
> >> notably by existing implementations). Note that the 'language'
> >> production is the one that includes both the primary and extended
> >> language subtags.
> >>
> >> Thoughts?
> >>
> >> Addison
> >>
> >> Addison Phillips
> >> Globalization Architect -- Lab126
> >>
> >> Internationalization is not a feature.
> >> It is an architecture.
> >>
> >>
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