RE: [Ltru] Re: matching comments: use of prefixes

In the first case, I caught the problem when inserting into the editor's copy. It is clearly not 2119 language. In the second case, I think it ought to be (although it is borderline).

Addison

Addison P. Phillips
Globalization Architect, Quest Software
Chair, W3C Internationalization Core Working Group

Internationalization is not a feature.
It is an architecture. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ltru-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:ltru-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of
> Randy Presuhn
> Sent: jeudi 29 septembre 2005 19:39
> To: ltru@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [Ltru] Re: matching comments: use of prefixes
> 
> Hi -
> 
> > From: "Addison Phillips" <addison.phillips@quest.com>
> > To: "Randy Presuhn" <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com>; <ltru@ietf.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 3:44 PM
> > Subject: RE: [Ltru] Re: matching comments: use of prefixes
> ...
> > --
> > Users should note that the set of language tags that match a specific
> > language-range MAY NOT be mutually intelligible, although historically
> > this form of matching has proven useful.
> > --
> 
> This is clearly NOT an RFC 2119 "MAY NOT".  Please replace with "may not"
> or "might not".
> 
> ...
> > <t>Users SHOULD avoid subtags that add no distinguishing value to a
> language range.
> >  For example, script subtags SHOULD NOT be used to form a language range
> with
> ...
> 
> This SHOULD and SHOULD NOT are borderline.  I think they're ok (since
> they're about operational considerations), but it would not surprise me if
> others, pickier that I (you know who you are) object.  I suggest:
> 
>    Users are advised to avoid subtags that...
>    For example,  no distinguishing value is normally added by including a
>    subtag matching a language tag's Suppress-Script field from its
>    registry record.  Thus...
> 
> Now, if we were talking about what decisions implementations should make,
> there's a stronger case for SHOULD.
> 
> Randy
> 
> 
> 
> 
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