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Re: [Ltru] Consensus call: extlang

"Mark Davis" <mark.davis@icu-project.org> Thu, 29 May 2008 18:55 UTC

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From: Mark Davis <mark.davis@icu-project.org>
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As Karen says, we need the "yue" code, because it is very different than
"cmn", as different as French and Spanish. It would be like having to tag
all Skandinavian content with *"ski" instead of being able to distinguish
"da", "is", ...
Mark

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Broome, Karen <Karen_Broome@spe.sony.com>
wrote:

> Leif notes:
>
> >I think that 'cmn' will be perceived as 'oh, now they have decided
> >something entirely new'.  We used 'zh' in all these yeaers, and
> >now - why 'yue'?
>
> Depends on the context. In my industry, made-up codes are the rule rather
> than the exception for Mandarin and Cantonese. Having the ability to
> precisely code the difference in an internationally recognized way is very
> important to us. Web developers who do not YET deal with video content may
> not see the importance, but for anyone who classifies audio/video content,
> the existence of these tags is a relief. I think the reaction from Hollywood
> is likely, "What took you so long?"
>
> Karen
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