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Re: Flagging macrolanguages in the LSR (Was: extlang (was Re: Suggested language for "mis" (Re: [Ltru] RE: ISO 639-2 decision: "mis"))

Addison Phillips <addison@yahoo-inc.com> Thu, 21 June 2007 22:14 UTC

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Subject: Re: Flagging macrolanguages in the LSR (Was: extlang (was Re: Suggested language for "mis" (Re: [Ltru] RE: ISO 639-2 decision: "mis"))
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Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> 
>> You mean a new extlang?
> 
> Yes. 
> 
> With Encloses: or a similar field, adding a new record (the new
> extlang) will change *another* record (its macrolanguage), which is
> questionable.
> 

I don't think it's questionable. Inserting a new record that obsoletes 
an existing item can cause deprecation, change from 
grandfathered->redundant, or other changes.

It *does* mean that inserting an extlang requires two records to be 
submitted to IANA, instead of just one.

Ultimately, though, the question is whether having the information adds 
value in the registry in proportion to the disruption that adding more 
fields, maintenance rules, and so forth adds.

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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