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Re: Suggested language for "mis" (Re: [Ltru] RE: ISO 639-2 decision: "mis")

"Randy Presuhn" <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com> Sat, 16 June 2007 16:47 UTC

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From: Randy Presuhn <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: Suggested language for "mis" (Re: [Ltru] RE: ISO 639-2 decision: "mis")
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Hi -

> From: "Mark Davis" <mark.davis@icu-project.org>
> To: "Addison Phillips" <addison@yahoo-inc.com>
> Cc: "Randy Presuhn" <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com>; "LTRU Working Group" <ltru@ietf.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 8:29 AM
> Subject: Suggested language for "mis" (Re: [Ltru] RE: ISO 639-2 decision: "mis")
>
> That's going in the right direction, but doesn't not given enough guidance
> as to why to avoid it. My suggested language:
> 
> The 'mis' (Uncoded) primary language subtag SHOULD NOT be used. According to
> ISO 639, it is used to identify linguistic content whose language is known
> but which does not *currently* have a corresponding subtag. It is thus
> intrinsically unstable -- the addition of other codes in the future can
> render its application invalid at any point without any warning -- and hence
> incompatible with the stability goals of BCP 47. It is thus always
> preferable to use other subtags: either "und" or -- with prior agreement --
> private use subtags.
...

As a technical contributor, I rather like this proposal.

Randy



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