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[Ltru] RE: Proposal for a subtag registration (fr-2004-ORTOGRAF)

Peter Constable <petercon@microsoft.com> Wed, 12 December 2007 03:04 UTC

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From: Peter Constable <petercon@microsoft.com>
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> From: Stephane Bortzmeyer [mailto:bortzmeyer@nic.fr]


> > One purpose of the registration process is to exclude idiosyncratic
> > subtags: those that do not have any usage beyond a handful of
> > individuals for a brief period of time.
>
> Why? What does it buy us? Or which disease it protects us against?

It protects lots of implementers from having to support subtags that don't really get used.



Peter


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