Re: [Ltru] Re: Proposal: include new "Language-Type:" field

On 9 Oct 2006, at 21:52, scríobh McDonald, Ira:

> Hi,
>
> How about attacking this proposal based on facts, rather than
> unrelated topics or grumpiness...

Dismiss it as Monday grumps, if you will.:-)

On 9 Oct 2006, at 23:21, scríobh Addison Phillips:
>
> Upon further review, I find that I'm more of Mark's persuasion.  
> John's proposal appeared, at first, to me to provide some way to  
> distinguish "collective" languages and "macro-languages", but, in  
> fact, it only distinguishes the former and not the latter...
>
> The information about extinct, ancient, historic, or  
> constructedness of languages is "interesting", but not really  
> necessary to the functions of the registry. The ILSR is not a  
> replacement for ISO 639.

Exactly.

On 10 Oct 2006, at 06:51, scríobh Doug Ewell:
> ...
> The proposal requires only what is present in the existing ISO/FDIS  
> 639-3 data files.

It came across to me as a proposal to push closure further away by  
moving the goalposts (in ISO parlance, by changing the agreed scope),  
but if enough people think otherwise, then work away, if time  
permits, with my blessing.
mg

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