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Re: [Ltru] ISO 639-6 (was: Geocoordinates)

Peter Constable <petercon@microsoft.com> Thu, 12 March 2009 04:54 UTC

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From: Peter Constable <petercon@microsoft.com>
To: Doug Ewell <doug@ewellic.org>, LTRU Working Group <ltru@ietf.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:55:16 -0700
Thread-Topic: [Ltru] ISO 639-6 (was: Geocoordinates)
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From: Doug Ewell [mailto:doug@ewellic.org] 


>> Do you mean, "opposed to adding ... thousands of variant subtags _in 
>> mass_, and prefer to continue ... register[ing] variants one by one"?
>
> I mean I'm opposed to adding thousands of variant subtags, either in 
> mass *or* one by one, using a formulaic process such as prepending '6' 
> to thousands of ISO 639-6 code elements.  Variants are supposed to be 
> proposed, discussed, and approved (or rejected) on a case-by-case basis. 

I can certainly go along with that last statement.



Peter

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