RE: a possible topic for my next FAQ?

Okay, let me explain in a bit more detail.
Ideally, I would like the answer (very simplified) to be:
- If you have enough documents in this language (I think registration
   required 50 or so), request a new ISO code.
- If there are not enough documents, request a IANA registration.

While I very much hope that the current fee discussion will end up
the right way, I just don't think it is at all a good time just now
to ask people to register more codes with ISO. On the other hand,
I don't want to suggest anything else, because I very much hope
that the situation will turn to the better.

Regards,    Martin.

At 09:18 03/09/22 +0100, Richard Ishida wrote:

>Martin,
>
>I'm not sure I understand why we should delay this FAQ.  Unless you are
>thinking that we should delay in case language codes may fall into
>disuse - but that would take a long time to establish.  In fact, given
>the publicity that is generated about language codes right now, this
>might be a *good* time to publish a FAQ. People searching for
>information about language codes may be drawn to our site.
>
>RI
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: public-i18n-geo-request@w3.org
> > [mailto:public-i18n-geo-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Cunningham
> > Sent: 22 September 2003 00:58
> > To: Martin Duerst
> > Cc: public-i18n-geo@w3.org
> > Subject: Re: a possible topic for my next FAQ?
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Martin,
> >
> > Martin Duerst wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Andrew,
> > >
> > > Sorry that I'm backpedaling a bit. Maybe you have seen or
> > heard about
> > > http://www.unicode.org/consortium/utc-positions.html.
> > >
> > > But given some recent (hopefully only potential) developments (see
> > >
> > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-international/2003JulS
>ep/0213.html),
> >
>
>yes, I'm familiar with these developments. Unfortunate as they are.
>
> > I'd prefer we would wait with this FAQ a bit until the situation will
> > (very hopefully) clear up.
> >
>
>understandable, although my gut reaction would be to continue the faq,
>but considering. I'll but my thought to a new topic, and see if I can
>come up with something quickly.
>
>Sorry everyone for the delay.
>
>
>Andrew
>
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