- From: Martin J. Duerst <duerst@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 11:47:38 +0900
- To: Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
- Cc: www-international@w3.org
Forwarded. At 13:53 1999/11/30 -0500, Masataka Ohta wrote: > Michae; > > > >> >> Recently we have requested the ISO 639-2 RA to add a single 3-letter c= > > ode > > >> >> for Sign Languages (deaf and otherwise). This single code can be combi= > > ned > > >> >> with ISO 3166-1 country codes and ISO 3166-2 subdivision codes usefull= > > y. > > >> > > > >> >And it unnecessarily distinguish same Sign Languages in different > > >>countries=3D > > >> > > >> It does _not_. Sorry, but you are dead wrong. Sign Languages _are_ > > >> different in different countries; and some countries have more than one. > > > > > >It's not a counter argument to my points. > > > > > >However, you now are confirming the obvious fact that Sign Languages are > > >no different from spoken languages that ISO 3166 is equally useless to > > >them. > > > > > >Thank you for denying yourself to have mentioned Sign Languages. > > > > Clearly Masataka Ohta has no idea what he is talking about. This is > > beginning to annoy me, and so this is my last statement on the matter. > > I can understand your error. > > It is a common error to consider handicapped people something so special. > > However, they are not. > > Be cautious, because your error sometimes results in discriminations > of handicapped. > > > There are too many Sign Languages to expect 639-2 codes, > > You are merely arguing that there are too many languages to expect > 639-2 codes. > > You can label all the languages in the world with ISO 3166 codes > and additional strings. > > So what? > > Masataka Ohta > > > #-#-# Martin J. Du"rst, World Wide Web Consortium #-#-# mailto:duerst@w3.org http://www.w3.org
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