RE: 'Canonical' URI for BCP 47

Dear IETF editors,

I have not received any clarifications from you on the conversation below,
but have had some pressure from individuals in the W3C to use the address
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt, since this clearly shows that BCP 47
was created and is maintained by the IETF, and it is simpler and therefore
more memorable.  Given the lack of response to the earlier mails, I'm
inclined to think that this is not a big issue, and so unless I hear from
you to the contrary in the next few days, and so that certain specifications
can move ahead, I propose to recommend that W3C specifications and articles
use http://www.ietf.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt to refer to BCP 47.

On a slightly different topic, thank you for adding the note to the top of
the file mentioning that the document is a concatenation of more than one
RFC. This will be a big help.  Note however that I think it would improve
the note to mention *which* RFCs are concatenated - eg. "[Note that this
file is a concatenation of RFC 4646 and RFC 4647.]". 

Best regards,
RI

============
Richard Ishida
Internationalization Lead
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
 
http://www.w3.org/People/Ishida/
http://www.w3.org/International/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Ishida [mailto:ishida@w3.org] 
> Sent: 23 November 2006 13:04
> To: 'Bob Braden'
> Cc: iab@ietf.org; 'Richard Ishida'
> Subject: RE: 'Canonical' URI for BCP 47
> 
> Bob,
> 
> Any progress on this front?
> 
> Cheers,
> RI
> 
> 
> ============
> Richard Ishida
> Internationalization Lead
> W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
> 
> http://www.w3.org/People/Ishida/
> http://www.w3.org/International/
> http://people.w3.org/rishida/blog/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ishida/
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bob Braden [mailto:braden@ISI.EDU]
> > Sent: 10 November 2006 19:25
> > To: braden@ISI.EDU; ishida@w3.org
> > Cc: iab@ietf.org
> > Subject: RE: 'Canonical' URI for BCP 47
> > 
> > 
> >   *>
> >   *> Hello Bob,
> >   *>
> >   *> Now I'm confused again ;-)  I received a response a 
> short while 
> > ago from
> >   *> rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org as follows:
> >   *>
> > Ooops, sorry, our internal coordination error.  Give us a 
> few days to 
> > straighten it out, please.
> > 
> > Bob Braden
> > 
> >   *> ============================
> >   *> From: RFC Editor [mailto:rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org]
> >   *> Sent: 10 November 2006 18:06
> >   *> To: Richard Ishida
> >   *> Cc: RFC Editor
> >   *> Subject: Re: 'Canonical' URI for BCP 47
> >   *>
> >   *> Richard,
> >   *>
> >   *> We suggest using the following:
> >   *> 
> >   *>    ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/bcp/bcp47.txt
> >   *>
> >   *> The RFC Editor site is the official repository for RFC 
> documents.
> >   *>
> >   *> Please let us know if you have any questions.
> >   *>
> >   *> Thank you.
> >   *>
> >   *> RFC Editor
> >   *> ===============================
> >   *>
> >   *> Your suggestion below is:
> >   *> 
> >   *> >   *> [3] http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt
> >   *>
> >   *> Do you disagree with the earlier response?  
> >   *>
> >   *> Thanks,
> >   *> Richard.
> >   *>
> >   *>
> >   *>
> >   *>
> >   *> ============
> >   *> Richard Ishida
> >   *> Internationalization Lead
> >   *> W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
> >   *>
> >   *> http://www.w3.org/People/Ishida/
> >   *> http://www.w3.org/International/
> >   *> http://people.w3.org/rishida/blog/
> >   *> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ishida/
> >   *>
> >   *>
> >   *> > -----Original Message-----
> >   *> > From: Bob Braden [mailto:braden@ISI.EDU]
> >   *> > Sent: 10 November 2006 18:49
> >   *> > To: rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org; ishida@w3.org
> >   *> > Cc: iab@ietf.org
> >   *> > Subject: Re: 'Canonical' URI for BCP 47
> >   *> >
> >   *> > 
> >   *> >   *>
> >   *> >   *> Dear rfc-editor,
> >   *> >   *>
> >   *> >   *> I need to recommend a URI for use in W3C specifications 
> >   *> > and throughout the Web for referencing BCP 47. (This includes
> >   *> > a specification we are writing that will specify that people
> >   *> > should use references to BCP 47 for language tags and
> > matching.)
> >   *> >   *>
> >   *> >   *> I have found the following possibilities:
> >   *> >   *>
> >   *> >   *> [1] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt
> >   *> >   *>
> >   *> >   *> [2] ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/bcp/bcp47.txt
> >   *> >   *>
> >   *> >   *> [3] http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt
> >   *> >   *>
> >   *> >   *> [4] http://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp47
> >   *> >   *>
> >   *> >   *> I have asked a number of people, and received 
> >   *> > conflicting advice about which of these I should use as the
> >   *> > standard link to BCP 47.  Please tell me which you would 
> > recommend.
> >   *> >   *>
> >   *> >   *> Thanks,
> >   *> >   *> RI
> >   *> >
> >   *> > [2] is wrong; it should be:
> >   *> > 
> >   *> > [2']	ftp://ftp.rf-editor.org/in-notes/bcp.bp.47.txt
> >   *> >
> >   *> > (This is the URI; the one you listed is only a URL)
> >   *> >
> >   *> > Under contract from the Internet Society, the RFC Editor runs
> >   *> > the primary repository/archive for RFCs, and hence for BCPs.
> >   *> > We believe that [3] should be the preferred URI for any BCP.
> >   *> >
> >   *> > Bob Braden for the RFC Editor
> >   *> >
> >   *> >
> >   *>
> > 
> 

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