- From: Martin Duerst <duerst@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 10:25:32 -0400
- To: <ishida@w3.org>, "'Andrew Cunningham'" <andrewc@vicnet.net.au>
- Cc: <public-i18n-geo@w3.org>
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 > >============ >Richard Ishida >W3C > >contact info: http://www.w3.org/People/Ishida/ > >http://www.w3.org/International/ >http://www.w3.org/International/geo/ > >See the W3C Internationalization FAQ page >http://www.w3.org/International/questions.html > > > > > -----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 > >-- >Andrew Cunningham >Multilingual Technical Officer >Online Projects Team, Vicnet >State Library of Victoria >328 Swanston Street >Melbourne VIC 3000 >Australia > >andrewc@vicnet.net.au > >Ph. +61-3-8664-7430 >Fax: +61-3-9639-2175 > >http://www.openroad.net.au/ >http://www.libraries.vic.gov.au/ >http://www.vicnet.net.au/
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