- From: Martin J. Duerst <duerst@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 05:02:55 +0900
- To: Michael Everson <everson@indigo.ie>
- Cc: www-international@w3.org
Forwarded by the list maintainer. At 14:28 1999/11/28 -0500, Michael Everson wrote: > Ar 20:56 +0900 1999-11-28, scr$ByP(Jbh Masataka Ohta: > > >It is a known error of RFC1766 of IETF language tag that it unnecessarily > >relate language and ISO 3166. > > > >Through the discussion on IETF language tag, I repeatedly pointed it out > >that IETF language tag should have nothing to do with ISO 3166. But, > >Harald insisted to keep his original proposal. > > > >The obvious solution is to correct RFC1766. > > Actually, making use of ISO 3166 is really very helpful in many cases. > Recently we have requested the ISO 639-2 RA to add a single 3-letter code > for Sign Languages (deaf and otherwise). This single code can be combined > with ISO 3166-1 country codes and ISO 3166-2 subdivision codes usefully. > Please see http://www.indigo.ie/egt/standards/iso639/sign-language.html. > > Michael Everson * Everson Gunn Teoranta * http://www.indigo.ie/egt > 15 Port Chaeimhghein $B%X(Jochtarach; Baile $B%A(Jtha Cliath 2; $B%N(Jire/Ireland > Vox +353 1 478 2597 ** Fax +353 1 478 2597 ** Mob +353 86 807 9169 > 27 P$BaJ(Jrc an Fh$BqJ(Jthlinn; Baile an Bh$B…U(Jhair; Co. $B%A(Jtha Cliath; $B%N(Jire > > > > #-#-# Martin J. Du"rst, World Wide Web Consortium #-#-# mailto:duerst@w3.org http://www.w3.org
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