- From: Martin J. Duerst <duerst@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 10:19:58 +0900
- To: Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
- Cc: www-international@w3.org
Forwarded. At 19:32 1999/11/28 -0500, Masataka Ohta wrote: > Michael; > > > >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. > > But it is not essential and, thus, confusing in many cases. > > You may use any string for localization. > > > 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. > > And it unnecessarily distinguish same Sign Languages in different countries. > > Masataka Ohta > > > #-#-# Martin J. Du"rst, World Wide Web Consortium #-#-# mailto:duerst@w3.org http://www.w3.org
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