Return-Path: Received: from eikenes.alvestrand.no ([unix socket]) by eikenes.alvestrand.no (Cyrus v2.1.11-Mandrake-RPM-2.1.11-1mdk) with LMTP; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 15:47:32 +0100 X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by eikenes.alvestrand.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 505DF61C1E; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:47:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from eikenes.alvestrand.no ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (eikenes.alvestrand.no [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 03853-06; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:47:31 +0100 (CET) Received: from eikenes.alvestrand.no (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by eikenes.alvestrand.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70D1F61C24; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:47:27 +0100 (CET) X-Original-To: ietf-languages@alvestrand.no Delivered-To: ietf-languages@alvestrand.no Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by eikenes.alvestrand.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3113061C1E for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:47:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from eikenes.alvestrand.no ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (eikenes.alvestrand.no [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 03867-03 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:47:19 +0100 (CET) Received: from pechora.icann.org (pechora.icann.org [192.0.34.35]) by eikenes.alvestrand.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id F065F61B8D for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:47:18 +0100 (CET) Received: from montage.altserver.com (montage.altserver.com [63.247.74.122]) by pechora.icann.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j07El6406018 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 06:47:06 -0800 Received: from lns-p19-19-idf-82-249-7-129.adsl.proxad.net ([82.249.7.129] helo=jfc.afrac.org) by montage.altserver.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1CmvOP-0003hm-Fr; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 06:47:10 -0800 Message-Id: <6.1.2.0.2.20050107145655.04884160@mail.jefsey.com> X-Sender: jefsey+jefsey.com@mail.jefsey.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.2.0 Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 15:01:21 +0100 To: John Cowan , ned.freed@mrochek.com From: "JFC (Jefsey) Morfin" In-Reply-To: <20050107132629.GR16300@skunk.reutershealth.com> References: <01LJAERY5JMU0087C0@mauve.mrochek.com> <20050107132629.GR16300@skunk.reutershealth.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-40C4E61 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - montage.altserver.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - iana.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - jefsey.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at alvestrand.no Cc: IETF Languages Subject: Re: draft-phillips-langtags-08, process, sp ecifications, "stability", and extensions X-BeenThere: ietf-languages@alvestrand.no X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: IETF Language tag discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no Errors-To: ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at alvestrand.no At 14:26 07/01/2005, John Cowan wrote: > If there's any defending the presence of an >*algorithm* in a BCP at all, it's because we are not making the algorithm >normative, but just saying "The most commonly used algorithm is". May be. Do you have a way to quantify this: number of usages, number of applications, number of languages. This would be extermely helpful. The most used way by users I see is common sense: not to call foreign web sites you do not know the language. The most non used way is to refer oneself to missing language icons in search engines. The target should not to lock users in their supposed common practices (or to propose the text as an "SCP" - supposed/suggested) but to help them the best we can. jfc _______________________________________________ Ietf-languages mailing list Ietf-languages@alvestrand.no http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages