CLDR data (Re: Comments on the IDNA2008 document)

[Lang Gérard]

Dear All, 

It is clear, as Jaap writes, that columns 9 and 10 (and 11) of ISO 3166-1(2006) are informative as explicitely stated by clause 6.1.
It is nevertheless also the case that these columns are practically aligned with the list given by Part Three of the "Technical reference manual for the standardization of geographical names" issued from the United Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN, that works under the United Nations Division of Statistics) and published in 2007 by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
So, if these two quasi-equivalent references  cannot be presented as "juridically official documents" (and maybe such a document will never exist !), they certainly make authority on this question of administrative languages,  as is notably proven by the section 3.1 Language and Scripts Criteria (page 7) of ICANN's "Draft Implementation Plan for IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process (26 november 2008)." 

Bonne année à tous, et cordialement.
Gérard LANG 

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Jaap Akkerhuis [mailto:jaap at NLnetLabs.nl] 
Envoyé : mardi 13 janvier 2009 10:56
À : JFC Morfin
Cc : John C Klensin; Lang Gérard; idna-update at alvestrand.no
Objet : Re: CLDR data (Re: Comments on the IDNA2008 document) 


    as you know the official reference is ISO 3106 which gives the 
    languages and script for each country that ccTLD should support to 
    comply at minima with WTP TBT rules. Then, once IDNA has stabilised, 
    Linguasphere 640 should permit to complete the ccTag system and 
    eventually deploy the  Multilinc initiative.

No, it isn't.

The table of languages in 3166-1:2006 is additional and clearly indicated as "informative" in section 6.1 of 3166 for a description of the fields in the column (clearly marked as "Additional Information"
in the table itself).

	jaap