About: Tags for Identifying Languages(draft-phillips-langtags-01)

[Addison Phillips [wM]]

So it does. It is wrong, of course. The expiration date is August 11, 2004.
Hopefully we will have moved forward (either to a new draft or in the RFC
process) l-o-n-g before then.

Addison

Addison P. Phillips
Director, Globalization Architecture
webMethods | Delivering Global Business Visibility
http://www.webMethods.com
Chair, W3C Internationalization (I18N) Working Group
Chair, W3C-I18N-WG, Web Services Task Force
http://www.w3.org/International

Internationalization is an architecture.
It is not a feature.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Ksar [mailto:mikeksar at microsoft.com]
> Sent: vendredi 5 mars 2004 23:05
> To: aphillips at webmethods.com; John Clews; ietf-languages at alvestrand.no
> Subject: RE: About: Tags for Identifying
> Languages(draft-phillips-langtags-01)
>
>
> Addison,
>
> Note that the expiration date of this draft should say August 11, 2004
> instead of August 11, 2003.
>
> Mike Ksar
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no
> [mailto:ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Addison
> Phillips [wM]
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 2:07 AM
> To: John Clews; ietf-languages at alvestrand.no
> Subject: RE: About: Tags for Identifying
> Languages(draft-phillips-langtags-01)
>
> Hi John,
>
> Thanks for the note. Let me see if I can answer your questions.
>
> The current expiration date is in 2004. Before that date the draft will
> hopefully advance to the next stage of standardization (or be revised so
> that it can so progress). Each new draft changes the expiry date. This
> is
> the main draft so far in revising RFC3066.
>
> The newest draft includes UN M49 codes.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Addison
>
> Addison P. Phillips
> Director, Globalization Architecture
> webMethods | Delivering Global Business Visibility
> http://www.webMethods.com
> Chair, W3C Internationalization (I18N) Working Group
> Chair, W3C-I18N-WG, Web Services Task Force
> http://www.w3.org/International
>
> Internationalization is an architecture.
> It is not a feature.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no
> > [mailto:ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no]On Behalf Of John Clews
> > Sent: vendredi 5 mars 2004 10:56
> > To: ietf-languages at alvestrand.no
> > Subject: About: Tags for Identifying Languages
> > (draft-phillips-langtags-01)
> >
> >
> > Hello
> >
> > This cropped up during discussion on the re: Hawick Scots language
> tag.
> >
> > Addison Phillips <aphillips at webmethods.com> wrote to
> > Chris Lunn <shiieru at yahoo.co.uk> with copies to
> > ietf-languages at alvestrand.no
> >
> > > Hi Chris,
> > >
> > > I'm not qualified to comment on your particular request, but have a
> > > small technical suggestion... You might want to consider a tag with
> > > five or more characters, since there is an
> > > Internet-Draft circulating that would require a length of five or
> more.
> > > Cf
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-phillips-langtags-01.txt
> >
> > Could somebody comment on the following:
> >
> > 1. The document at this URL repeatedly states:
> >    "This Internet-Draft will expire on August 11, 2003."
> > What's its current status?
> >
> > 2. It covers the CS/CS problem well in dealing with ISO 3166 codes
> > (though naturally it would be better if the ISO 3166/MA didn't do such
> > stupid things - has anybody heard of top-level actions regarding the
> > allocation of the CS code in ISO 3166?)
> >
> > 3. In my view, it would also do well to allow inclusion of the widely
> used
> > LOCODEs to specify locations.
> >
> > 4. In my view, it would also do well to refer to ISO 639-3 codes, once
> > that gets passed.
> >
> > 5. Will the expiry of this draft on August 11, 2003 allow for any of
> that
> > to happen?
> >
> > 6. Is this the main draft so far in any efforts to "revise" RFC 3066?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance for any comments.
> >
> > John Clews
> >
> >
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