Scottish English

[Peter Constable]

> From: ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no [mailto:ietf-languages-
> bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Michael Everson


> >On the one hand, you don't want to make the descriptors given for
> >languages a normative part of the standard, but on the other hand,
> >an identifier is meant to identify the concept of a particular
> >language [...]
> 
> Strictly speaking, the identifiers represent the names of particular
> languages.

The names are intended to be indicators of a particular concept. Thus, the overall aim is still that the identifier represent a particular concept.



Peter Constable