Policy on subtag format; baku1926
Frank Ellermann
nobody at xyzzy.claranet.de
Fri Apr 13 00:30:00 CEST 2007
C Eddie Whitehead wrote:
> As a non-list member now, I'd nevertheless like to know the following
> (which may have some application to Reshat's requested subtag--that
> is, to whether it needs to be 1926baku or whether it can be either
> baku1926 or 1926baku):
That's a matter of taste at the moment, and so far nobody proposed to
hardwire a rule about it in 4646bis. The posters on the review list,
members or otherwise, might develop some common preference.
> Whether or not there is any policy regarding the formatting of the
> variant subtags other than:
The policies are stated in 4646, they could be adjusted in 4646bis
if necessary. It's as you say, length 5 to 8, digits and alpha, or
length 4 if it starts with a digit, avoiding any confusion with
script subtags.
> Specifically I'd like to know if all subtags with a date must
> begin with that date!
No. There's no syntactical concept of a date in variant subtags,
and no prose about dates in variant subtags. It's only handy for
cases like 1694acad, baku1926, 1926baku, or 1606nict.
> Or does it matter?
IMO it doesn't. Maybe your registrations start a tradition of
preferring years at the front, or maybe not.
Frank
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