Montenegrin

Debbie Garside debbie at ictmarketing.co.uk
Wed Oct 24 00:02:18 CEST 2007


I agree.  If there is no formal request ISO should do nothing.  However, if
there were a formal request, based on precedent, I think I would support it.

Regards

Debbie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Constable [mailto:petercon at microsoft.com]
> Sent: 23 October 2007 22:02
> To: debbie at ictmarketing.co.uk; ietf-languages at iana.org
> Subject: RE: Montenegrin
>
> IMO, we should not look for ISO to rush to make a change
> merely based on precedent.
>
> A language distinction didn't just suddenly pop into
> existence on Oct. 22. There are plenty of existing records
> and ICT implementations that assume no distinction; dealing
> with that in the face of a suddenly-posited distinction will
> be difficult, and having an artificial or
> minimally-significant distinction would only make that
> harder. So far, there has been no formal request to the JAC;
> only an email inquiry from another standardizer -- and he
> also observes that it appears to be no more than another name
> for an already-encoded language.
>
> IMO, the JAC should consider it when it receives a
> formally-submitted request with some evaluation of the issues
> involved, and not rush off to do something spontaneously.
>
>
> Peter
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Debbie Garside [mailto:debbie at ictmarketing.co.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 11:19 AM
> To: Peter Constable; ietf-languages at iana.org
> Subject: RE: Montenegrin
>
> But on precedent... :-)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no
> > [mailto:ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Peter
> > Constable
> > Sent: 23 October 2007 15:18
> > To: ietf-languages at iana.org
> > Subject: RE: Montenegrin
> >
> > In technical terms, I cannot see any merits.
> >
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no
> > [mailto:ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Debbie
> > Garside
> > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 1:30 AM
> > To: dewell at roadrunner.com; ietf-languages at iana.org
> > Subject: RE: Montenegrin
> >
> > It is under discussion.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Debbie
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no
> > > [mailto:ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of
> > Doug Ewell
> > > Sent: 21 October 2007 20:27
> > > To: ietf-languages at iana.org
> > > Subject: Montenegrin
> > >
> > > Quote from the front page of Wikipedia:  "The Parliament of
> > Montenegro
> > > adopts a new Constitution proclaiming Montenegrin the official
> > > language, rather than Serbian."
> > >
> > > I suppose this means a new ISO 639 code element will be
> on its way
> > > soon.
> > >
> > > --
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