Variant subtag proposal: ALA-LC romanization of Russian

[Michael Everson]

On 18 Nov 2009, at 15:31, Phillips, Addison wrote:

> I don’t agree with this statement. The subtag ‘heploc’ could be deprecated in favor of a generic or semi-generic variant such as ‘alalc97’.

alalc97 isn't "generic". It is specific to a single volume containing a number of language-specific romanizations. It's precise.

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/