Criteria for languages?
Doug Ewell
doug at ewellic.org
Mon Nov 23 07:06:57 CET 2009
Peter Constable <petercon at microsoft dot com> wrote:
> Now, in the case of lav, the MARC Language Code List
> (http://www.loc.gov/marc/languages/language_name.html) explicitly
> states that Latgalian is encompassed under lav. So, option 2 would
> break compatibility with MARC. We should not consider option 2 unless
> the MARC community explicitly indicates that this is acceptable.
"We," of course, meaning the ISO 639-3/RA. As Peter and many others
know -- but some may not -- the IANA Language Subtag Registry will
follow whichever of Peter's three options the RA chooses.
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