Missing subtags 003 and 172

[Mark Davis ☕]

Right. 003 is no different in kind than 419. And 003 is what most people
mean by the continent of North America. (It is 021 Northern America that is
the hard one to explain!) And both 021 and 419 are in the subtag registry.

Mark

*— Il meglio è l’inimico del bene —*


On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 14:58, Kent Karlsson <kent.karlsson14 at telia.com>wrote:

>
> Den 2010-07-30 23.40, skrev "Doug Ewell" <doug at ewellic.org>:
>
> > Here's another attempt at the diagram showing how 003 "fits" into the UN
> > M.49 hierarchy.  Some combination of mailing software and
> > digest-building software minced up my original diagram.  A monospaced
> > font is advised.
> >
> > 001 World
> >   019 Americas
> >     021 Northern America   <-----------------+
> >       419 Latin America and the Caribbean    |
> >         005 South America                    +- 003 North America
> >         013 Central America   <--------------+
> >         029 Caribbean   <--------------------+
>
> I have no idea what you mean by the increasing indentation here.
> But you can look at it this way if you like:
>
>  019 Americas
>    021 Northern America
>     013 Central America
>    029 Caribbean
>     005 South America
>
> (021,013,029)----003 North America
> (013,029,005)----419 Latin America and the Caribbean
>
> While the 021/003 codes have caused no end of translation trouble in CLDR,
> I think what is covered by 003 is what is more commonly referred to by a
> specific term in various languages. Or so I gather from various
> dictionaries/encyclopedias (including Wikipedia).
>
>    /Kent K
>
>
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