draft-davis-t-langtag-ext

[John Cowan]

Michael Everson scripsit:

> Can you summarize what this is about, Pete?

In a word, the proposal is for a -t- subtag which will allow one to
state the source language and script in the case of transcription and
transliteration.  Thus:


   +---------------------+---------------------------------------------+
   | Language Tag        | Description                                 |
   +---------------------+---------------------------------------------+
   | ja-t-it             | The content is Japanese, transformed from   |
   |                     | Italian.                                    |
   | ja-Kana-t-it        | The content is Japanese Katakana,           |
   |                     | transformed from Italian.                   |
   | und-Latn-t-und-cyrl | The content is in the Latin script,         |
   |                     | language undetermined,
   |                     | transformed from the Cyrillic script,       |
   |                     | language undetermined.
   +---------------------+---------------------------------------------+

What follows the -t- is itself a valid language tag with no embedded
single-letter tags nor private-use tags.

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