Fourth batch of ISO 639-3 modifications

[CE Whitehead]

Hi,  sorry for the delay in replying.

Doug Ewell doug at ewellic.org
Mon Aug 26 06:05:27 CEST 2013
    
 
>CE Whitehead wrote:

>> Doug -- I saw two change >> requests not on this list -- >> change request
>> # 035 was processed in the 
>> first batch of changes (simple retirements)
>> but somehow I missed where you retired the code [xia].

> 'xia' is in the sixth batch, 
> which I guess you haven't 
> reviewed yet.
Sorry my goof; I had skimmed the sixth batch but somehow missed it.

> The difference between change > request 035 (Yos and Zou) and > change 
> request 008 (Achang and Xiandao) > is that for the former, both the 
> retirement and the denotation > change were listed in the PDF, > but for the 
> latter, only the denotation > change was listed. The > retirement is what 
> really matters to the Language > Subtag Registry, since it > results in a 
> deprecated subtag.

> As a reminder, the normative ISO > 639-3 data is the data files, > not the 
> PDF. The PDF is merely a helpful > guide to the changes that were > made. 
Thanks for this information.

> . . .

>> If I am not in error, here is a
>> registration form for it.  
>> (I am
>> unsure as to whether to give >> "Xiando" as the second >> name/description.)

> Your paperwork for subtag 'xia' > is the same as mine in the sixth > batch, 
> except that I spelled "Xiandao" > correctly -- misspelling it here > would 
> have required another change to > the Registry later on -- 
My goof.
> and I included 
> this text that explains the 
> documentation issue: "This 
> retirement 
> request was not listed in the 
> 2012 Summary of Outcomes 
> document, 
> although a change in denotation > for 'acn' was listed."
> . . .
Thanks for pointing me to this!

Best,
--C. E. Whitehead
cewcathar at hotmail.com




 		 	   		  
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