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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=502050908-06102005>Dear Karen Broome,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=502050908-06102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=502050908-06102005>Your request is being processed. The normal procedure
is that members of the ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee discusses each proposal
for a limited period of time based on the submission and some additional
information provided by the JAC chair and secretary. That "limited period" ended
on 30 September. I apologize that I as JAC secretary was a bit behind in the
processing of proposals this summer.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=502050908-06102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=502050908-06102005>I will today submit a ballot to voting members of the
JAC. Since there were no "negative" comments during the discussion, I should
expect that balloting would be rather quick.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=502050908-06102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=502050908-06102005>Thank you very much for your
interest.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=502050908-06102005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=502050908-06102005>Sincerely yours,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=502050908-06102005>Håvard Hjulstad</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=502050908-06102005>(ISO 639 JAC secretary)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>Håvard
Hjulstad<BR></FONT><A title=mailto:hhj@standard.no
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size=2>mailto:hhj@standard.no</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Karen_Broome@spe.sony.com
[mailto:Karen_Broome@spe.sony.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 05, 2005
1:43 AM<BR><B>To:</B> ietf-languages@iana.org<BR><B>Cc:</B> havard@hjulstad.com;
Håvard Hjulstad; rgue@loc.gov<BR><B>Subject:</B> Your ISO 639-2
request<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I am still waiting for resolution or
an update on this request. This request was submitted on June 15th. I would like
to know the reason for the continued delay of this request. </FONT><BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>Karen Broome</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif
color=#800080 size=1>----- Forwarded by Karen Broome/LA/SPE on 10/04/2005 04:39
PM -----</FONT> <BR>
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<TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><B>"Rebecca S. Guenther"
<rgue@loc.gov></B></FONT>
<P><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>07/29/2005 02:04 PM</FONT> <BR></P>
<TD><FONT face=Arial size=1> </FONT><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=1> To:
Karen_Broome@spe.sony.com</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=1> cc:
havard@hjulstad.com, hhj@standard.no</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=1> Subject:
Your ISO 639-2 request</FONT></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2>Dear Ms. Broome:<BR><BR>I apologize for the delay in
processing your request. I sent it on to our<BR>secretary (Havard Hjulstad) some
time ago, but I believe he may be away on<BR>holiday (it is that time of year).
If I do not hear from him by early next<BR>week, I will go ahead and send it to
the ISO 639 JAC for discussion, which<BR>is the next step, and will give it a
shorter time frame for discussion. We<BR>will still have to ballot it, however.
Again, because of vacation<BR>schedules that could be longer than usual, but we
will try to get it<BR>through in a timely manner, so perhaps we can get this
finished in
a<BR>month.<BR><BR>Rebecca<BR>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<BR>^^
Rebecca S. Guenther
^^<BR>^^
Chair, ISO 639-2 Maintenance Agency
^^<BR>^^ Senior Networking and Standards
Specialist ^^<BR>^^ Library of
Congress
^^<BR>^^ Washington, DC
20540-4402
^^<BR>^^ (202) 707-5092 (voice)
(202) 707-0115 (FAX) ^^<BR>^^
rgue@loc.gov
^^<BR>^^
^^<BR>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<BR><BR><BR>On
Fri, 29 Jul 2005 Karen_Broome@spe.sony.com wrote:<BR><BR>> Could I get an
update on the status of this code request? Is there an ETA <BR>> for
approval?<BR>> <BR>> Karen Broome<BR>> Metadata Systems
Designer<BR>> Sony Pictures Entertainment<BR>> 310.244.4384<BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> "Rebecca S. Guenther"
<rgue@loc.gov><BR>> 07/06/2005 01:11 PM<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
To: karen_broome@spe.sony.com<BR>>
cc: havard@hjulstad.com,
hhj@standard.no<BR>> Subject:
Re: New ISO 639-2 code<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Thank you for your
submission to ISO 639-2. We will be processing this<BR>> request in the ISO
639 Joint Advisory Committee.<BR>> <BR>>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<BR>> ^^
Rebecca S. Guenther
^^<BR>>
^^ Chair, ISO 639-2 Maintenance Agency
^^<BR>> ^^ Senior Networking and Standards
Specialist ^^<BR>> ^^ Library
of Congress
^^<BR>> ^^
Washington, DC 20540-4402
^^<BR>> ^^ (202)
707-5092 (voice) (202) 707-0115 (FAX)
^^<BR>> ^^ rgue@loc.gov
^^<BR>> ^^
^^<BR>>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, WWW generic account wrote:<BR>> <BR>> >
This data was submitted on: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 19:08:00<BR>> >
<BR>> > lang_in_eng = Swiss German, Alemanic<BR>> > lang_in_fre =
alémanique<BR>> > ref_where_found_1 = http://www.ethnologue.com<BR>>
> lang_in_vern = Schwyzerdütsch, Schweizerdeutsch, Schwiizerdütsch, <BR>>
Schwyzertütsch, Schwizertitsch<BR>> > ref_where_found_2 = ISO 639-3 DIS,
http://www.ethnologue.com, http://www.wikipedia.com<BR>> > trans_lit =
<BR>> > evidence = AGICOA, the Association of International Collective
<BR>> Management of Audiovisual Works (Association de Gestion Internationale
<BR>> Collective des Oeuvres Audiovisuelles); 428 documents
(audiovisual)<BR>> > <BR>> > http://www.agicoa.org<BR>> >
addinfo = 4,215,000 in Switzerland (1990 census). Population total all
</FONT><BR><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>> countries: 6,044,000. Central,
south central, north central, northeast, <BR>> and eastern cantons. Also
spoken in Austria, France, Germany, <BR>> Liechtenstein.<BR>> >
request_addition = ISO 639-1 and ISO 639-2<BR>> > 2_code_suggestion =
<BR>> > 3_code_suggestion = gsw<BR>> > submit_name = Karen
Broome<BR>> > submit_email = karen_broome@spe.sony.com<BR>> >
submit_status = Metadata Systems Designer, Sony Pictures Entertainment. <BR>>
I maintain our internal standards for languages and language codes for <BR>>
audiovisual materials. I also work with the MPAA and other organizations
<BR>> to define these standards.<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> >
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