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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Eduardo,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Please read the relevant text:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a
href="http://www.inter-locale.com/ID/draft-ietf-ltru-registry-14.html">http://www.inter-locale.com/ID/draft-ietf-ltru-registry-14.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a
href="http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ltru-registry-14.txt">http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ltru-registry-14.txt</a>       <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The short answer is &#8220;no&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The longer answer is that ISO 639-3 is
envisioned for inclusion by revising RFC 3066bis once ISO 639-3 is finished and
official and alpha4 codes are reserved for the possible future inclusion of ISO
639-6 (essentially the Linguasphere codes). The place to discuss making changes
to include these codes is the LTRU working group of the IETF.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If you need a specific language code and
it isn&#8217;t in the language subtag registry today, you can propose a code
for it and it will be registered or not on its individual merits.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Addison<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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<p><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
 style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Addison Phillips</span></font></st1:PersonName><br>
<font size=2 color=navy><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Internationalization
Architect - Yahoo! Inc.<br>
<br>
Internationalization is an architecture.<br>
It is not a feature. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no [mailto:ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Eduardo Mendez<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 2006</span></font><font
size=2 face=PMingLiU><span lang=ZH-TW style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:PMingLiU'>&#24180;</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>3</span></font><font
size=2 face=PMingLiU><span lang=ZH-TW style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:PMingLiU'>&#26376;</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>4</span></font><font
size=2 face=PMingLiU><span lang=ZH-TW style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:PMingLiU'>&#26085;</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> 16:38<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> ietf-languages@alvestrand.no<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> ISO 639-3/Linguasphere
language subtags</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hello!<br>
I might need to register some language subtags.<br>
This is for a statistical study. <br>
Most are in the ISO 639-3 project.<br>
Others are in Linguasphere.<br>
Is this possible?<br>
If it is proposed, will it be appealed?<br>
-- <br>
Eduardo Mendez <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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