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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Editor of ISO CD 639-6 chose yesterday, 5<sup>th</sup>
March 2006, to announce the de-coupling of two on-going projects: (1) The
updating of the Linguasphere Register of the world’s languages and speech
communities (shortly to be made freely available online);<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>(2) Current proposals to extend the alpha coding of
the names of languages and varieties of language in the ISO 639 standard. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Linguasphere Observatory welcomes her
announcement, which enables the Observatory to make an advanced statement to
the IETF-languages forum about present research and development.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>It has become increasingly clear that codes in the
Latin script are inappropriate for the tagging of languages and scripts across
a multilingual internet (apart from additional confusion with the 2-letter
national codes of ISO 3166). The Linguasphere Observatory has accordingly been
perfecting an alternative system for the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>numeric</span></b>
coding of the world’s languages, and of their written and spoken
representations on the internet.<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>A
multilingual announcement of this system will be made very shortly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>With greetings to all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>David Dalby<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Linguasphere Observatory<br>
daviddalby@linguasphere.info<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=FR
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>L'éditeur du document
ISO CD 639-6 a décidé d'annoncer hier, 5 mars 2006, le découplage de deux
projets en cours de développement:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> (1) La mise à jour du
Repertoire Linguasphère des langues du monde et des communautés linguistiques
(qui sera bientôt mis en ligne gratuitement);<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> (2) Les propositions
en cours visant à une extension du codage alphabétique des noms de langues et
de variétés de langues figurant dans la norme ISO 639.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>L'Observatoire de la
Linguasphère se réjouit de cette annonce, qui lui donne la liberté de faire une
présentation précoce de l'état actuel et prospectif de ses recherches devant le
forum IETF des langues.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Il devient progressivement évident que l'usage de l'alphabet latin
s'avère inadapté pour le codage des langues et des écritures dans le contexte
de l'internet multilingue (sans parler du risque de confusion avec le codage
alpha-2 des pays et territoires fourni par la norme ISO 3166). C'est pourquoi
l'Observatoire de la Linguasphère a developpé un systeme alternatif permettant
le codage <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>numérique</span></b> des langues du
monde, et de leur représentations écrites et parlées sur l'internet (avec
renvois aux autres systèmes de codage linguistique). Une annonce multilingue de
ce système interviendra très prochainement.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Cordialement à tous<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>David Dalby<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Observatoire de la Linguasph</span></font><span
lang=FR>ère<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=FR
style='font-size:12.0pt'>daviddalby@linguasphere.info</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></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>Debbie Garside<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 05 March 2006 09:16<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Addison Phillips'; 'Eduardo
Mendez'; ietf-languages@alvestrand.no<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: 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> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>FYI<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The data supporting ISO
CD 639-6 is no longer based solely on the Linguasphere Register but rather on
research and data compiled from a number of sources. The hierarchical
system uses 639-3 and 639-5 alpha3 language tags where available.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Debbie Garside<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Editor ISO CD 639-6<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></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>Addison Phillips<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 05 March 2006 01:09<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Eduardo Mendez';
ietf-languages@alvestrand.no<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: 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 lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><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'>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> </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> </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> </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 “no”<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> </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> </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’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> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Addison</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </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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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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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'>年</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'>月</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'>日</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'>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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