<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">In the context of this discussion, I
remind you all to keep in mind that RFC3066bis is used to identify spoken
languages as well as written. In this case, script distinctions, even suppressed,
are not appropriate. zh-cmn defines spoken Mandarin. Neither zh-cmn-Hant
or zh-cmn-Hans would be appropriate in this situation -- even if the script
is suppressed.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> Most people are using these tags
to define written content today, but I think the use of the tags to define
spoken languages will be increasingly important.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">My two cents,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Karen Broome<br>
Metadata Systems Designer<br>
Sony Pictures Entertainment<br>
310.244.4384</font>
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no</font>
<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">03/10/2006 12:15 AM</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Re: Language subtag modification request:
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<br><font size=2><tt>At 22:54 -0800 2006-03-09, Doug Ewell wrote:<br>
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>If you have a need to distinguish English in Latin from English in
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>Runic, you can also use "en-Latn" alongside "en-Runr".
[...] All <br>
>that Suppress-Script says is that when you are dealing a "normal"
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>case like English in Latin or Portuguese in Latin, and not working
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>with a "comparison" situation as above, the "Latn"
script probably <br>
>does not add information and should therefore be omitted.<br>
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Who is "you" here? A user tagging his web page? A browser? Who
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decides what a "normal" case is? A person? Software? Who is supposed
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to do the omitting? A person? Software?<br>
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It is interesting to note that authors of RFC306bis also had (and <br>
have?) misgivings about "Suppress-Script".<br>
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Looking at the registry, I see that "Suppress-Script" has been
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implemented for some languages. Many other languages have no script <br>
information whatsoever. I wonder how many there are of each. Not <br>
being a programmer, I can't write a script to count them. I wonder <br>
who is working on the others or why the others weren't given <br>
"Suppress-Script". Or of there wasn't a reason to "Suppress-Script"
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why guidance isn't given to users with regard to scripts that might <br>
be used with them. Perhaps I misunderstand the reason this <br>
information is provided still.<br>
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In "Suppress-Script", "suppress" would appear to be
a verb in the <br>
imperative. Who is to do the suppressing?<br>
-- <br>
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com<br>
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