'mis' is thus a complete abomination. Why on earth should we not deprecate it? That does not prevent it from being used -- we can't do that for stability's sake -- but does give as strong a warning as we can.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/13/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Peter Constable</b> <<a href="mailto:petercon@microsoft.com">petercon@microsoft.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">As I've suggested before, 'mis' has always been inherently
unstable.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Peter</span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<a href="mailto:ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Davis<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 13, 2007 2:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> John Cowan<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:ietf-languages@iana.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ietf-languages@iana.org</a>; <a href="mailto:iso639-2@loc.gov" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
iso639-2@loc.gov</a>; Håvard Hjulstad;
<a href="mailto:isojac@loc.gov" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">isojac@loc.gov</a>; <a href="mailto:iso639@dkuug.dk" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
iso639@dkuug.dk</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: ISO 639-2 decision: "mis"</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">This is a mixed bag. On the one
hand, it is great to finally get some clarity on the intended meaning for the
future. On the other hand, it means that this code's meaning is intrinsically
intended to narrow over time; as each new code is added, its meaning narrows to
cover fewer situations. This is inherently *unstable*, and unsuitable for any
situation that demands stability, like BCP 47. <br>
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Note that this still does not allow a narrowing of "mis" in BCP 47.
However, for this case I think it makes the case strong enough for completely
deprecating "mis" in BCP 47bis.<br>
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Mark</p>
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<p><span>On 6/13/07, <b>John Cowan</b> <<a href="mailto:cowan@ccil.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">cowan@ccil.org</a>> wrote:</span></p>
<p>Håvard Hjulstad scripsit:<br>
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> The identifier mis, which has been part of ISO 639-2 since its<br>
> publication in 1998, has its scope changed from collective to special<br>
> purpose.<br>
><br>
> The previously assigned "names" in English and French were <br>
> "miscellaneous languages" and "diverses, langues".
These "names"<br>
> have been changed to uncoded languages and langues non codées.<br>
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Hurrah!<br>
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--<br>
In my last
lifetime, John
Cowan <br>
I believed in
reincarnation; <a href="http://www.ccil.org/%7Ecowan" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.ccil.org/~cowan</a><br>
in this
lifetime,
<a href="mailto:cowan@ccil.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">cowan@ccil.org</a> <br>
I don't. --Thiagi<br>
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