<div dir="ltr">Ok, good. I'll continue with that then.<div><br clear="all">Mark<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:51 PM, John Cowan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cowan@ccil.org">cowan@ccil.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Phillips, Addison scripsit:<br>
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> Note: we can have both Prefixes. Variants are allowed to have multiples.<br>
><br>
> I think requiring the use of the 'Latn' subtag goes against the spirit<br>
> of one of the language tagging maxims, which is: only use a subtag if<br>
> it adds information. In fact, I think that the 'Latn' subtag adds no<br>
> information to 'pinyin' or, for that matter, 'fonipa'. We shouldn't<br>
> try to use the registry to enforce the exact tag for every situation.<br>
<br>
</div>Fortunately, prefixes for variant tags are a SHOULD, not a MUST, so<br>
there is no requirement/enforcement here. On that understanding, and<br>
for the sake of useful documentation, I'm currently okay with zh-Latn.<br>
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