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<BR>Hi:<BR>
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I support both prefixes:<BR>
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zh-cmn-Latn<BR>zh-Latn<BR>
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(with the script subtag Latn as part of the prefix in both cases --thus the first parts of tags created with these prefixes would match other tags describing Romanizations of Chinese written in the same script--<BR>
maybe this will be helpful to browsers that do not recognize the new subtags but recognize zh and Latn--such browsers will be able to locate all properly tagged romanizations still).<BR>
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(However, I think it's fine if any browser on its own wants to recognize say, <BR>
zh-pinyin <BR>
as being written in the Latin script even though the script subtag is missing from the tag zh-pinyin! That would be great! But I do not think we need to register prefixes without the Latn script subtag).<BR>
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I think we can register the zh-Latn prefix now and add zh-cmn-Latn later if that's what people want to do.<BR>
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Sincerely,<BR>
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C. E. Whitehead<BR>
<A href="mailto:cewcathar@hotmail.com">cewcathar@hotmail.com</A> <BR>
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