There is a discrepancy between ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 for certain three-letter codes. In particular, the bibliographic codes for Croatian and Serbian are hrv and srp respectively in ISO 639-2, whereas ISO 639-3 has them as scr and scc respectively. (There is also a mismatch in the '3-letter code' for "sh", but that is less important.)<div>
<br><div>My question is: which one should we believe: ISO 639-2 or ISO 639-3?</div><div><br></div><div><b>Background</b><br><div><br>For ISO 639-3, we have the following:</div><div><br><a href="http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/iso-639-3_20100202.tab">http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/iso-639-3_20100202.tab</a><br>
<div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; "><table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 1em; line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; ">
<tbody><tr style="text-align: left; "><td class="s0" style="direction: inherit; "><b>Id</b></td><td class="s1" style="direction: inherit; "><b>Part2B</b></td><td class="s1" style="direction: inherit; "><b>Part2T</b></td><td class="s1" style="direction: inherit; ">
<b>Part1</b></td><td class="s1" style="direction: inherit; "><b>Scope</b></td><td class="s1" style="direction: inherit; "><b>Language_Type</b></td><td class="s1" style="direction: inherit; "><b>Ref_Name</b></td><td class="s1" style="direction: inherit; ">
<b>Comment</b></td></tr><tr style="text-align: left; "><td class="s2" style="direction: inherit; ">hrv</td><td class="s3" style="direction: inherit; ">scr</td><td class="s3" style="direction: inherit; ">hrv</td><td class="s3" style="direction: inherit; ">
hr</td><td class="s3" style="direction: inherit; ">I</td><td class="s3" style="direction: inherit; ">L</td><td class="s3" style="direction: inherit; ">Croatian</td><td style="direction: inherit; "></td></tr><tr style="text-align: left; ">
<td class="s2" style="direction: inherit; ">srp</td><td class="s3" style="direction: inherit; ">scc</td><td class="s3" style="direction: inherit; ">srp</td><td class="s3" style="direction: inherit; ">sr</td><td class="s3" style="direction: inherit; ">
I</td><td class="s3" style="direction: inherit; ">L</td><td class="s3" style="direction: inherit; ">Serbian</td><td style="direction: inherit; "></td></tr><tr style="text-align: left; "><td class="s2" style="direction: inherit; ">
hbs</td><td style="direction: inherit; "></td><td style="direction: inherit; "></td><td class="s3" style="direction: inherit; ">sh</td><td class="s3" style="direction: inherit; ">M</td><td class="s3" style="direction: inherit; ">
L</td><td class="s3" style="direction: inherit; ">Serbo-Croatian</td><td class="s3" style="direction: inherit; ">Code element for 639-1 has been deprecated</td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br>
</span></font></div>On the other hand, we find the following in<br><a href="http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php">http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php</a><br>which matches <a href="http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/ISO-639-2_utf-8.txt">http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/ISO-639-2_utf-8.txt</a><br>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; "><br><table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 1em; line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; ">
<tbody><tr bgcolor="#ffffee" valign="top" style="text-align: left; "><th scope="col"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">O 639-2 Code</font></font></font></th>
<th scope="col"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">ISO 639-1 Code</font></font></font></th><th scope="col">
<font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">English name of Language</font></font></font></th><th scope="col"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">French name of Language</font></font></font></th>
</tr><tr valign="top" style="text-align: left; "><td scope="row" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">...</font></td><td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">
<font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><br></font></td><td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><br></font></td><td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">
<font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><br></font></td></tr><tr valign="top" style="text-align: left; "><td scope="row" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">hrv</font></font></font></td>
<td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">hr</font></font></font></td>
<td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">Croatian</font></font></font></td>
<td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">croate</font></font></font></td>
</tr><tr valign="top" style="text-align: left; "><td scope="row" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">...</td><td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">
</td><td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "></td><td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br></td></tr><tr valign="top" style="text-align: left; ">
<td scope="row" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">srp</font></font></font></td>
<td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">sr</font></font></font></td>
<td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">Serbian</font></font></font></td>
<td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">serbe</font></font></font></td>
</tr><tr valign="top" style="text-align: left; "><td scope="row" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">...</font></font></td>
<td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br></td><td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br></td><td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">
<br></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><br></div><div>Differences between B and T are indicated in the first column, where they exist, such as:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; "><table border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 1em; line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; ">
<tbody><tr valign="top" style="text-align: left; "><td scope="row" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">wel (B)<br>
cym (T)</font></font></font></td><td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">cy</font></font></font></td>
<td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">Welsh</font></font></font></td>
<td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">gallois</font></font></font></td>
</tr></tbody></table><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><br></font></span></div>If there are no such differences, then B and T are the same. So this says that the B forms are hrv and srp respectively, whereas ISO 639-3 has them as scr and scc respectively.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For ISO 639-2, "sh" is in a different file (there doesn't seem to be a machine-readable form).</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_changes.php">http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_changes.php</a></div>
<div><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><table border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" class="" style="font-size: 1em; line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; ">
<tbody><tr valign="top" style="text-align: left; "><td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">[-sh]</font></font></font></td>
<td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">(none)</font></font></font></td>
<td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">Serbo-Croatian</font></font></font></td>
<td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">serbo-croate</font></font></font></td>
<td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">2000-02-18</font></font></font></td>
<td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">Dep</font></font></font></td>
<td style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333">This code was deprecated...<br>
<br></font></font></font></td></tr></tbody></table></span></font></span></div><div><br></div><div>In this case, the 3-letter code is indicated as none, while ISO 639-3 has it as hbs. This is not as problematic, because 'sh' has a funny status in 639-3.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Mark</div></div></div></div></div>