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Hi!<BR>
There is no reason these subtags cannot have up to eight letters even so they can be longer than they are if that is necessary in order to specify them.<BR>
Nevertheless, "vedic" is fine with me as is "epics."<BR>
I would prefer not having a generic variant 'classic' or 'class' -- that is I think its prefixes should be specified; <BR>for example:<BR>Type: variant<BR>Subtag: classic <BR>
Prefix: he (Biblical or Classical Hebrew ; but note that Classical Greek is not = New Testament Greek! So "classical" may not be being used quite the same way even though I do agree that it is used for a written form that persists after the dialects have changed), ar (although we have [arb] for standard Arabic which is very similar; perhaps [arb] should be an alternate prefix; classical = Qur'anic for Arabic; al-Fus.-h.aa is the name for both Classical and the variety defined by [arb] although you can separate these; see <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Arabic">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Arabic</A>), la, sa, (however for Greek we have [grk] and a subtag classical would not make this any more specific that I know of although I may be wrong! -- someone who is more expert here can let me know)<BR>
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There no doubt will be a few more prefixes for classical but I'd prefer we specify them.<BR>
Alternately, could a date could be added to 'clas' or something? Or perhaps, following Michael Everson's suggestion, would 'paninian' do?<BR>
Did we not have an issue trying to register 'classic' as a variant before and was not the requester refused? This was for <BR>Taraškievica (ultimately assigned the subtag [tarask]).<BR>
<BR>Michael Everson everson at evertype.com <BR>Mon Jul 5 18:49:31 CEST 2010 <BR>
<BR>> I wonder if there are Sanskrit terms for these four types that would be suitable.<BR>
> Michael Everson * <A href="http://www.evertype.com/">http://www.evertype.com/</A><BR>O.k. thanks; this would be nice. (But 'vedic' is fine as this name is commonly in use. And I do like 'epics.'<BR>
However, what does 'aarsha' mean?)<BR>
Best,<BR>
C. E. Whitehead<BR><A href="mailto:cewcathar@hotmail.com">cewcathar@hotmail.com</A> <BR>
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