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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Hi, sorry for the delay in replying.<br><br>Doug Ewell doug at ewellic.org<br>Mon Aug 26 06:05:27 CEST 2013<br> <br> <br>>CE Whitehead wrote:<br><br>>> Doug -- I saw two change >> requests not on this list -- >> change request<br>>> # 035 was processed in the <br>>> first batch of changes (simple retirements)<br>>> but somehow I missed where you retired the code [xia].<br><br>> 'xia' is in the sixth batch, <br>> which I guess you haven't <br>> reviewed yet.<br>Sorry my goof; I had skimmed the sixth batch but somehow missed it.<br><br>> The difference between change > request 035 (Yos and Zou) and > change <br>> request 008 (Achang and Xiandao) > is that for the former, both the <br>> retirement and the denotation > change were listed in the PDF, > but for the <br>> latter, only the denotation > change was listed. The > retirement is what <br>> really matters to the Language > Subtag Registry, since it > results in a <br>> deprecated subtag.<br><br>> As a reminder, the normative ISO > 639-3 data is the data files, > not the <br>> PDF. The PDF is merely a helpful > guide to the changes that were > made. <br>Thanks for this information.<br><br>> . . .<br><br>>> If I am not in error, here is a<br>>> registration form for it. <br>>> (I am<br>>> unsure as to whether to give >> "Xiando" as the second >> name/description.)<br><br>> Your paperwork for subtag 'xia' > is the same as mine in the sixth > batch, <br>> except that I spelled "Xiandao" > correctly -- misspelling it here > would <br>> have required another change to > the Registry later on -- <br>My goof.<br>> and I included <br>> this text that explains the <br>> documentation issue: "This <br>> retirement <br>> request was not listed in the <br>> 2012 Summary of Outcomes <br>> document, <br>> although a change in denotation > for 'acn' was listed."<br>> . . .<br>Thanks for pointing me to this!<br><br>Best,<br>--C. E. Whitehead<br>cewcathar@hotmail.com<br><br><br><br><br> </div></body>
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