en-GB-oxford LANGUAGE TAG REGISTRATION FORM
Peter_Constable at sil.org
Peter_Constable at sil.org
Sun Jun 15 11:12:51 CEST 2003
William Overington wrote on 06/15/2003 05:02:34 AM:
> As I understand it, there is no definitive reference to English at all.
I
> seem to remember reading in The Oxford English Dictionary that the
> dictionary simply records usage by people and is not setting out to say
what
> should and should not be done.
That's correct.
> I think that en-INT-oed would be nice. I would like to mention that it
> would be helpful if the definition extended not only to the Oxford
English
> Dictionary itself but also to works published by the Oxford University
Press
> in relation to typography as well, such as Hart's guide for compositors
and
> also the book on the setting of mathematics and any other similar books
from
> the Oxford University Press.
We've been talking about having the tags provided by RFC 3066 being used
to distinguish scripts/orthographies and spelling conventions for a
language, but the tags are not used to define typographic conventions. For
instance, a tag en-oed should not IMO dictate whether or not an em dash
should be surrounded by a space, whether sentences are separated by one
space or two, whether a space is written between initials (D.C. or D. C.),
etc.
> Michael Everson was the initiator of the suggestion for en-GB-oxford and
so
> I feel that it is only correct that, should there be a general agreement
for
> en-INT-oed to become the registered tag, Michael be asked for his
opinion on
> the matter before his suggestion is changed.
Of course he will give his opinion. He's the language tag reviewer.
> However, if Michael were to
> agree that the motion should be changed to become for en-INT-oed to be
> registered, then that motion would be something for which I would vote.
There has been no motion, and there will be no voting. That's not how it
works. There is discussion, then after two weeks Michael makes a decision.
- Peter
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