recently-approved tags
John Cowan
jcowan at reutershealth.com
Tue Apr 12 15:50:16 CEST 2005
Michael Everson scripsit:
> Having said that, the rules had better be able to handle:
>
> zh-wuu-Hant-CN
> zh-min-nan-Hans-CN
Currently these tags are syntactically correct but have no defined
semantics. The expectation is that the former will become valid when
ISO 639-3 reaches IS status, and that zh-nan-Hans-CN will be the valid
form of the latter, since "wuu" and "nan" are the 639-3 codes for Wu and
Minnan respectively. The form zh-min-nan will continue to be valid as
an unproductive grandfathered form in any case.
> It would have been better had the standard been approved when it was
> ready as opposed to being derailed on frivolous grounds.
On process grounds, rather. Unfortunate, but there it is.
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