LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM: Uralic Phonetic Alphabet

[Debbie Garside]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no 
> [mailto:ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Doug Ewell
> Sent: 28 November 2006 08:00
> To: ietf-languages at iana.org
> Subject: Re: LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM: Uralic 
> Phonetic Alphabet
> 
> Michael Everson <everson at evertype dot com> wrote:
> 
> >  Type: variant
> >  Subtag: fonupa
> >  Description: Uralic Phonetic Alphabet
> 
> and
> 
> >  Type: variant
> >  Subtag: fonipa
> >  Description: International Phonetic Alphabet
> 
> I support both of these proposed subtags, and will support 
> other proposed variant subtags of the form "fonXXX" that 
> systematically represent phonetic transcription systems.
> 
> This is the right solution.  We have expended a lot of effort 
> and words trying to find a way to tag phonetic content 
> (primarily IPA) and most solutions involve an ISO 15924 
> registration which is unlikely to happen, and/or a change in 
> the RFC 4646 syntax which would be completely unjustified.  
> Processes that could be expected to recognize a "Latp" 
> script subtag and act accordingly can just as easily be made 
> to recognize a "fonipa" variant subtag and act accordingly.
> 
> This struggle over IPA and friends has taken center stage 
> over other discussion on this list, and has distracted 
> valuable attention from the business of revising RFC 4646.  
> Please, let's agree on this approach and move on.
> 
> --
> Doug Ewell  *  Fullerton, California, USA  *  RFC 4645  *  UTN #14
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