Principles of Operation

[Peter Constable]

> From: ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no [mailto:ietf-languages-
> bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Kent Karlsson


> > threatened to veto 639-3 if it were not removed forthwith.  In the
> > interests of getting 639-3 passed, the committee bowed to the will of
> > Sweden in this matter.
>
> Thankfully! (The only other reasonable alternative would be to give
> codes also for several tens of other dialects of Swedish alone,
> and many more for other languages. The scope of 639-6, I think.)

Not the only other reasonable alternative. Indeed, a *more* reasonable alternative would have been to approve 639-3 and then engage with the RA and JAC to revise the code table. To veto 639-3 because of issues in 0.04% of the code table that had no bearing on the text of the standard and could have been corrected at any time would have been folly.



Peter