LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM (R4): pinyin
Doug Ewell
doug at ewellic.org
Tue Sep 23 14:46:34 CEST 2008
Mark Davis <mark at macchiato dot com> wrote:
> We should not be using year numbers in variant tags *unless* we mean
> precisely what is defined by a standard associated with that year.
> Otherwise the tag is too narrow, and does not describe the intended
> scope.
Without weighing in specifically on Belarusian (because I said I would
not do that), I agree with the general sense of what Mark said. Year
numbers are inscrutable and should be used as a last resort.
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