Missing subtags 003 and 172

[Mark Davis ☕]

Based on the discussion on this list, I put together the form for 003 and
sent out.

Mark

*— Il meglio è l’inimico del bene —*


On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 17:44, Mark Davis ☕ <mark at macchiato.com> wrote:

> Right. 003 is no different in kind than 419. And 003 is what most people
> mean by the continent of North America. (It is 021 Northern America that is
> the hard one to explain!) And both 021 and 419 are in the subtag registry.
>
> Mark
>
> *— Il meglio è l’inimico del bene —*
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 14:58, Kent Karlsson <kent.karlsson14 at telia.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> Den 2010-07-30 23.40, skrev "Doug Ewell" <doug at ewellic.org>:
>>
>> > Here's another attempt at the diagram showing how 003 "fits" into the UN
>> > M.49 hierarchy.  Some combination of mailing software and
>> > digest-building software minced up my original diagram.  A monospaced
>> > font is advised.
>> >
>> > 001 World
>> >   019 Americas
>> >     021 Northern America   <-----------------+
>> >       419 Latin America and the Caribbean    |
>> >         005 South America                    +- 003 North America
>> >         013 Central America   <--------------+
>> >         029 Caribbean   <--------------------+
>>
>> I have no idea what you mean by the increasing indentation here.
>> But you can look at it this way if you like:
>>
>>  019 Americas
>>    021 Northern America
>>     013 Central America
>>    029 Caribbean
>>     005 South America
>>
>> (021,013,029)----003 North America
>> (013,029,005)----419 Latin America and the Caribbean
>>
>> While the 021/003 codes have caused no end of translation trouble in CLDR,
>> I think what is covered by 003 is what is more commonly referred to by a
>> specific term in various languages. Or so I gather from various
>> dictionaries/encyclopedias (including Wikipedia).
>>
>>    /Kent K
>>
>>
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