10 Aug 2012 20:00
Changes from latest ISO 639-3 files
Doug Ewell <doug <at> ewellic.org>
2012-08-10 18:00:43 GMT
2012-08-10 18:00:43 GMT
ISO 639-3/RA issued a new set of Code Set and Names Index tab files dated 2012-06-14, after the big 2011 series of change requests and final corrections, but before I started converting the 639-3 data into registration requests for the Language Subtag Registry. The main purpose of this update seems to have been to change the format of the files, but there were some content changes as well, described below, which affect the LSR requests. I propose that we go ahead with the big wave of changes we are preparing to submit to IANA this weekend, and submit the additional changes shortly afterward, so as to not delay the big wave (which has already been delayed long enough). Details on each proposed disposition are below. ckn - Kaang Chin This code element is new in the June 14 file, and has a Web page on the RA's site, but with a note: "Change request pending. View Change Request 2011-019." The change request to create this code element is not shown as having been approved yet. I suggest NOT adding this subtag to the LSR until the RA formally approves the code element, even though this causes a temporary mismatch with the 639-3 tab files. ekl - Kol (Bangladesh) This new name for an existing code element (originally "Kol") was added as the Reference Name in the June 14 file. Other languages named "Kol" exist — 'biw' for "Kol (Cameroon)" and 'kol' for "Kol (Papua New Guinea)" — but this was the only one called just "Kol." The Web page shows "Kol" listed first, but the tab files (which are normative) show(Continue reading)
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