draft-hoffman-rfc3536bis-00 (Terminology Used in Internationalization in the IETF)

2011-03-08 Thread Doug Ewell
This draft makes three references to RFC 4646, "Tags for Identifying Languages," which was obsoleted in September 2009 by RFC 5646 (still BCP 47). RFC 5646 introduced numerous changes, by far the most significant of which was to add support for language subtags based on ISO 639-3. This increased

draft-hoffman-rfc3536bis-00 (Terminology Used in Internationalization in the IETF)

2011-03-09 Thread Lyman Chapin
I suggest that the draft include a definition of the term "writing system." Peter Daniels' explanation of what a "writing system" is in "The World's Writing Systems" is probably too detailed (not to mention arcane); but given the importance of the term (which is used 7 times in the draft),

Re: draft-hoffman-rfc3536bis-00 (Terminology Used in Internationalization in the IETF)

2011-03-08 Thread Paul Hoffman
On 3/8/11 8:09 AM, Doug Ewell wrote: This draft makes three references to RFC 4646, "Tags for Identifying Languages," which was obsoleted in September 2009 by RFC 5646 (still BCP 47). RFC 5646 introduced numerous changes, by far the most significant of which was to add support for language subta

Re: draft-hoffman-rfc3536bis-00 (Terminology Used in Internationalization in the IETF)

2011-03-08 Thread Paul Hoffman
On 3/8/11 2:59 PM, Lyman Chapin wrote: I suggest that the draft include a definition of the term "writing system." Peter Daniels' explanation of what a "writing system" is in "The World's Writing Systems" is probably too detailed (not to mention arcane); but given the importance of the term (whic