At 19:05 -0700 2001-10-10, Carl W. Brown wrote:
> > In the case of ISO 639 there is an online, official, up-to-date registry
>> available at the Library of Congress site.
>>
>
>It is there because the same codes are used in the MARC standard. However
>even though they seem to keep it up to date, it is an unofficial copy of the
>standard.
It is the publication of the Registration Authority and is *the*
authoritative list. The published standard doesn't get updated with
additions except like at the 5-year review!
>Other standards are catch as catch can. Who would keep copies of
>the roadmaps available to the public?
The roadmaps are working documents designed to help us. They are not standards.
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