From: Debbie Garside (debbie@ictmarketing.co.uk)
Date: Wed Sep 13 2006 - 13:24:32 CDT
Addison wrote:
> It's pretty simple, actually. ISO 639-3 and ISO 639-2 share a
> codespace.
> That is, if you see a code 'xyz' in ISO 639-2, it will have
> exactly the same meaning in ISO 639-3. If you see a code
> 'xyz' in ISO 639-3, if it is assigned (or becomes assigned)
> in ISO 639-2 it will have exactly the same meaning.
>
> No language will have two codes assigned in the registry.
> Users will, presumably, choose the code that best meets their needs.
This is true with regard to the alpha3 codes but there is a slight problem
in that some of the descriptions (language reference names) currently differ
between the two standards. The LTRU are currently discussing this problem.
I would like to see both descriptions added.
Best regards
Debbie Garside
> -----Original Message-----
> From: unicore-bounce@unicode.org
> [mailto:unicore-bounce@unicode.org] On Behalf Of Addison Phillips
> Sent: 12 September 2006 16:38
> To: Mark E. Shoulson
> Cc: Doug Ewell; Unicode Mailing List; UnicoRe Mailing List;
> Philippe Verdy
> Subject: Re: New RFC 4645-4647 (language tags)
>
> Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> >
> > I think the question here (at least the question *I* have here), is
> > that if and when ISO 4646 is made to include ISO 639-3,
> given that ISO
> > 639-3 and ISO 639-2 both use 3-letter codes, how will it be
> possible
> > to distinguish whether a 639-2 or a 639-3 code is being
> used? Unless
> > all of the 639-2 codes are subsumed into 639-3 (i.e. no one
> code has
> > incompatible meanings under the two standards). And in
> that case, is
> > 639-2 "deprecated" because 639-3 says everything it says, and more?
> >
> > This is such a simple question I feel stupid for asking it; surely
> > this has been thought of and quickly dispensed with by the
> committees.
> >
>
> It's pretty simple, actually. ISO 639-3 and ISO 639-2 share a
> codespace.
> That is, if you see a code 'xyz' in ISO 639-2, it will have
> exactly the same meaning in ISO 639-3. If you see a code
> 'xyz' in ISO 639-3, if it is assigned (or becomes assigned)
> in ISO 639-2 it will have exactly the same meaning.
>
> No language will have two codes assigned in the registry.
> Users will, presumably, choose the code that best meets their needs.
>
> Addison
>
> --
> Addison Phillips
> Globalization Architect -- Yahoo! Inc.
>
> Internationalization is an architecture.
> It is not a feature.
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