Re: Language for taxonomic names, redux
Andy Mabbett <[email protected]>
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On 22 February 2017 at 18:48, Peter Constable <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ietf-languages [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andy Mabbett > >> I've set out several additional use-cases previously, including: > ... >> * Selection for styling by CSS > > So <span class="bioTaxonomy"> isn't sufficient how? Sufficient for what? I made no argument that such markup is not suffcemnt /merely/ for styling; I provided an example of how a language tag might be sued > The request for a use case isn't merely asking for hypothetical ways in which a subtag > might possibly be used, but rather is asking for ways in which it would _likely_ be used. It would /likely be used in the manner described. See for eample: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Lang#Applying_styles I know several people who already use this technique. > you have to provide reason to believe that (a) TTS engines for the particular varieties in > question are likely to be created, and (b) that there is a community of users that would likely > markup up content so as to take advantage of that. See the Wikipedia (& sister project) case I gave earlier. I'm quite sure that my colleagues and friends who maintain taxonomic directories (at the UK & US National History Museums, BirdGuides, BBC, BTO, RSPB, and many more) would follow suit. See also the case made by Gregor Hagedorn in 2008. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _______________________________________________ Ietf-languages mailing list [email protected] http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages