Re: language variant subtag "pinyin" modification request
Mark Davis ☕️ <[email protected]> Mon, 26 Nov 2018 08:31:09 +0100
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See also: Locale Identifiers <https://goo.gl/kizkrm> Mark On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 2:17 PM Mark Davis ☕️ <[email protected]> wrote: > The Unicode locale identifiers support a legacy syntax as well as proper > BCP 47 syntax. There is a defined subset of the Unicode locale identifiers > called *Unicode BCP 47 locale identifiers*, which are all well-formed BCP > 47 language tags. That is the target syntax that any new implementation > should use. > > The data files on the CLDR site use the legacy syntax for backwards > compatibility. However, the transform to BCP 47 syntax is simple, and > defined in > http://unicode.org/reports/tr35/#Unicode_Locale_Identifier_CLDR_to_BCP_47, > so it is quite straightforward for implementations to read the CLDR data > and just use the BCP47 syntax. > > We should probably make that clear in the chart documentation. > > Mark > > > On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 9:07 PM Hugh Paterson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> @Doug Ewell <[email protected]> >> >> I'm interested in some clarification on the statement below: >> >> > It also suggests using invalid tags in the Japan section, where it >> makes the bizarre statement that "BCP 47 makes no difference between '-' >> and '_'". Be careful when citing this project. >> >> I'm wondering if the source of confusion at the OSM project might be >> CLDR. I notice that the documentation at CLDR for suggested tags includes >> underscores. See the documentation at [1]. >> >> For my own understanding, am I correct to understand that CLDR tags are >> not BCP47 tags? or put another way what is the relationship between CLDR >> tags (approved ones) and BCP47 tags (approved ones). >> >> [1]: >> http://www.unicode.org/cldr/charts/latest/supplemental/likely_subtags.html >> >> all the best, >> > > >> [snip] >> >> -- >> *Hugh Paterson III *Innovation Analyst >> *Innovation Development & Experimentation*, *SIL International* >> >> *Web*: Contact & CV <http://hughandbecky.us/Hugh-CV/> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ietf-languages mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages >> > _______________________________________________ Ietf-languages mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages