Re: Forms to correct errors in registry

Thanks Doug, just checking.  I may be able to find some bugs....

-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Ewell <[email protected]> 
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 4:18 PM
To: Shawn Steele <[email protected]>; ietf-languages <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [Ietf-languages] Forms to correct errors in registry

Shawn Steele wrote:

> I'm unfamiliar with this convention. Does that mean sgn-lsg? I'm not 
> sure many systems expect codes in that form.
 
All primary language subtags for sign languages have a corresponding extlang subtag, so you can use either "xxx" or "sgn-xxx" as the tag for such content.
 
It's probably true that few systems use a "sgn-xxx" tag for sign-language content. We built that into RFC 5646 probably for systems that used the old "sgn-US", "sgn-GB", etc. syntax from RFC 3066.
 
These registrations don't add any such subtags. They are already in the Registry. What these registrations do is correct the Registry by restoring the missing Preferred-Value that is required by the RFC. See the link in the previous post for more information.
 
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