Subject: [Ltru] maintain registration records for every single subtag (gen-art #10)

From: "Addison Phillips" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 10:21:13 -0700

> > s3.1: para 1, last sentence:  Given that *all* the initial records 
> > are in the initial registry load RFC, maintaining registration forms 
> > for just the RFC3066 subset seems a little odd.  Why not all or 
> > none, since presumably they can be created by an automated script?
> [Addison Phillips]
> 
> The RFC 3066 registry is maintained in perpetuity and its format is 
> different than that of the draft. That registry is maintained as an 
> obsolete reference (it just seemed prudent to do so). Generating many 
> registration forms for the initial set, however, doesn't seem that useful.

The proposal is to generate bogus registration forms for every subtag. I believe this is a mis-reading of the original intention (which was that the existing RFC 3066 registry be preserved).

I note that, as written, the IANA considerations do not preserve the registration forms! The approved record is entered into the registry and the form is apparently discarded. Section 5 says this clearly and Sections 3.2 and 3.4 imply it strongly. The only reference to the maintenance of registration forms is the cited sentence in Section 3.1, para 1, which says that the forms will be preserved. We should decide which one.

Proposed Solution:

Change the cited sentence:

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With the exception of the registration forms for grandfathered and redundant tags, no registration records will be maintained for the initial set of subtags.
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To read:

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The existing registration forms for RFC 3066 grandfathered and redundant tags will be maintained as part of the obsolete RFC 3066 registry. The remaining set of initial subtags will not have registration forms created for them.
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And change this sentence in Section 5:

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Future work on the Language Subtag Registry SHALL be limited to inserting or replacing whole records preformatted for IANA by the Language Subtag Reviewer as described in Section 3.2 (Maintenance of the Registry) of this document.
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To read:

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Future work on the Language Subtag Registry SHALL be limited to inserting or replacing whole records preformatted for IANA by the Language Subtag Reviewer as described in Section 3.2 (Maintenance of the Registry) of this document and archiving the forwarded registration form.
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Addison P. Phillips
Globalization Architect, Quest Software
http://www.quest.com

Chair, W3C Internationalization Core Working Group
http://www.w3.org/International

Internationalization is not a feature.
It is an architecture. 

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