Re: New Locale Proposal

From: Michael Everson ([email protected])
Date: Tue Sep 19 2000 - 08:37:44 EDT


Ar 10:41 -0800 2000-09-18, scr�obh Marion Gunn:
>
>The most significant aspect of this is that the work of registering codes
>should be procesed much faster in future, becuause, although for now
>there may still exist two separate Maintenance Agencies to process
>requests, applicants applying to AT InfoTerm for 639-1 codes have,
>in future, as you say below, simultaneously to satisfy
>639-2 US LOC requirements.

I do not think it is correct to characterize the requirements of ISO 639-2,
which are set forth in that international standard, as "US LOC"
requirements. They are the requirements of the international standard.

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