Per our discussion, here's a proposed preamble to the criteria to tie them together:
ISO 639-2 defines a proper subset of the totality of alpha-3 language identifiers in all parts of ISO 639. The primary applications for which ISO 639-2 is intended include libraries, archives and other documentation applications. Thus, the general criterion for inclusion of a language in ISO 639-2 is that there is a significant body of literature in the language or describing the language. In order to establish this, the following objective and subjective metrics will be applied.
The request for a new language identifier shall include evidence that one agency holds 50 different documents in the language...
The size and variety of the literature in the language, be it written or oral, will be considered and should be documented in the proposal...
etc.
Peter
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> Rebecca S. Guenther
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> Correction to this: the document detailing the new criteria is N48, not
> N47.
>
> Please have your calendars available to set up our next teleconference. I
> do not think that 20 June is going to work.
>
> Rebecca
>
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> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:28:46 -0400
> From: Rebecca S. Guenther <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: [JACVOTE] Reminder: 13 June teleconference agenda
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> Reminder about teleconference.
>
> DATE: 13 June 2006
> TIME: 11:00EST, 8:00PST, 17:00CEST, 18:00EEST
>
> Agenda
>
> 1. Discuss and try to finalize new criteria for ISO 639-2. See document
> N47.
> 2. Discuss how we might be able to implement changed criteria. What is the
> timeline? How to document?
> 3. Discuss items in pipeline. See document N 51 (JAC pipeline issues).
> 4. Any discussion about how to proceed with 639-4 and 639-5? See drafts on
> ISO Livelink site.
> 5. Use of RSS for changes to 639-2 (Rebecca to report).
> 6. (if there's time, but there probably won't be) Preliminary discussion
> of JAC role in maintenance issues after approval of 639-3 (to be discussed
> in detail at next teleconference).
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