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> From: ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > Of Anila Angjeli > One possibility for ISO 639-3 is that each entry in the code table points > to an entry in the Ethnologue or other sources to provide background > information that would make clear what the intended denotation is. At a > minimum, a "comments" field is needed, and might be a useful addition for > the ISO 639 code tables. If there were a comments field, then that is > where > I would indicate for the "oci" ID, "Encompasses Auvergnat, Gascon, > Languedocien, Provençal, Shaudit, Vivaroalpine." > > >>>I agree, provided that Ethnologue be modified as far as Occitan and its > dialects is concerned. I agree that cross-referencing the Ethnologue would only work well if the Ethnologue were modified. I was suggesting a comments field being added to the code tables for ISO 639-3 or for ISO 639-2 (perhaps not in the print edition but online) as an alternative to cross-referencing the Ethnologue. I prefer this option, actually. Peter Constable