----- Original Message -----From: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">H�vard HjulstadTo: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]Cc: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Rebecca S. GuentherSent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 06:03Subject: ISO 639 encoding proposal: PlautdietschDear Dennis Quiring,Your proposal to encode "Plautdietsch" in ISO 639-2 has been received long ago and discussed by the ISO 639 RAs Joint Advisory Committee (JAC). I am sorry that the proposal has been very long in the pipeline.Part of the reason for the delay is the finalization of ISO 639-3, which extends the alpha-3 language code to include some 7000 languages. The item in question is encoded in ISO 639-3. That part of ISO 639 will become an International Standard very soon.Please see http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=pdt for documentation of how the item is encoded in ISO 639-3.It may be that the encoding in ISO 639-3 makes an encoding in ISO 639-2 superfluous. The identifier would be the same (pdt), and the scope of the encoding would be the same.Please send any comment to me and I shall forward it to the JAC for consideration.Best regards,H�vard Hjulstad(secretary ISO 639 RAs-JAC)--------------------H�vard HjulstadStandard Norge / Standards Norwaydirekte tel / direct tel: (+47) 67838645--------------------
No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.5/450 - Release Date: 09/18/06