I'm guessing that LOC is planning to have info on ISO 639-5 posted on their 639 Web site. If so, can we get an ETA on when that is expected to be available? (A dependency to ISO 639-5 is being taken in the update to RFC 4646.) Thanks Peter -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Doug Ewell Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 9:37 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: ISO 639-5 Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer at nic dot fr> wrote: >> where and when will the details of ISO 639-5 standard be freely >> available? > > Never? This is ISO, after all. I hope this only refers to the details of the standard proper, not the code list, which is still not freely available. As editor of 4645bis, I was a strong proponent of including the ISO 639-5 code elements in the expanded Language Subtag Registry, provided that the 639-5 code list would be made freely available with little delay. If this is not going to happen -- and I'm basing that likelihood not so much on Stéphane's remark as on the continuing lack of information from the RA -- then perhaps we in LTRU need to revisit that decision. We require all of the other core standards to have freely available code lists. -- Doug Ewell * Thornton, Colorado, USA * RFC 4645 * UTN #14 http://www.ewellic.org http://www1.ietf.org/html.charters/ltru-charter.html http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages ˆ _______________________________________________ Ietf-languages mailing list [log in to unmask] http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages