Mr. Hjalmarson: It would also be helpful if you could provide a little info about your application scenario. In particular, if you need metadata elements used in public interchange protocols, then that might be significant: some protocols may already specify use of alpha-3 identifiers from ISO 639-2 or ISO 639-3, or may specify derivative conventions such as IETF BCP 47 that reference these other parts of ISO 639. Peter Constable From: ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Christian Galinski Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 9:07 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: AW: List of ISO 639-1 codes Importance: High Dear Mr. Hjalmarson, I have forwarded your request to colleagues of ISO/TC 37, but I think that it should be properly dealt with by the Joint Advisory Committee of ISO 639 „Codes for the representation of names of languages“. Could you please specify what you mean under - “machine language”? (I assume not programming language) - “multi-language”: in what sense? (several languages in one text, same representation for a semantic unit in several languages?) - “undefined language”? In any case there seem to be more needs for language symbols around than we could so far foresee… Any “individualistic” solution without international coordination will sooner or later lead to incompatibility/interoperability problems. Best regards Christian Von: Mikael Hjalmarson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]<mailto:[mailto:[log in to unmask]]> Gesendet: Freitag, 17. Juni 2011 09:44 An: Dorothée Eichfelder Cc: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Betreff: RE: List of ISO 639-1 codes Hi, Thanks for the information. Is there any information that you can provide in guidance on what to use if we want to identify - manchine language - multi-language - undefined language What would be the recommendation for to identify the above "languages"? If we are to assign "own codes" for to identify the above "languages" what are we to consider? - what characters are not to be used - how many characters Best regards, Mikael Hjalmarson ________________________________ From: Dorothée Eichfelder [mailto:[log in to unmask]]<mailto:[mailto:[log in to unmask]]> Sent: den 16 juni 2011 18:47 To: Mikael Hjalmarson Cc: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: List of ISO 639-1 codes Dear Mr. Hjalmarson, You will find the requested list of ISO 639-1 codes together with the list of ISO 639-2 codes at: http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php Please don’t hesitate to contact us, if you need further information. Best regards Dorothée Eichfelder ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Infoterm International Information Centre for Terminology Gymnasiumstrasse 50, 1190 Vienna, Austria Tel.: +43 1 4277-58026 – Fax: +43 1 4277-58027 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> – http://www.infoterm.info A non-profit international association according to Austrian Law, registered under ZVR 353674734 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Founded by UNESCO in 1971 to promote and coordinate international cooperation in the field of terminology THIS E-MAIL HAS BEEN SCANNED FOR ALL KNOWN VIRUSES Von: Mikael Hjalmarson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]<mailto:[mailto:[log in to unmask]]> Gesendet: Freitag, 11. Juni 2011 07:59 An: Infopoint Betreff: List of ISO 639-1 codes Hi, As appointee RA I wonder if there is a place where the Alpha-2 code are available? ISO 639-1:2002<http://www.iso.org/iso/standards_development/catalogue_detail?csnumber=22109> Codes for the representation of names of languages -- Part 1: Alpha-2 code Registration Authority c/o Austrian Standards Institute/ Österreichisches Normungsinstitut Heinestrasse 38 A-1020 Wien Austria Tel: +43 1 213 00 613 Fax: +43 1 213 00 609 E-mail: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Web: http://www.as-institute.at Best regards, Mikael Hjalmarson MIKAEL HJALMARSON Standards Management Corporate Basic Standards Ericsson AB GF Technology & Portfolio Management Torshamnsgatan 21-23 SE-164 80 Stockholm, Sweden Phone +46 10 716 19 56 SMS/MMS +46 73 094 90 45 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.ericsson.com<http://www.ericsson.com> [http://www.ericsson.com/]<http://www.ericsson.com/> This Communication is Confidential. We only send and receive email on the basis of the terms set out at www.ericsson.com/email_disclaimer<http://www.ericsson.com/email_disclaimer>