language stuff

[arlogriffiths]

@michaelnmmeyer — I had a quick look at 5900bc5.

Before you spend a whole lot more time on unnecessarily, has anyone actually asked you to offer altenative options to 3-letter ISO codes? I don't feel we need any and I'd prefer we work with a mndatory single system, that is, until it has been explained why we need something more.

At the moment, our most central language "san-Latn", when encoded as per EGD, leads to invalidation of my files.

[michaelnmmeyer]

I made a mistake in the schema commit, now reverted.

For non-ISO language codes, this has been in place for a while. We still have one language code that was present in our original table and that is not in the standard, namely oldbalinese. Nobody has used it so far, though.

[arlogriffiths]

We will need Old Balinese for future phases of dharmalekha development. Could you send a reminder to the ISL lady who is in charge of ISO 693-3 registration?

You write: "non-ISO language codes, this has been in place for a while." — I don't know who asked you to put such an alternative in place. I don't think that the absence of a 3-letter ISO 693-3 code for a single language means we need to have an alternative way of representing any other languages. Am I ignorant of relevant facts?

[michaelnmmeyer]

Looking at our past exchanges, it appears we did not make a formal request for Old Balinese. Requests are now made through a Google form. Can I go on and fill it with your info?

For non-ISO language codes, I am not suggesting we use a new classification. They are meant to be used only for languages that are not in the standard, like oldbanise. Instead of "It is OK to invent a new language code if needed", you can read "It is OK to invent a new language code if none is available in the standard, the application will handle it correctly".

[arlogriffiths]

I'd be very grateful if you could make the submission for Old Balinese. You have the word file for the request that I initially tried to submit?

Thanks for the explanation about the scope of use of non-ISO codes.

[michaelnmmeyer]

OK, doing that.