Harald,
do we have an argument for allowing the "-" character in the
subtag, and extending the maximum length to a lot more than 8 chars?
We could change
Language ::= 1*8ALPHA [ '-' 1*8ALPHA ]
to
Language-Tag = Principal-Tag [ "-" Subtag ]
Principal-Tag = Lword
Subtag = Lword *( "-" Lword )
Lword = 1*8ALPHA
I don't think much would be won by having a different delimiter
between the Principal-Tag and the Subtag than between the parts
of the Subtag.
Probably some text should be included in the draft saying that a
Language-Tag consisting of several Lwords will be registered
only if
(1) it is the extension of an already registered Language-Tag
with one Lword at the end, and
(2) it is used for a variant of the language denoted by that
Language-Tag.
It should also be recommended that the number of Lwords are
kept at a minimum.
My model would be that, once this goes through, *you* register iana-art
and iana-hum, and anything else you like.
That's OK.
Meanwhile, samiskhs.no (the Sami institute of higher education in Norway)
would register iana-sami, iana-sami-south, iana-sami-north and so on.
We could all have a nice get-together about further developments in
6 months, when it is Draft Standard time....
Okay?
Sure.
/Olle