Hi John,
Your mail [1] puzzles me. I don't think I suggested that the W3C is
developing language tags. On the contrary, I wrote [2]:
| The W3C is highly dependent on the RFC 1766/3066 family of RFCs,
| as language-handling in HTML and XML is delegated to these RFCs.
| Within the W3C, the responsibility for keeping an eye on these
| RFCs lies with the I18N WG.
I also did not suggest most of the other things which you imply that
I had suggested.
The facts of the matter are:
- various IETF protocols and data structures make use of language
tags
- various W3C protocols and data structures make use of language
tags
There are a number of important issues needing resolution, including
the stability of language tags over time. The current draft
attempts to deal with these.
I note your characterisation of the IETF/W3C liaison (as only
tackling formal projects that both bodies are engaged in, etc). You
may be quite correct, though one might be forgiven for forming a
different impression, looking at:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ietf-w3c/
public-ietf-w3c(_at_)w3(_dot_)org Mail Archives
IETF/W3C coordination: identification of areas of overlap,
coordination of reviews, and meeting coverage.
and:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ietf-w3c/2002Jun/0001.html
announcing public-ietf-w3c(_at_)w3(_dot_)org
[too long to quote]
and:
http://www.w3.org/2001/11/StdLiaison#IETF
[which lists I18N under W3C Activities affected]
I have no idea where you got all the other strange ideas you appear
to attribute to me (about overruling the IESG etc), so I won't
respond to them.
[1] http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg33603.html
[2] http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg33553.html
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