One of the classical use case would be selecting UI language
("locale"). These labels are currently defined by the localization
community of the locales, so we have a definite list here:https://wiki.mozilla.org/L10n:Teams This shouldn't be controversial as the labels are given by the community who is at stake, and take the responsibility of localizing our products [1]. It's is also an bottom-up approach, not a use-that-list-and-ignore-its-problem approach. Things get ugly when you want to separate selections of language with selections of country/region, since you need that to get to the full namespace available in BCP47 [2]. Getting the full namespace also help you describe people without an established Mozilla community listed above. I assume that's the Reps site use case. [1] Maybe not for some B2G phones in which the code goes through the vendors. [2] http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-choosing-language-tags On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 5:20 AM, David Ascher <[email protected]> wrote: > I suggest everyone (but in particular reps portal + mozillians.org) go back > to the actual use cases to determine the approach on a case by case basis. > In most social software (which I think reps + mozillians are), > jurisdictional affiliation is never actually a P1. "Finding people near > me" is; "finding people who think like me / talk like me / walk like me" > often is as well. Location (recognizing that people are in many locations > over time, and that "distance is non-linear") and language (recognizing > that many people speak many languages) are therefore often more useful. > > There may be valid needs for know which legal authority someone is governed > by, but I don't see one here. Facebook is a better source of inspiration > than your local government IT system. > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
