At 19:05 -0700 2001-10-10, Carl W. Brown wrote: > > In the case of ISO 639 there is an online, official, up-to-date registry >> available at the Library of Congress site. >> > >It is there because the same codes are used in the MARC standard. However >even though they seem to keep it up to date, it is an unofficial copy of the >standard.
It is the publication of the Registration Authority and is *the* authoritative list. The published standard doesn't get updated with additions except like at the 5-year review! >Other standards are catch as catch can. Who would keep copies of >the roadmaps available to the public? The roadmaps are working documents designed to help us. They are not standards. -- Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com 15 Port Chaeimhghein �ochtarach; Baile �tha Cliath 2; �ire/Ireland Telephone +353 86 807 9169 *** Fax +353 1 478 2597 (by arrangement)
