ISO 639-3 (code for comprehensive language coverage) and ISO 639-5 (code for language collections) will both use alpha-3 identifiers.
These two codes and the alpha-3 code will share a common alpha-3 identifier space. ISO 639-2/T and ISO 639-2/B will become subsets of the union of ISO 639-3 and ISO 639-5 -- a usage profile from that combined space. Eventually, it may all merge into a single standard. Peter Peter Constable Globalization Infrastructure and Font Technologies Microsoft Windows Division > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Marion Gunn > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 9:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Alpha and/or Numeric > > Chuig: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > What's with the proposed new part(s) of ISO 639 - are new codes likely > to go alpha or numeric or combo? > > Anyone know? > mg > > > > -- > Marion Gunn * EGTeo (Estab.1991) > 27 Páirc an Fhéithlinn, Baile an > Bhóthair, Co. Átha Cliath, Éire. > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > > >
