On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 06:31:40AM -0800, ned.freed@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > For the triple of > > > language/country/script to match usefully in the general case by > > > RFC 3066 parsers (which are unaware of script in general), the first > > > and second subtags would have to remain language code and country > > > code respectively. > > > If you consider realistic scenarios, this makes the wrong assumption that > > country distinctions generally matter more to users. > > If you want to consider realistic scenarios, it is often the case that country > information is readily available as input to matching algorithms, whereas > script information is not. Therefore the assumption that scripts matter more > than countries may be true but isn't relevant. I would also favour the country code as second field, as it would be backwards compatible with RFC 3066, and also compatible with the order used in locales. Best regards Keld _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf