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@xxxxxx 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@xxxxxx [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 -- Misha Wolf Standards Manager Chief Architecture Office Reuters --------------------------------------------------------------- - Visit our Internet site at http://www.reuters.com Get closer to the financial markets with Reuters Messaging - for more information and to register, visit http://www.reuters.com/messaging Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters Ltd. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf