[At-Large] Re-engineering the Internet

Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond ocl at gih.com
Thu Aug 28 12:53:54 EDT 2008


"JFC Morfin" <jefsey at jefsey.com> said:

> We have committed to remain fully interoperable with IETF solutions
> when they are clearly defined (we are not going to read 5500 RFCs, it
> is not our hobby). Our basis is ISO 3166, which is the very structure
> of the International network since 1978. It has documented the
> national scripts and languages since its ISO-3166-1:2006 version. We
> will base ourself on the Open Source LS640 Linguasphere series that
> served as the basis for the current ISO 639-6 standard preparation of
> an exhaustive listing of all the  language names.

1. If you wish to be "fully interoperable with IETF solutions", may I 
recommend that if you're serious about your proposal, you read those "5500 
RFCs". I am surprised how many people are trying to re-invent the wheel, 
starting from the guy at IETF that presented a protocol which basically did 
what AlohaNet did back in 1970 & Packet Radio henceforth.

2. I'm afraid that ISO 3166 has nothing to do with national scripts & 
languages. The official name is Codes for the representation of names of 
countries and their subdivisions.
You're speaking solely of ISO 639. You're also missing ISO 15924 - Codes for 
Writing Systems, aka Codes for the representation of names of scripts.

As for the rest of the post, I'm sorry but I can't understand it.

O.




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