[osis-core] xml:lang and <language>: final call

[Chris Little]

Todd & Patrick,

I'm happy with everything Patrick said.


On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Todd Tillinghast wrote:

> Patrick and Chris,
> 
> I am not sure about the following values:
> <xs:enumeration value="IANA"/>
> <xs:enumeration value="IETF"/>
> I think these are good, just wanted to check that these are parallel to
> all of the ISO values and not duplications.  (I am not that familiar
> with the standards, just want to make sure you two think they should be
> included.)

IETF just means RFC 3066 or whatever obsoletes it.  RFC 3066 identifies 
any of: ISO 639-1, 639-2 (B or T), IANA, or 'x-' as acceptable codes.  So 
codes from any of these standards would be valid IETF codes, but not 
necessarily vice versa.  The IANA codes themselves are a very short list 
that should really just go away since they're handled better elsewhere, 
but IETF included them in the RFC, so we should keep it.
 
> <xs:enumeration value="LINGUIST"/> If this is not a recognized standard
> we should not include it.

It's not a standard in the sense of having been created by a traditional 
standards body like ISO or IETF, but it is a recognized standard in use by 
linguists.  SIL's Ethnologue codes only cover living natural languages.  
The LINGUIST codes are intended as an extension to these, covering dead 
languages (like Anglo-Saxon and Hittite) and constructed languages (like 
Klingon and Quenya).

> <xs:enumeration value="other"/> Is there a reason that this is not
> simply covered by attribute extension?  I would rather see people use x-
> and a specific value that simply put "other" that would tell what it is
> not relative to the schema at the time of the encoding but not what it
> is.

I guess I'm okay with removing other.  I thought it was a good idea when 
Patrick had it in the original list, but I guess using x- is fine too.

--Chris


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: osis-core-admin@bibletechnologieswg.org [mailto:osis-core-
> > admin@bibletechnologieswg.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Durusau
> > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 6:50 AM
> > To: osis-core@bibletechnologieswg.org
> > Subject: [osis-core] xml:lang and <language>: final call
> > 
> > Greetings!
> > 
> > Do I understand the discussion on xml:lang and type on the <language>
> to
> > be as follows:
> > 
> > Note: xml:lang is required on osisText
> > 
> > The type attribute should be restored to <language>, with the list,
> > IETF, etc., which I took out thinking we were moving towards a
> consensus
> > on the osisGenRegex mechanism.
> > 
> > Thus:
> > <language>
> > <xs:attribute name="type" type="languageType"/>
> > 
> > Calling:
> > 
> > <xs:simpleType name="languageType">
> > 		<xs:union memberTypes="osisLanguage
> attributeExtension"/>
> > 	</xs:simpleType>
> > 
> > Which incorporates:
> > 
> > 	<xs:simpleType name="osisLanguage">
> > 		<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
> > 			<xs:enumeration value="IANA"/>
> > 			<xs:enumeration value="IETF"/>
> > 			<xs:enumeration value="ISO-639-1"/>
> > 			<xs:enumeration value="ISO-639-2"/>
> > 			<xs:enumeration value="ISO-639-2-B"/>
> > 			<xs:enumeration value="ISO-639-2-T"/>
> > 			<xs:enumeration value="LINGUIST"/>
> > 			<xs:enumeration value="other"/>
> > 			<xs:enumeration value="SIL"/>
> > 		</xs:restriction>
> > 	</xs:simpleType>
> > 
> > And the only remaining issue is documentation (on this point)?
> > 
> > I nominate Todd and Chris to write up a suggested description for
> usage
> > on xml:lang as well as the type attribute on <language> and the
> content
> > of <language>.
> > 
> > Hope everyone is having a great day!
> > 
> > Patrick
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Patrick Durusau
> > Director of Research and Development
> > Society of Biblical Literature
> > Patrick.Durusau@sbl-site.org
> > Chair, V1 - Text Processing: Office and Publishing Systems Interface
> > Co-Editor, ISO 13250, Topic Maps -- Reference Model
> > 
> > Topic Maps: Human, not artificial, intelligence at work!
> > 
> > 
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