On 13 Jun 2017, at 06:58, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hoi,
> First there is no agreement.

Not sure what you are talking about.

> Second, for ISO-639-3 languages that are living languages there is no need for a vote.

That’s our rules, yes.

> Third, for other ISO-639-3 languages there is a need for a vote.

I suppose there are living languages with few if any users and other languages with potentially very many.

> Compelling arguments are needed and a two third majority is reasonable.

What does everyone feel about this?

> Fourth for codes that do not have an ISO-639-3 code the standard answer is no. Without proper arguments this should not happen.

And this is the BPC 47 thing. That’s a very important and widely-implemented standard. If the 639 Agency had refused Elfdalian, we would have created a primary tag for it. That would be a situation where a non-standard answer might be useful.

Michael

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