[A12n-Collab] RE: Is anybody controlling the lingual quality out there? (CLDR)

["Don Osborn" <dzo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can't answer your question regarding quality control of specific locales in 
the Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR). However, I would like to mention that 
this sort of issue will likely become more frequent as we get into languages 
with shorter written traditions, multiple dialects, multiple authorities 
setting standards for things like orthographies, changes in those standards, 
and sometimes differences between what people do and the formal standards (such 
has been noted for example with some languages in Nigeria due in part to lack 
of Unicode fonts).

There is also the question of how well the 639-1&2 and 639-3 codes work for 
locales and localization for some languages / macrolanguages / language 
clusters.

As we get into a period when locales will be generated for more African 
languages, I think these issues will all come to the fore. There will probably 
be a need for more proactive vetting than we've seen with locales up until now 
- i.e., an announcement and general call for comments may not suffice. Instead, 
experts in specific languages and from relevant countries may have to be sought 
out for their input.

Don Osborn
Bisharat.net



> -----Original Message-----
> From: cldr-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cldr-users-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Yury Tarasievich
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 7:54 AM
> To: cldr-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Is anybody controlling the lingual quality out there?
> 
> Is anybody at all controlling the lingual quality of what goes into
> locales?
> 
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