From c.painting-request@xopen.co.uk Tue Oct 5 09:32:43 1993 Received: from xopen.xopen.co.uk by dkuug.dk with SMTP id AA25222 (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4j for ); Tue, 5 Oct 1993 09:32:43 +0100 Received: by xopen.xopen.co.uk (1.36.108.3/15.6) id AA21526; Tue, 5 Oct 93 09:31:57 +0100 Message-Id: <9310050831.AA21526@xopen.co.uk> Received: by xopuk.xopen.co.uk (1.36.108.3/16.2) id AA21019; Tue, 5 Oct 93 09:27:51 +0100 From: Vic Goddard Subject: (c.painting 916) Re: (XoJIG 1225) (SC22WG15.312) Re: X/Open Registry of Locales To: keld@dkuug.dk (Keld J|rn Simonsen) Date: Tue, 5 Oct 93 9:27:51 BST Cc: isaak@csac.zko.dec.com, sc22wg15@dkuug.dk, c.painting@xopen.co.uk In-Reply-To: <199310041631.AA02346@dkuug.dk>; from "Keld J|rn Simonsen" at Oct 4, 93 5:29 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Comments: (c.painting 916) X-Charset: ASCII X-Char-Esc: 29 Keld, ref your mail (attached). You say:- > > I think that the X/Open locales are not available publically. > That is certainly NOT the case! The whole point of the locale registry is to make the locales widely available! All locales in the X/Open registry, which will include those you have submitted and those accepted from all other sources, will be available like any X/Open 'document' to anyone who cares to order them. Regards, Vic Goddard ---000--- > From XoJIG-request@xopen.co.uk Tue Oct 5 09:15 BST 1993 > Received: from xopen.xopen.co.uk by xopuk.xopen.co.uk with SMTP > (1.36.108.3/16.2) id AA20878; Tue, 5 Oct 93 09:15:53 +0100 > Return-Path: > Received: by xopen.xopen.co.uk > (1.36.108.3/15.6) id AA21274; Tue, 5 Oct 93 09:05:39 +0100 > Received: by ncrsecp.Copenhagen.NCR.COM; 5 Oct 93 09:05:53 MET > Received: by l394.Copenhagen.NCR.COM; 5 Oct 93 10:08:51 EDT > Received: by l394.Copenhagen.NCR.COM; 4 Oct 93 20:45:40 EDT > Received: by ncrsecp.Copenhagen.NCR.COM; 4 Oct 93 19:42:24 MET > Received: from dkuug.dk by ns.dknet.dk with SMTP id AA19964 > (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4j for ); Mon, 4 Oct 1993 18:27:29 +0100 > Received: by dkuug.dk id AA02346 > (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4j for SC22WG15-list); Mon, 4 Oct 1993 17:31:21 +0100 > Message-Id: <199310041631.AA02346@dkuug.dk> > From: keld@dkuug.dk (Keld J|rn Simonsen) > X-Sequence: SC22WG15@dkuug.dk 312 > Errors-To: SC22WG15-request@dkuug.dk > Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 17:29:33 +0100 > In-Reply-To: isaak@csac.zko.dec.com (Jim Isaak-respond via isaak@decvax.dec.com) > "(SC22WG15.311) X/Open Registry of Locales" (Oct 4, 17:15) > X-Charset: US-DK > X-Char-Esc: 29 > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=ISO-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > Mnemonic-Intro: 29 > X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.2 4/12/91) > To: isaak@csac.zko.dec.com (Jim Isaak-respond via isaak@decvax.dec.com), > sc22wg15@dkuug.dk > Subject: (XoJIG 1225) (SC22WG15.312) Re: X/Open Registry of Locales > Original-Sender: ek > Sender: XoJIG-request@xopen.co.uk > Comments: (XoJIG 1225) > > Jim Isaak writes: > > > Recent mail received from the U.S. RAC indicates that X/Open > > is setting up a registry of Locales -- apparently Vic Goddard > > at X/Open is the contact point for information about that. > > (The letter from Vic to the US RAC is dated May 25, 1993). > > > > The letter is triggered by the submission of a U.S. locale > > for registration, and indicates that "An official Locale > > from a Standards Body would take precedence over an unoffical > > locale and the intent is that the registry will eventually only > > contain locales from formal standards bodies." > > Yes, their initial collection of locales includes the Danish > locales as we have published them in ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993 > together with a number of other standards bodies locales, of > Nordic and Baltic origin. (that is Finnish, Estonian, Icelandic, > Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian and Swedish locales). > > There are also some locales that I have submitted privately to them. > (some 20 locales, including major european and american countries). > All these locales, and more are obtainable from the WG15 collection > of POSIX locales, in the directory dkuug.dk:i18n/locales - charmaps > in dkuug.dk:i18n/charmaps - avaliable by ftp and email. > > I think that the X/Open locales are not available publically. > > Keld > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vic Goddard X/Open Company Ltd Development Manager, Distributed Systems Apex Plaza, Forbury Road EMail: v.goddard@xopen.co.uk Reading, England, RG1 1AX Tel: +44 734 508311 Ext 2255 FAX: +44 734 500110 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- X/Open and the X device are trademarks of X/Open Company Ltd. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------