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OLAC Working Group on Language Codes |
This working group is now closed. Further discussion of language codes should be directed to the Metadata working group.
The OLAC Working Group on Language Codes will create OLAC standards concerning language code vocabularies and their management.
In scope are all human languages, living, recently extinct, ancient and constructed. Constructed languages include proto languages and artificial languages. Out of scope is the classification of languages into language families.
Note: This working group operates according to the OLAC Working Group Process.
Note: This working group is coextensive with the EMELD-CODES working group, and shares the same mailing list.
Anthony Aristar, Wayne State University and LINGUIST List.
http://www.linguistlist.org/aristar/
aristar@linguistlist.org
| Title: | The OLAC Language Standard | |
| Editor: | Steven Bird | |
| Timeframe: | TBD | |
| Description: | This document will identify the language code vocabularies to be used in OLAC-conformant metadata (including ISO-639, Ethnologue and LINGUIST codes), and lay out the rules for deciding which vocabulary to use for a given language, and the procedure to use when a putative language is not listed in any vocabulary. | |
| Title: | LINGUIST Codes for Ancient and Constructed Languages | |
| Editor: | Anthony Aristar | |
| Timeframe: | TBD | |
| Description: | This document will define a vocabulary covering ancient and constructed languages. It will describe how the criteria for the Ethnologue codes can be modified and extended to ancient and constructed languages. It will also list the criteria by which codes should be assigned to ancient and constructed languages. | |
| Draft: | LINGUIST Codes for Ancient and Constructed Languages (2002-02-19) | |
| Title: | Ethnologue Codes for Living and Recently-Extinct Languages | |
| Editor: | Gary Simons | |
| Timeframe: | TBD | |
| Description: | This document will define the Ethnologue vocabulary for living and recently-extinct languages, and will document the process by which the vocabulary is managed and updated. The document will also specify a process for community members to request a new code, and the criteria that the Ethnologue editors apply in deciding whether to adopt the code. | |
| Draft: | SIL Three-letter Codes for Identifying Languages: Migrating from in-house standard to community standard (2002-04-23) | |
| Title: | Managing LINGUIST Codes for Ancient and Constructed Languages | |
| Editor: | Anthony Aristar | |
| Timeframe: | TBD | |
| Description: | This document will define the constitution of a group that will maintain the LINGUIST Language Codes over an extended period. The document will also specify a process for community members to request a new code, and the criteria that the group will use in deciding whether to adopt the code. | |
| Draft: | Managing LINGUIST Codes for Ancient and Constructed Languages (2002-05-19) |
All working group discussions take place in a public forum; please see the LIST ARCHIVES.
Current members: Deborah Anderson, Steven Bird, Robert Blust, John Clews, Richard Cook, Randy LaPolla, Marianne Mithun, Martha Ratliff, Gary Simons, Jane Simpson, David Solnit, Sergei Starostin, Nhlanhla Thwala, Ljuba Veselinova.
Membership of this working group is open to all OLAC members. Become an OLAC member by signing up for the OLAC-General mailing list (see http://www.language-archives.org/).
To join this working group, simply join the E-MELD-CODES mailing list by filling in the form below: