Hi, Doug, thanks very much for accepting my offer.
I'd be happy to help.  Anyone has time to reply can answer my questions about the "Deprecated," "Preferred-value", "Comments," and "Any other relevant information" fields (below, followed by an example subtag).
 
(If I hear nothing back I'll assume I've got it right and will just go on.)

First, the "Any other relevant information" field:
 
For your first registration record, Doug wrote:

   "This registration tracks a change made to ISO 639-3 effective
   2010-01-20, adding the code element 'shd' for Kundal Shahi."

whereas I should write:
=>  ??

   "This registration tracks a change made to ISO 639-3 effective
   2010-01-20, retiring{/deprecating} the code element 'drh' for Darkhat {in favor of 'khk'}."
 
Correct?  (The informattion in brackets is for an alternative version, if you prefer that; otherwise I will omit it and use the word 'retiring'.)

Also I assume I need "Added," "Deprecated, and "Preferred-value" fields in the registration form as these are relevant.
(And maybe a "Comments" field (as for 'heploc')?? Or no maybe not?)
 
Finally, for the subtag, 'lut'

("Existing languages in this subgroup
of Salish languages are
Southern Puget Sound Salish
[slh], Skagit [ska], and
Snohomish [sno]")--
 
what is the 'Preferred-value'?
I assume I should just leave it blank.  Let me know if otherwise.
 
My example is below; I will email all sometime tomorrow
(with the fields as I have them except for the comments which I will not have
and without the text in brackets and with the 'Preferred-value' field for 'lut' empty--unless I hear otherwise;
but I think the requestor is still Doug Ewell or Michael Everson--I assume I am just copying clerical data the same way Doug copied and revised the 'heploc' deprecation request record but left the requestor as "Frank Bennett").
 
-----
LANGUAGE SUBTAG MODIFICATION
File-Date: 2010-03-01
%%
Type: language
Subtag: drh
Description: Darkhat
Added: 2009-07-29
Deprecated: 2010-03-01
Preferred-Value: khk
%%
---
LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM
1. Name of requester: Doug Ewell  ???
2. E-mail address of requester: doug at ewellic.org ???
3. Record Requested:
   Type: language
   Subtag: drh
   Description: Darkhat
   Added: 2009-07-29
   Deprecated: 2010-03-01
   Preferred-Value: khk
{   Comments:  This variant subtag has been merged with the subtag 'khk'. }

4. Intended meaning of the subtag:
5. Reference to published description
   of the language (book or article):
6. Any other relevant information:

   This registration tracks a change made to ISO 639-3 effective
   2010-01-20, retiring{/deprecating} the code element 'drh' for Darkhat {?in favor of 'khk'}.
 
   For more information on the ISO 639-3 change, refer to
   http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/639-3_ChangeRequests_2009_Summary.pdf
 
* * *
--C. E. Whitehead
cewcathar <at> hotmail.com

 

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