Re: [stdsreg] Metadata Specification v2.9 - Language

[Martin Bryan <mtbryan@sgml.u-net.com>]

Ray
>
> In fact, if you check the reference given for country codes, you will see
that the code for the United Kingdom is "gb".
>
> [I assume they don't expect to be united indefinitely, and will eventually
revert to Great Britain ;)]

Its the reverse: we were hoping that they would be united, together with
what is now Eire, and become Greater Britain, but now that Cornwall is
seeking independence along with the Bretons and Basques we are returning to
the older names (Wessex, Mercia, Northumbria, etc)

Martin Bryan
UK Society for the Preservation of Mercia