Proposal: "compat" keywords (BCP47)

[Steven R. Loomis]

On 07/29/2014 10:53 PM, Steven R. Loomis wrote:
> New keyword "compat"
>
> Example:
>
>     ar-u-co-compat
>
> Meaning: "A compatibility collation tailoring, intended to use a
> previous version of the collation rules."
>
> In ticket http://unicode.org/cldr/trac/ticket/4207  a major change to
> Arabic collation is proposed.
> So that the previous tailoring can be retrieved, the "compat" keyword is
> proposed.
>
> Please reply to this list if you have comments or concerns.
>
> The ticket # referenced above will be used to implement this keyword.
>

This is a BCP47 keyword.

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