What script is bm.xml?

[Markus Scherer]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Martin Hosken <martin_hosken at sil.org>
wrote:

> I notice that there is bm.xml and bm_Latn.xml. How is one to know that
> bm.xml should really be bm_Nkoo.xml? In supplementalData.xml there is a
> scripts="Latn Nkoo" entry, so we can tell that the script for bm.xml should
> be either Latn or Nkoo. Further in the same file it lists that 46% of the
> population of Mali is literate in Bambara in Latin, but only 2% in Nkoo
> script.
>
> Is there a data driven approach to resolving the script for a particular
> .xml file or do I have to use a process of elimination (bm_Latn.xml exists,
> so bm.xml must be Nkoo)?
>

Maybe it's a mistake?
likelySubtags.xml seems to confirm the supplementalData: <likelySubtag
from="bm" to="bm_Latn_ML"/>

I suggest you submit a ticket.

markus
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