Language subtag registration for acor1990 (ammended from ao1990)

[Philip Newton]

2011/8/25 João Miguel Neves <joao at silvaneves.org>:
> Em 24-08-2011 20:48, Philip Newton escreveu:
>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 20:04, Doug Ewell <doug at ewellic.org> wrote:
>>> Maybe 'pt1971' and 'pt1990' are what are needed.
>> So you'd have "pt-pt1971" as the combined tag? That seems a bit...
>> redundant, somehow. Though I admit it *would* make it easier to find
>> the right subtag and to associate the subtag with the right idea.
>
> Am I wrong to assume that anyone looking for a variant to a language
> starts by limiting herself to the language tag?

I don't know what "anyone" does :) I assume people use a variety of
strategies to find the subtags they think they need to mark up a given
text.

> Because if easy to find
> a variant in the registry without looking for the language tag is a
> requirement, current implementation fails miserably in my short
> experience with it.

It's not a requirement.

As for my personal opinion, "pt1971" would make it easier to find and
understand, *but* this ease does not make up for the (subjective)
"ugliness" of the subtag which comes from repeating the language code
as part of the subtag name. So on the balance, I - personally - would
disprefer "pt1971".

Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <philip.newton at gmail.com>