Language subtag registration for 1990aolp (Jo?o Miguel Neves) [was Ietf-languages Digest, Vol 104, Issue 15]

[António H F P A Emiliano (FCSH/UNL)]

On Sep 15, 2011, at 22:27, ietf-languages-request at alvestrand.no wrote:

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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:48:03 +0100
> From: Jo?o Miguel Neves <joao at silvaneves.org>
> To: ietf-languages at alvestrand.no
> Subject: Re: Language subtag registration for 1990aolp
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> For examples of texts with this orthography check any Portuguese
> newspaper (they've adopted the new orthography within the last year):

!!!

> http://www.dn.pt/inicio/portugal/interior.aspx? 
> content_id=1998432&seccao=Madeira&page=-1
>
> Newspaper sites:
> http://www.dn.pt/
> http://www.ionline.pt/
> http://www.publico.pt/

This not accurate information.
Not all newspapers have adopted the reform.
In fact 'Público' has stated that they will NOT adopt it.

> <This variant subtag is intended to apply to text that uses the
> <Portuguese orthography introduced in an international agreement  
> signed
> <in 1945 and implemented from 1945 in Portugal and 1971 in Brazil.
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> Jo?o, "from 1945 in Portugal and 1971 in Brazil"?
> It may seem that Brazil adopted the 1945 rules in 1971. Which is  
> not the case.

Right.

BR rejected the 1945 reform within 2 years of having signed it.
I do think that these proposals require a solid background and  
accurate descriptions (and precise wording).

Regards. - A.