<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style='font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;'>Thank you for setting out these two amendments, Luc. As previously noted on this list, I support these, for precisely the reasons you state. <br> <br>Best, <br>Duncan <br> <br>> On 15 May 2015, at 14:11, Luc Pardon <<a href="mailto:lucp@skopos.be" target="_blank">lucp@skopos.be</a>> wrote: <br>> <br>> Below is the registration form to request yet another correction to the <br>> current registration of 'ao1990', namely the addition of a "Prefix : <br>> gl", so that this variant subtag can be used for tagging documents in <br>> the Galician language that are written according to the Portuguese <br>> orthography convention of 1990. <br>> <br>> This request is in addition to the two earlier change requests, i.e. the <br>> spelling correction as requested by Doug and the replacement of the <br>> three current "pt-XX" prefixes by a single "Prefix: pt" field, as <br>> requested by me. These changes have been incorporated in the proposed <br>> "registration" form below, and I have also ventured to propose a <br>> suitable "modifiation" form. <br>> <br>> As there was no controversy when I raised the issue of "Galician in <br>> AO1990" on the list on 26-03-2015, I have kept the form short. Therefore <br>> a few comments may be in order. <br>> <br>> 1. The newspaper mentioned is the "Novas da Galiza", website <br>> <a href="http://www.novasgz.com" target="_blank">http://www.novasgz.com</a>. <br>> <br>> Their decision to adopt AO1990 can be confirmed by a search like this: <br>> <br>> "Acordo Ortográfico" 1990 site:www.novasgz.com <br>> <br>> <br>> 2. From what I read, Galician is so close to Portuguese that it is/was <br>> debated whether it is a dialect or a separate language. <br>> <br>> From a tagger's viewpoint, it should be enough that there is a separate <br>> language subtag for Galician in the registry to justify an additional <br>> prefix, so that "gl-ao1990" can be used if desired. <br>> <br>> Indeed, given that Galician and Portuguese are so close, it makes <br>> perfect sense for users of Galician to adopt a suitable (and available) <br>> convention like AO1990 for writing it. <br>> <br>> The fact that such adoption has actually happened is only an additional <br>> reason to provide a proper tagging mechanism for it. <br>> <br>> <br>> Luc Pardon <br>> <br>> ================================================= <br>> LANGUAGE SUBTAG MODIFICATION <br>> File-Date: 2015-05-06 <br>> %% <br>> Type: variant <br>> Subtag: ao1990 <br>> Description: Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 (Acordo <br>> Ortográfico da Língua Portuguesa de 1990) <br>> Added: 2015-xx-xx <br>> Prefix: pt <br>> Prefix: gl <br>> Comments: Portuguese orthography conventions established in 1990 but <br>> not brought into effect until 2009 <br>> <br>> --- <br>> <br>> LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM <br>> <br>> 1. Name of requester: Luc Pardon <br>> <br>> 2. E-mail address of requester: <a href="mailto:lucp@skopos.be" target="_blank">lucp@skopos.be</a> <br>> <br>> 3. Record Requested: <br>> <br>> Type: variant <br>> <br>> Subtag: ao1990 <br>> <br>> Description: Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 (Acordo <br>> Ortográfico da Língua Portuguesa de 1990) <br>> <br>> Prefix: pt <br>> Prefix: gl <br>> <br>> Comments: Portuguese orthography conventions established in 1990 but not <br>> brought into effect until 2009 <br>> <br>> 4. Intended meaning of the subtag: <br>> <br>> Denotes Portuguese orthography conventions established in 1990. <br>> <br>> 5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article): <br>> <br>> 6. Any other relevant information: <br>> <br>> This change request is for the addition of a "Prefix: gl" to the current <br>> registration. <br>> <br>> The Portuguese Wikipedia article on the Acordo Ortográfico (supplied as <br>> reference with the original registration of the 'ao1990' variant subtag) <br>> states that at least one newspaper in the Galician language has adopted <br>> this convention since 2011. <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________ <br>> Ietf-languages mailing list <br>> <a href="mailto:Ietf-languages@alvestrand.no" target="_blank">Ietf-languages@alvestrand.no</a> <br>> <a href="http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages" target="_blank">http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages</a> <br> <br></div></body></html>