Correct dates for Middle French?

Rebecca S. Guenther rgue at loc.gov
Tue Jul 5 15:55:14 CEST 2005


It should be 1400-1600. We will correct the ISO 639-2 tables.

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On Sun, 3 Jul 2005, Doug Ewell wrote:

> I've just found an inconsistency in the tables listed on the ISO
> 639-2/RA site for the code element "frm".  These tables are linked from
> the page located at http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html.
> 
> In the tables sorted by English name of language and French name of
> language (both HTML and plain text), the associated language name is:
> 
> French, Middle (ca.1400-1600)
> 
> In the tables sorted by ISO 639-2 alpha-3 code (both HTML and two
> plain-text versions), the language name is:
> 
> French, Middle (ca.1400-1800)
> 
> In other words, the difference is between 1600 and 1800 as the ending
> date for "Middle French."
> 
> Intuitively, 1600 seems more correct, and this is the version that has
> been used in the ISO/DIS 639-3 draft tables.  However, the Initial
> Language Subtag Registry at
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ltru-initial-00.txt
> currently lists 1800, since it was generated from the ISO 639-2 table
> sorted by alpha-3 code.
> 
> >From the LTRU and ietf-languages people, I would like confirmation that
> 1600 is the correct ending date, not 1800 as currently shown, and that
> this should be corrected in the registry.
> 
> >From the ISO 639-2 people, I would like to request that the official
> tables be made consistent with each other, displaying the same
> association between codes and language names regardless of how the list
> is sorted.
> 
> --
> Doug Ewell
> Fullerton, California
> http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/
> 
> 
> 



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