L2/13-045

Title: Proposal to create two properties for bidirectional brackets

Date: 2013-01-31

Author: Andrew Glass and Laurentiu Iancu

Action: For consideration by the UTC

The following information accompanies the suggested provisional
data file, BidiBrackets.txt, and fills out the information about
the metaproperties for each suggested provisional property.

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1. Bidi_Paired_Bracket

The mapping of a bidirectional bracket character to its pair

Name: Bidi_Paired_Bracket
Abbreviated Name: bpb
Aliases: bpb

Class: code point
Type: string
Scope of Use: UAX#9


Closed: No
Default value: none
Max value: n/a
Code Point: Yes

Status: Normative
Derivational Status: Mixed
Primary Status: True
Overridable: True
Stability: N/A (not immutable or fixed)
Obsolete: No
Deprecated: No
Stabilized: No

XML Schema Id: TBD
Documentation File: BidiBrackets.txt
Documentation Location: 
Age: 6.3

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2. Bidi_Paired_Bracket_Type

The bracket type a bidirectional bracket character

Name: Bidi_Paired_Bracket_Type
Abbreviated Name: bpt
Aliases: bpt

Type: enumerated
Class: attribute
Scope of Use: UAX#9

Actual enumeration of the values:

Bidi_Paired_Bracket_Type ={open, close, none}
Property value aliases = {o, c, n}

Number of values: 3
Closed: Yes
Default value: none
Max value: n/a
Code Point: No

Status: Normative
Derivational Status: Mixed
Primary Status: True
Overridable: True
Stability: N/A (not immutable or fixed)
Obsolete: No
Deprecated: No
Stabilized: No

XML Schema Id: TBD
Documentation File: BidiBrackets.txt
Documentation Location: 
Age: 6.3