RE: is there any way to change already defined character codes?

From: Asmus Freytag (asmusf@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Wed Aug 09 2000 - 00:02:01 EDT


At 06:36 AM 8/8/00 -0800, Peter_Constable@sil.org wrote:

>On 08/08/2000 06:40:17 AM Marco.Cimarosti wrote:
>
> >(You definitely need an official reply, but let's go on with some more
> >informal chatting.)

Just to make it official. The Unicode Consortium has a policy of no longer
changing the code location of any character once it has been encoded, nor
of changing character names.

This same policy is shared by ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2, the working group
responsible for maintaining the ISO/IEC 10646 standard which is maintained
in mutual synchronization with the Unicode Standard.

As others have pointed out there are technical solutions to some of the
issues that appear very appropriate in the light of the stated requirements.

The Unicode Collation Algorithm is described in Unicode Technical Report #10,
available at http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr10

The Unicode Consortium welcomes any input on the correctness of its
standard and or its technical reports.

Asmus Freytag
Technical Vice President
The Unicode Consortium

Liaison to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2

PS: The order for Georgian produced by the default collation is, which
looks like it intersperses the five letters correctly.

# Georgian

10D0;GEORGIAN LETTER AN;Ll;;;;;;
10A0;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER AN;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10D0;

10D1;GEORGIAN LETTER BAN;Ll;;;;;;
10A1;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER BAN;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10D1;

10D2;GEORGIAN LETTER GAN;Ll;;;;;;
10A2;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER GAN;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10D2;

10D3;GEORGIAN LETTER DON;Ll;;;;;;
10A3;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER DON;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10D3;

10D4;GEORGIAN LETTER EN;Ll;;;;;;
10A4;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER EN;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10D4;

10D5;GEORGIAN LETTER VIN;Ll;;;;;;
10A5;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER VIN;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10D5;

10D6;GEORGIAN LETTER ZEN;Ll;;;;;;
10A6;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER ZEN;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10D6;

10F1;GEORGIAN LETTER HE;Ll;;;;;;
10C1;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER HE;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10F1;

10D7;GEORGIAN LETTER TAN;Ll;;;;;;
10A7;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER TAN;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10D7;

10D8;GEORGIAN LETTER IN;Ll;;;;;;
10A8;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER IN;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10D8;

10D9;GEORGIAN LETTER KAN;Ll;;;;;;
10A9;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER KAN;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10D9;

10DA;GEORGIAN LETTER LAS;Ll;;;;;;
10AA;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER LAS;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10DA;

10DB;GEORGIAN LETTER MAN;Ll;;;;;;
10AB;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER MAN;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10DB;

10DC;GEORGIAN LETTER NAR;Ll;;;;;;
10AC;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER NAR;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10DC;

10F2;GEORGIAN LETTER HIE;Ll;;;;;;
10C2;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER HIE;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10F2;

10DD;GEORGIAN LETTER ON;Ll;;;;;;
10AD;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER ON;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10DD;

10DE;GEORGIAN LETTER PAR;Ll;;;;;;
10AE;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER PAR;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10DE;

10DF;GEORGIAN LETTER ZHAR;Ll;;;;;;
10AF;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER ZHAR;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10DF;

10E0;GEORGIAN LETTER RAE;Ll;;;;;;
10B0;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER RAE;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10E0;

10E1;GEORGIAN LETTER SAN;Ll;;;;;;
10B1;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER SAN;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10E1;

10E2;GEORGIAN LETTER TAR;Ll;;;;;;
10B2;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER TAR;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10E2;

10F3;GEORGIAN LETTER WE;Ll;;;;;;
10C3;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER WE;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10F3;

10E3;GEORGIAN LETTER UN;Ll;;;;;;
10B3;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER UN;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10E3;

10E4;GEORGIAN LETTER PHAR;Ll;;;;;;
10B4;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER PHAR;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10E4;

10E5;GEORGIAN LETTER KHAR;Ll;;;;;;
10B5;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER KHAR;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10E5;

10E6;GEORGIAN LETTER GHAN;Ll;;;;;;
10B6;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER GHAN;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10E6;

10E7;GEORGIAN LETTER QAR;Ll;;;;;;
10B7;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER QAR;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10E7;

10E8;GEORGIAN LETTER SHIN;Ll;;;;;;
10B8;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER SHIN;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10E8;

10E9;GEORGIAN LETTER CHIN;Ll;;;;;;
10B9;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER CHIN;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10E9;

10EA;GEORGIAN LETTER CAN;Ll;;;;;;
10BA;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER CAN;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10EA;

10EB;GEORGIAN LETTER JIL;Ll;;;;;;
10BB;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER JIL;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10EB;

10EC;GEORGIAN LETTER CIL;Ll;;;;;;
10BC;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER CIL;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10EC;

10ED;GEORGIAN LETTER CHAR;Ll;;;;;;
10BD;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER CHAR;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10ED;

10EE;GEORGIAN LETTER XAN;Ll;;;;;;
10BE;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER XAN;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10EE;

10F4;GEORGIAN LETTER HAR;Ll;;;;;;
10C4;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER HAR;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10F4;

10EF;GEORGIAN LETTER JHAN;Ll;;;;;;
10BF;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER JHAN;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10EF;

10F0;GEORGIAN LETTER HAE;Ll;;;;;;
10C0;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER HAE;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10F0;

10F5;GEORGIAN LETTER HOE;Ll;;;;;;
10C5;GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER HOE;Lu;;;Khutsuri;;10F5;

10F6;GEORGIAN LETTER FI;Ll;;;;;;



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