From: Peter_Constable@sil.org
Date: Fri Jun 27 2003 - 05:53:33 EDT
Kenneth Whistler wrote on 06/26/2003 05:36:34 PM:
> But in the 10646 WG2 context... You can always come in
> with the proposal to encode BIBLICAL HEBREW POINT PATAH and
> say, even though the glyph is identical, see, the name is
> different, so the character is different. But this is a pretty
> thin disguise, and is vulnerable to simple questioning:
> What is it for? Well, to point Biblical Hebrew texts. But
> what was U+05B7 HEBREW POINT PATAH for? Well, to point Biblical
> Hebrew texts (or any Hebrew text, for that matter...). Well,
> then, what is the difference? Uh, the combining classes for
> the two are different. What is a combining class?
If they're so unaware of combining classes, might it not seem reasonable
to think the the dialog might continue as follows?
- [gives explanation of combining classes and the related problem for
Hebrew]
ISO: So, you're saying you're coming to us asking for duplicates of
existing characters because of an error the Unicode Consortium made with
some of those character properties they define?
- Well, yes, that's basically it.
ISO: Then, obviously they need to correct their errors. I mean, it's not
like the wrong characters got encoded or something. Tell them to just fix
the errors; that can't be difficult to do, and is obviously the right
thing to do.
- Peter
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