From: Dean Snyder (dean.snyder@jhu.edu)
Date: Tue Apr 26 2005 - 07:24:08 CST
Peter Kirk wrote at 1:27 PM on Tuesday, April 26, 2005:
>So the next battle is to ensure that these CLDR names in English, rather
>than the Unicode character names, are used in user interfaces even in
>English. It is for this reason that I am pushing for a clear statement
>in TUS that character names should not be used in UIs. It would be good
>if such a statement also included a recommendation that the CLDR names
>should be used.
I would restate the suggested TUS wording on this somewhat:
* The ISO/IEC character names are not intended for use in user interfaces.
* The CLDR names are.
Respectfully,
Dean A. Snyder
Assistant Research Scholar
Manager, Digital Hammurabi Project
Computer Science Department
Whiting School of Engineering
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