Re: Wrong character code for HELM SYMBOL in TR 51 Unicode Emoji?

From: Adam Renberg <tgwizard_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 22:34:17 +0000

Thank you for the clarification. Should the text be updated?

On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 12:26 PM Mark Davis ☕️ <mark_at_macchiato.com> wrote:

> Thanks, that's a mis-edit. The following text should have been removed:
> ". Symbols with a graphical form that people may treat as pictographs,
> ... are categorized as emoji"
>
>
> Mark <https://google.com/+MarkDavis>
>
> *— Il meglio è l’inimico del bene —*
>
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 2:33 AM, Garth Wallace <gwalla_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It certainly looks that way. In just the next paragraph it mentions
>> "U+2615 HOT BEVERAGE (introduced in Unicode 4.0)"
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Adam Renberg <tgwizard_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I've just read through the Unicode Technical Report #51 Unicode Emoji
>> [1],
>> > and I have a question. In section 3.3 Methodology [2], third paragraph,
>> it
>> > says:
>> >
>> > "This document takes a functional view regarding the identification of
>> > emoji: pictographs are categorized as emoji when it is reasonable to
>> give
>> > them an emoji presentation, and where they are sufficiently distinct
>> from
>> > other emoji characters. Symbols with a graphical form that people may
>> treat
>> > as pictographs, such as U+2615 HELM SYMBOL (introduced in Unicode 3.0)
>> may
>> > be included."
>> >
>> > However, when I look up the HELM SYMBOL, it seems to have code U+2388
>> > [3][4][5]. The character with code U+2615 is HOT BEVERAGE [6][7].
>> >
>> > Is this a mistake in the technical report?
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > Adam Renberg
>> >
>> > [1]: http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/index.html
>> > [2]: http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/index.html#Methodology
>> > [3]: http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2300.pdf
>> > [4]: http://unicode-table.com/en/2388/
>> > [5]: http://www.unicode.org/Public/3.0-Update/UnicodeData-3.0.0.txt
>> > [6]: http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2600.pdf
>> > [7]: http://unicode-table.com/en/2615/
>>
>
>
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