Re: The Unicode Standard and ISO

From: Steven R. Loomis via Unicode <unicode_at_unicode.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 12:00:13 -0700

On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 8:32 AM, William_J_G Overington <
wjgo_10009_at_btinternet.com> wrote:

> Steven R. Loomis wrote:
>
> >Marcel,
> > The idea is not necessarily without merit. However, CLDR does not
> usually expand scope just because of a suggestion.
> I usually recommend creating a new project first - gathering data,
> looking at and talking to projects to ascertain the usefulness of common
> messages.. one of the barriers to adding new content for CLDR is not just
> the design, but collecting initial data. When emoji or sub-territory names
> were added, many languages were included before it was added to CLDR.
>
> Well, maybe usually, but perhaps not this time?

Especially this time.
To Mark's later point: Start a separate project. Don't assume it will ever
merge with CLDR. If it succeeds, great.
Received on Tue Jun 12 2018 - 14:00:37 CDT

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