Accumulated Feedback on PRI #271

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Date/Time: Fri Feb 21 10:50:11 CST 2014
Name: R Ishida
Report Type: Error Report
Opt Subject: U+0FCE TIBETAN SIGN RDEL NAG RDEL DKAR description

Ed Note: This has already been done in the beta nameslist.

U+0FCE TIBETAN SIGN RDEL NAG RDEL DKAR

Description in the NameList file for 7.0.0 (and previously) says:
= dena deka
• signifies good luck earlier, bad luck later

Should say bad luck earlier, good luck later

http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n3011.pdf

See the paragraph after the list in section 2. 

Date/Time: Sat Feb 22 04:40:45 CST 2014
Name: David Lasher
Report Type: Public Review Issue
Opt Subject: PRI #271 Unicode 7.0 beta

This error was rectified prior to publication.

The name of one of the new Unicode 7.0 characters is malformed; 
therefore a new formal alias is called for.

Character name in NamesList.txt:
2B81	UPWARDS TRIANGLE-HEADED ARROW LEFTWARDS DOWNWARDS OF TRIANGLE-HEADED ARROW
[Compare to:
2B83	DOWNWARDS TRIANGLE-HEADED ARROW LEFTWARDS OF UPWARDS TRIANGLE-HEADED ARROW]

Proposed addition to NameAlises.txt:
2B81;UPWARDS TRIANGLE-HEADED ARROW LEFTWARDS OF DOWNWARDS TRIANGLE-HEADED ARROW;correction

Date/Time: Sat Feb 22 12:29:15 CST 2014
Contact: kent.karlsson14@--
Name: Kent Karlsson
Report Type: Public Review Issue
Opt Subject: Script extensions (scx) oddity regarding DANDA

scx	0964	'Beng Deva Guru Orya Takr'	->	'Beng Deva Gujr Guru Knda      Mlym Orya Sylo Takr Taml Telu'	DEVANAGARI DANDA
scx	0965	'Beng Deva Guru Orya Takr'	->	'Beng Deva Gujr Guru Knda Limb Mlym Orya Sylo Takr Taml Telu'	DEVANAGARI DOUBLE DANDA

(some spaces added by me)

Is it really the case that Limbu does not use DANDA? Seems strange that they
would use DOUBLE DANDA, but not DANDA, and indeed be the only script in
which one does so.

Date/Time: Wed Apr 9 02:23:51 CDT 2014
Name: Aleksandr Andreev
Report Type: Public Review Issue
Opt Subject: Comment on 7.0 Beta

NOTE: This has already been addressed in the updated nameslist.

Good day, gentlemen,

In reviewing the code charts for Unicode 7.0 Beta, I have found the following errors:

On U+1F544 the Note "Orthodox typikon for lower rank feast" should 
read "Orthodox typikon symbol for lower rank feast"
On U+1F545 the Note "Orthodox typikon for difficult sections" should 
read "Orthodox typikon symbol for difficult sections".

In addition, would it be possible to change the spelling "typikon" to "typicon" 
in the notes on U+1F540 through U+1F545? I realize that CLDR uses "k" to 
transliterate the Greek kappa, but the spelling of the Greek word Τυπικόν 
as Typicon with a "c" is more consistent with standard usage among English-
speaking Eastern Orthodox. (See for example the discussion of this here: 
http://www.ponomar.net/wiki/doku.php?id=standards_for_terms_english).

Cordially,

Aleksandr

Date/Time: Mon Mar 24 18:58:30 CDT 2014
Name: Roozbeh Pournader
Report Type: Error Report
Opt Subject: ScriptsExtensions property for Tatweel misses Psalter Pahlavi and Manichaean

NOTE: This has already been addressed in the updated data file.

The ScriptExtensions property for U+0640 Tatweel misses Psalter Pahlavi and 
Manichaean. They should be added, so the related line would read:

0640 ; Arab Mand Mani Phlp Syrc # Lm    ARABIC TATWEEL

Date/Time: Wed Apr 16 11:04:35 CDT 2014
Name: Roozbeh Pournader
Report Type: Error Report
Opt Subject: U+065D is most probably *not* used in Ormuri

NOTE: This has already been addressed in the updated names list.

The comments under U+065D ARABIC REVERSED DAMMA in the names list mention 
that the character is used in "Ormuri, African languages", but the Ormuri part 
appears to be a typo from the original proposal.

The original proposal is at http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04025-kew-arabic.pdf

The proposal provides a names list entry mentioning Ormuri, but in the discussion 
and the samples provided, the reversed comma is only mentioned in reference to 
the African languages, and not Ormuri. The proposal's only reference on Ormuri, 
available at http://www.khyber.org/publications/016-020/ormuri.shtml, does not 
mention such a character either.

It appears that Ormuri was included in the comments for U+065D by mistake. 
It should be removed.

Date/Time: Tue Apr 29 15:41:43 CDT 2014
Name: Ken Whistler
Report Type: Public Review Issue
Opt Subject: Script_Extensions value of 061C (PRI #271)

In the 7.0 beta files, U+061C ALM was changed from sc=Arabic to sc=Common, 
to be more consistent with the treatment of the similar LRM and RLM bidi controls. 
However, U+061C is still listed as scx=Arab Syrc Thaa. I think this is inconsistent, 
and the U+061C entry should be removed from ScriptExtensions.txt. Note that 
currently U+061C is the *only* gc=Cf entry in ScriptExtensions.txt.

Date/Time: Wed Apr 30 11:19:59 CDT 2014
Name: Asmus Freytag
Report Type: Error Report
Opt Subject: ScriptExtensions

The script extensions for 02BC should list Devanagari.

This use is explicitly discussed in section 9-10 of the Unicode Standard, for 
Bodo/Boro, Dogri and Maithili, therefore the lack of this entry is an oversight.

Date/Time: Wed Apr 30 17:27:37 CDT 2014
Name: Roozbeh Pournader
Report Type: Error Report
Opt Subject: ScriptsExtensions property for dandas miss Khudawadi

The Khudawadi dandas are unified with Devanagari dandas, so we need to make sure 
the ScriptExtensions property for U+0964 and U+0965 includes Khudawadi (script code Sind).

This is what the text of the proposal (http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11022-khudawadi.pdf) 
says: "Various punctuation is attested in Khudawadi records, such as daṇḍā-s and Latin 
marks, such as periods, dashes, colons, and semi-colons. Khudawadi daṇḍā-s may be 
unified with those of Devanagari."

From a quick look at the samples provided in the proposal, I'm not sure I can locate the 
dandas there, so we may want to ask Anshuman Pandey to be sure both danda and double-danda 
are used.

Date/Time: Wed Apr 30 18:09:49 CDT 2014
Name: Roozbeh Pournader
Report Type: Error Report
Opt Subject: ScriptExtensions property for North Indic numbers misses Khudawadi

Khudawadi uses the North Indic numbers. This is what the text of the proposal 
(http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11022-khudawadi.pdf) says: "Fraction signs and currency 
marks are attested in Khudawadi records. These may be represented using characters in the 
‘Common Indic Number Forms’ block (U+A830..U+A83F)."

The ScriptExtensions property of the North Indic numbers need to include Khudawadi (Sind).

Date/Time: Wed Apr 30 18:47:30 CDT 2014
Name: Roozbeh Pournader
Report Type: Error Report
Opt Subject: ScriptExtensions property for Aegean numbers should include Linear B

According to the proposal at http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10422-n3973-lineara.pdf:

"Ones are indicated by vertical strokes (Aegean Numbers U+10107..1010F) or by dots, tens 
by horizontal strokes (U+10110..10118), hundreds by circles (U+10119..10121), thousands 
by circles with projecting rays (U+10122..1012A). Numbers are usually arranged in sets of 
five or less that are stacked vertically. The largest number recorded is 3000 [...]."

So the ScriptExtensions property for the Aegean numbers should be extended to add Linear A (Lina).

It's not clear to me if we want to add everything in the Aegean Numbers block, or those that 
are known to have been used in Linear A (U+10107..10124).

Date/Time: Mon May 5 01:23:04 CDT 2014
Name: Srinidhi
Report Type: Error Report
Opt Subject: ScriptsExtensions property for dandas

According to the proposals of Grantha, Tirhuta, Khudawadi and Mahajani scripts. They state 
that these scripts uses dandas and they are unified with Devanagari. 
Attestations are given in respective proposals.

Sinhala script uses dandas in Sanskrit and Pali texts.
Attestations can be obtained from following links-

http://www.virtualvinodh.com/sinhala
http://pali.pratyeka.org/LokaSinhalese.pdf 

So the ScriptExtensions property for Devanagari Danda and Double Danda should be extended to 
Grantha, Khudawadi, Tirhuta, Mahajani and Sinhala scripts.

Date/Time: Mon May 5 03:33:45 CDT 2014
Name: Srinidhi
Report Type: Error Report
Opt Subject: ScriptsExtensions property for Indic digits.

According to the proposal http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09372-grantha.pdf 
Section 3.3 says Tamil and Grantha share same set of digits and numerics 
(10, 100 and 1000). There are unified with Tamil.
ScriptsExtensions property for Tamil digits and numerics should be extended 
to Grantha script.

Similarly Mahajani uses Devanagari digits as explained in section 3.8- 
Digits of the proposal
www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11274-n4126-mahajani.pdf‎
ScriptsExtensions property for Devanagari digits should be extended to 
Mahajani script.

Attestations are given in the above proposals.