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ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 N1658 |
L2/98-022DATE: 1997-12-08 |
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DOC TYPE: |
Expert contribution |
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TITLE: |
Proposal to encode Coptic in ISO/IEC 10646 |
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SOURCE: |
Michael Everson, EGT (IE) |
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PROJECT: |
JTC1.02.18.01 |
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STATUS: |
Proposal. |
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ACTION ID: |
FYI |
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DUE DATE: |
-- |
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DISTRIBUTION: |
Worldwide |
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MEDIUM: |
Paper and web |
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NO. OF PAGES: |
4 |
A. Administrative |
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1. Title |
Proposal to encode Coptic in ISO/IEC 10646 |
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2. Requester's name |
Michael Everson |
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3. Requester type |
Expert request |
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4. Submission date |
1997-12-08 |
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5. Requester's reference |
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6a. Completion |
This is not a complete proposal. |
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6b. More information to be provided? |
Yes |
B. Technical -- General |
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1a. New script? Name? |
No. There are some Coptic characters already in the standard. |
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1b. Addition of characters to existing block? Name? |
No. Addition of cheracters of an existing script to a new block, or extension of the Greek Symbols and Coptic block |
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2. Number of characters |
57+ |
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3. Proposed category |
Category C |
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4. Proposed level of implementation and rationale |
Level 3, because of combining marks used |
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5a. Character names included in proposal? |
Yes |
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5b. Character names in accordance with guidelines? |
Yes |
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5c. Character shapes reviewable? |
Yes |
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6a. Who will provide computerized font? |
Michael Everson, Everson Gunn Teoranta |
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6b. Font currently available? |
Michael Everson, Everson Gunn Teoranta |
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6c. Font format? |
TrueType |
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7a. Are references (to other character sets, dictionaries, descriptive texts, etc.) provided? |
No. |
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7b. Are published examples (such as samples from newspapers, magazines, or other sources) of use of proposed characters attached? |
No |
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8. Does the proposal address other aspects of character data processing? |
No |
C. Technical -- Justification |
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1. Contact with the user community? |
Yes. Tito Orlandi, John Fiscella, Kamal Mansour |
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2. Information on the user community? |
Scholarly and ecclesiastical community. |
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3a. The context of use for the proposed characters? |
Used to write Coptic. |
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3b. Reference |
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4a. Proposed characters in current use? |
Yes |
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4b. Where? |
By scholars and churchmen. |
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5a. Characters should be encoded entirely in BMP? |
Yes. |
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5b. Rationale |
Other Coptic characters are already in the BMP. |
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6. Should characters be kept in a continuous range? |
No |
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7a. Can the characters be considered a presentation form of an existing character or character sequence? |
Like Cyrillic and Gothic, Coptic is derived from Greek, but is a unique alphabetic writing system. |
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7b. Where? |
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7c. Reference |
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8a. Can any of the characters be considered to be similar (in appearance or function) to an existing character? |
No |
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8b. Where? |
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8c. Reference |
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9a. Combining characters or use of composite sequences included? |
Yes, but further research is required on the combining characters used in Coptic. |
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9b. List of composite sequences and their corresponding glyph images provided? |
No |
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10. Characters with any special properties such as control function, etc. included? |
No |
D. SC2/WG2 AdministrativeTo be completed by SC2/WG2 |
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1. Relevant SC 2/WG 2 document numbers: |
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2. Status (list of meeting number and corresponding action or disposition) |
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3. Additional contact to user communities, liaison organizations etc. |
TC46/SC2 |
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4. Assigned category and assigned priority/time frame |
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Other Comments |
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Issues
Further research is required on the signs and punctuation marks used with Coptic. These should be added to the proposal. The code table shows (in the last two columns) samples of precomposed characters in current coded character sets (fonts) for Coptic. The possibility of encoding these characters as fully composed characters for compatibility with existing encodings should be discussed. The code table also shows the existing Coptic characters in the standard in their correct alphabetical order. Obviously these will not appear in the final code table.
Names and code table |
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xx00��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER ALFAxx01��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER VIDAxx02��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER GAMMAxx03��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER DALDAxx04��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER EIExx05��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER SOUxx06��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER ZATAxx07��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER HATExx08��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER THETHExx09��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER IAUDAxx0A��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER KAPAxx0B��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER LAULAxx0C��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER MIxx0D��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER NIxx0E��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER KSIxx0F��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER Oxx10��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER PIxx11��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER ROxx12��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER SIMAxx13��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER TAUxx14��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER UAxx15��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER FIxx16��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER KHIxx17��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER PSIxx18��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER OOU03E2��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER SHEI03E4��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER FEI03E6��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER KHEIxx1C��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER AKHMIMIC KHEI03E8��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER HORI03EA��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER GANGIA03EC��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER SHIMA03EE��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER DEIxx21��� COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER STAUROSxx22��� (This position shall not be used)xx23��� (This position shall not be used)xx24��� (This position shall not be used)xx25��� (This position shall not be used)xx26��� (This position shall not be used)xx27��� (This position shall not be used)xx28��� (This position shall not be used)xx29��� (This position shall not be used)xx2A��� (This position shall not be used)xx2B��� (This position shall not be used)xx2C��� (This position shall not be used)xx2D��� (This position shall not be used)xx2E��� (This position shall not be used)xx2F��� (This position shall not be used)xx30��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER ALFAxx31��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER VIDAxx32��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER GAMMAxx33��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER DALDAxx34��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER EIExx35��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER SOUxx36��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER ZATAxx37��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER HATExx38��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER THETHExx39��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER IAUDAxx3A��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER KAPAxx3B��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER LAULAxx3C��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER MIxx3D��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER NIxx3E��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER KSIxx3F��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER Oxx40��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER PIxx41��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER ROxx42��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER SIMAxx43��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER TAUxx44��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER UAxx45��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER FIxx46��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER KHIxx47��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER PSIxx48��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER OOU03E3��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER SHEI03E5��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER FEI03E7��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER KHEIxx4C��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER AKHMIMIC KHEI03E9��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER HORI03EB��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER GANGIA03ED��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER SHIMA03EF��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER DEIxx51��� COPTIC SMALL LETTER STAUROSxx52��� (This position shall not be used)xx53��� (This position shall not be used)xx54��� (This position shall not be used)xx55��� (This position shall not be used)xx56��� (This position shall not be used)xx57��� (This position shall not be used)xx58��� (This position shall not be used)xx59��� (This position shall not be used)xx5A��� (This position shall not be used)xx5B��� COPTIC SYLLABIC MARKxx5C��� COPTIC HYPHENxx5D��� COPTIC DIVISORxx5E��� COPTIC DOUBLE PUNCTUATIONxx5F��� COPTIC SINGLE PUNCTUATION |
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