Michael Everson wrote:
>>It's definitely a higher-level protocol. It's just like music
>>notation: two-dimensional layout, uses symbols not otherwise found in
>>plain text, and relies heavily on the relative positioning of these
>>symbols.
>>
>>A computer encoding of baseball scoring notation would be cool, but
>>it's not within the scope of Unicode.
>
> But the characters used in such a matrix may be encoded, just as music
> symbols will be. The question is, are any used that aren't already
> encoded? We've asked some experts. Will let you know if they respond.
I was assuming that a statement made in the Unicode 1.0 book was still
valid. In section 1.3, "Coverage" (page 3):
Graphologies unrelated to text, for example, musical and dance
notations, are outside the scope of the Unicode standard.
Of course, a quick indication that the philosophy has changed since 1.0
can be seen in the very next sentence:
Braille symbols were not encoded, since Braille is an alternative
way to present text (it can be considered a font variant).
Not only is Braille encoded in Unicode 3.0, it's in the BMP.
-Doug Ewell
Placentia, California
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