Re: Tag characters

From: Richard Wordingham <richard.wordingham_at_ntlworld.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 02:08:06 +0100

On Wed, 20 May 2015 17:15:28 -0700
"Asmus Freytag (t)" <asmus-inc_at_ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> Have there been any discussions of the flag alphabet? (Signal flags).

> It seems to me that when schemes for representing sets of flags are
> discussed, it would be useful to keep open the ability to use the
> same scheme for signal flags -- perhaps with a different base
> character to avoid collisions in the letter codes.

If these are worthy of coding, I think the Unified Canadian Aboriginal
Syllabics would be a better model - encode the form, not the semantic.
Braille is another precedent.

Richard.
Received on Wed May 20 2015 - 20:09:36 CDT

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