ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 N1638
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DATE: 1997-09-18 | |
DOC TYPE: | Expert contribution |
TITLE: | Proposal to encode Meroitic in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646-2 |
SOURCE: | Michael Everson, EGT (IE) |
PROJECT: | JTC1.02.18.02 |
STATUS: | Proposal. |
ACTION ID: | FYI |
DUE DATE: | -- |
DISTRIBUTION: | Worldwide |
MEDIUM: | Paper and web |
NO. OF PAGES: | 4 |
A. Administrative | |
1. Title | Proposal to encode Meroitic in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646-2 |
2. Requester's name | Michael Everson |
3. Requester type | Expert request |
4. Submission date | 1997-09-18 |
5. Requester's reference | |
6a. Completion | This is a complete proposal. |
6b. More information to be provided? | No |
B. Technical -- General | |
1a. New script? Name? | Yes. Meroitic |
1b. Addition of characters to existing block? Name? | No. |
2. Number of characters | 24 |
3. Proposed category | Category D |
4. Proposed level of implementation and rationale | Level 1 |
5a. Character names included in proposal? | Yes |
5b. Character names in accordance with guidelines? | Yes |
5c. Character shapes reviewable? | Yes |
6a. Who will provide computerized font? | Michael Everson, Everson Gunn Teoranta |
6b. Font currently available? | Michael Everson, Everson Gunn Teoranta |
6c. Font format? | TrueType |
7a. Are references (to other character sets, dictionaries, descriptive texts, etc.) provided? | No. |
7b. Are published examples (such as samples from newspapers, magazines, or other sources) of use of proposed characters attached? | No |
8. Does the proposal address other aspects of character data processing? | No |
C. Technical -- Justification | |
1. Contact with the user community? | No. |
2. Information on the user community? | Scholarly community. |
3a. The context of use for the proposed characters? | Used to write Meroitic. |
3b. Reference | |
4a. Proposed characters in current use? | Yes |
4b. Where? | By scholars. |
5a. Characters should be encoded entirely in BMP? | No. Positions U+0001 33E0 - U+0001 33FF are proposed for the encoding. |
5b. Rationale | Accordance with the Roadmap. |
6. Should characters be kept in a continuous range? | Yes |
7a. Can the characters be considered a presentation form of an existing character or character sequence? | Meroitic is derived from Egyptian hieroglyphic, but is a unique alphabetic writing system. |
7b. Where? | |
7c. Reference | |
8a. Can any of the characters be considered to be similar (in appearance or function) to an existing character? | No |
8b. Where? | |
8c. Reference | |
9a. Combining characters or use of composite sequences included? | No |
9b. List of composite sequences and their corresponding glyph images provided? | No |
10. Characters with any special properties such as control function, etc. included? | No |
D. SC2/WG2 AdministrativeTo be completed by SC2/WG2 | |
1. Relevant SC 2/WG 2 document numbers: | |
2. Status (list of meeting number and corresponding action or disposition) | |
3. Additional contact to user communities, liaison organizations etc. | |
4. Assigned category and assigned priority/time frame | |
Other Comments |
Monumental and handwritten Meroitic have vastly different glyph representations. Both are given here. It would be an advantage to implementors of this script to allow the two tables to be printed in the standard.
Names and code table | |
000 0001 xx00 MEROITIC LETTER A (A1) 001 0001 xx01 MEROITIC LETTER E (H6) 002 0001 xx02 MEROITIC LETTER EE (F1) 003 0001 xx03 MEROITIC LETTER I (A26) 004 0001 xx04 MEROITIC LETTER J (M17) 005 0001 xx05 MEROITIC LETTER W (V4) 006 0001 xx06 MEROITIC LETTER B (E11) 007 0001 xx07 MEROITIC LETTER P (Z28) 008 0001 xx08 MEROITIC LETTER M (G17) 009 0001 xx09 MEROITIC LETTER N (N35) 010 0001 xx0A MEROITIC LETTER NY (M23) 011 0001 xx0B MEROITIC LETTER R (N33 N37) ?????????? 012 0001 xx0C MEROITIC LETTER L (E23) 013 0001 xx0D MEROITIC LETTER H (D21) ?????????? 014 0001 xx0E MEROITIC LETTER HH (W24) ?????????? 015 0001 xx0F MEROITIC LETTER S (N24) ?????????? 016 0001 xx10 MEROITIC LETTER SH (L22) 017 0001 xx11 MEROITIC LETTER K (G39) 018 0001 xx12 MEROITIC LETTER Q (M44) 019 0001 xx13 MEROITIC LETTER T (V13) 020 0001 xx14 MEROITIC LETTER TEE (04) ?????????? 021 0001 xx15 MEROITIC LETTER TE (F18A) ?????????? 022 0001 xx16 MEROITIC LETTER D (D10) 023 0001 xx17 MEROITIC WORD SEPARATOR 031 0001 xx18 (This position shall not be used) 031 0001 xx19 (This position shall not be used) 031 0001 xx1A (This position shall not be used) 031 0001 xx1B (This position shall not be used) 031 0001 xx1C (This position shall not be used) 031 0001 xx1D (This position shall not be used) 031 0001 xx1E (This position shall not be used) 032 0001 xx1F (This position shall not be used) |