ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 N1640
DATE: 1997-09-18

DOC TYPE:Expert contribution
TITLE:Proposal to encode Ugaritic Cuneiform 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. TitleProposal to encode Ugaritic Cuneiform in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646-2
2. Requester's nameMichael Everson
3. Requester typeExpert request
4. Submission date1997-09-18
5. Requester's reference 
6a. CompletionThis is a complete proposal.
6b. More information to be provided?No

B. Technical -- General

1a. New script? Name?Yes. Ugaritic Cuneiform
1b. Addition of characters to existing block? Name?No.
2. Number of characters42
3. Proposed categoryCategory D
4. Proposed level of implementation and rationaleLevel 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 Ugaritic.
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 0240 - U+0001 025F are proposed for the encoding.
5b. RationaleAccordance 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? Lots of cuneiform characters look like one another but the sets are best kept separate. Unification serves only to confuse. Besides, the small cuneiform scripts will be encoded long before the larger ones (Assyrian, Babylonian).
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 Administrative

To 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 

Names and code table

000	0001 xx00	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN A
001	0001 xx01	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN E
002	0001 xx02	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN U
003	0001 xx03	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN B
004	0001 xx04	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN B
005	0001 xx05	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN D
006	0001 xx06	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN H
007	0001 xx07	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN W
008	0001 xx08	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN Z
009	0001 xx09	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN HH
010	0001 xx0A	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN HHH
011	0001 xx0B	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN TT
012	0001 xx0C	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN Y
013	0001 xx0D	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN K
014	0001 xx0E	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN L
015	0001 xx0F	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN M
016	0001 xx10	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN N
017	0001 xx11	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN S
018	0001 xx12	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN SS
019	0001 xx13	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN ALEF
020	0001 xx14	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN GG
021	0001 xx15	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN P
022	0001 xx16	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN SSS
023	0001 xx17	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN ZZZ
025	0001 xx18	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN Q
026	0001 xx19	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN R
027	0001 xx1A	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN SH
028	0001 xx1B	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN ZH
029	0001 xx1C	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN T
030	0001 xx1D	UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN TY
031	0001 xx1E	(This position shall not be used)
032	0001 xx1F	(This position shall not be used)

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