ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 N1689
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DATE: 1998-01-18 | |
DOC TYPE: | Expert contribution |
TITLE: | Proposal to encode South Arabian 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: | 3 (printed at 80%) |
A. Administrative | |
1. Title | Proposal to encode South Arabian in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646-2 |
2. Requester's name | Michael Everson |
3. Requester type | Expert request |
4. Submission date | 1998-01-18 |
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. South Arabian |
1b. Addition of characters to existing block? Name? | No. |
2. Number of characters | 29 |
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 |
6b. Font currently available? | Michael Everson |
6c. Font format? | TrueType |
7a. Are references (to other character sets, dictionaries, descriptive texts, etc.) provided? | Yes. |
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? | Yes |
C. Technical -- Justification | |
1. Contact with the user community? | No. |
2. Information on the user community? | South Arabian enjoys mostly scholarly use. |
3a. The context of use for the proposed characters? | Used to represent texts from the Sabaean and Minaean kingdoms in Southern Arabia, ca. 500 BCE - 600 CE. |
3b. Reference | See below. |
4a. Proposed characters in current use? | Yes. |
4b. Where? | By scholars. |
5a. Characters should be encoded entirely in BMP? | No. Plane 1 |
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? | No. |
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 |
U+0001xx00 SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER H U+0001xx01 SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER L U+0001xx02 SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER HH U+0001xx03 SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER M U+0001xx04 SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER Q U+0001xx05 SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER W U+0001xx06 SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER S U+0001xx07 SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER R U+0001xx08 SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER B U+0001xx09 SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER T U+0001xx0A SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER SH U+0001xx0B SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER K U+0001xx0C SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER N U+0001xx0D SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER X U+0001xx0E SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER SZ U+0001xx0F SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER F U+0001xx10 SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER HAMZA U+0001xx11 SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER AYIN U+0001xx12 SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER TZ U+0001xx13 SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER G U+0001xx14 SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER D U+0001xx15 SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER J U+0001xx16 SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER TH U+0001xx17 SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER Z U+0001xx18 SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER DJ U+0001xx19 SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER Y U+0001xx1A SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER TJ U+0001xx1B SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER TS U+0001xx1C SOUTH ARABIAN LETTER ZZ U+0001xx1D (This position shall not be used) U+0001xx1E (This position shall not be used) U+0001xx1F (This position shall not be used) |