Re: annotations

2016-03-14 Thread Asmus Freytag (t)
On 3/14/2016 11:22 AM, Doug Ewell wrote: Ken Whistler wrote: The trick is this: the status of annotational data in NamesList.txt is different than that of normative data like the code points, names, formal name aliases, decomposition mappings, and standardized variation sequences. I get that.

Re: annotations

2016-03-14 Thread Asmus Freytag (t)
On 3/14/2016 11:33 AM, Janusz S. Bien wrote: Quote/Cytat - Doug Ewell (pon, 14 mar 2016, 19:22:14): Ken Whistler wrote: The trick is this: the status of annotational data in NamesList.txt is different than that of normative data like the code points, names, formal name

RE: annotations

2016-03-14 Thread Doug Ewell
Janusz S. Bień wrote: >> • don't ask for additions or changes > > What about reporting possible mistakes? I'd assume that egregious, demonstrable errors, such as misspelled character names or incorrect individual code points, could be reported, and anything beyond that probably should not. --

RE: annotations

2016-03-14 Thread Janusz S. Bien
Quote/Cytat - Doug Ewell (pon, 14 mar 2016, 19:22:14): Ken Whistler wrote: The trick is this: the status of annotational data in NamesList.txt is different than that of normative data like the code points, names, formal name aliases, decomposition mappings, and standardized

RE: annotations

2016-03-14 Thread Doug Ewell
Ken Whistler wrote: > The trick is this: the status of annotational data in NamesList.txt > is different than that of normative data like the code points, names, > formal name aliases, decomposition mappings, and standardized > variation sequences. I get that. I am FAR more comfortable with that

Re: annotations

2016-03-14 Thread Ken Whistler
On 3/13/2016 12:03 PM, Doug Ewell wrote: My point is that of J.S. Choi and Janusz Bień: the problem with declaring NamesList off-limits is that it does contain information that is either: • not available in any other UCD file, or • available, but only in comments (like the MAS mappings),

Re: Proposal for *U+23FF SHOULDERED NARROW OPEN BOX?

2016-03-14 Thread Ken Whistler
U+23FF is already assigned to OBSERVER EYE SYMBOL, which is already under ballot for 10646 (and approved by the UTC). http://www.unicode.org/alloc/Pipeline.html Please always first check that page before suggesting code points for prospective new characters. --Ken On 3/12/2016 5:42 PM, Marcel

Re: annotations (was: NamesList.txt as data source)

2016-03-14 Thread Philippe Verdy
is the term "exponentially" really appropriate ? the NamesList file is not so large, and the grow would remain linear. Anyway, this file (current CSV format or XML format) does not need to be part of the core UCD files, they can be in a separate download for people needing it. One benefit I