So I think what would be the best is that once this proposal goes into public review, everyone who has a different approach should comment and discuss about the matter on the Unicode platform. This includes Meor, Gregg, you and Mohammed Yousif. The public review website is here:
http://www.unicode.org/review/ Regards, Mete ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Mete Kural" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: General Arabization Discussion <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:31:19 -0700 >Hello Nadim, > >From: Nadim Shaikli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Out of curiosity, who is the "we" in the 'we would discourage' above ? > >I meant Tom and me. But I would not like to speak for Tom although I do know >his view regarding this tanween issue and he doesn't support proposing six new >codepoints for each tanween and rather supports the <tanween+modifier> >pattern. This was proposed by himself not by me and I agreed that it is the >appropriate way to handle the matter at hand. > >>As noted without buy-in from those involved with unicode on this list we >>have an extremely limited change to get anything through to the committee. > >That is why I posted about this on this list in the first place. But it seems >like everybody has a different approach to handle the issue and not willing to >change their minds except maybe Meor. As far as I understand (referenced >individuals, correct me if I'm wrong): > >Tom and I support the <tanween+modifier> approach. >Gregg supports the <vowel+modifier> approach (by vowel, I mean >fatha/damma/kasra here). >Meor is somewhat neutral but he prefers the single codepoint for each tanween >variant approach since it is easier to implement. >You and Mohammed Yousif support the single codepoint for each tanween variant >approach. > >Kind regards, >Mete > >-- >Mete Kural >Touchtone Corporation >714-755-2810 >-- > > -- Mete Kural Touchtone Corporation 714-755-2810 --
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