John Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Dec 8, 2003, at 3:15 AM, Andrew C. West wrote: > >> On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 11:25:01 -0700, Tom Gewecke wrote: >>> >>> Can anyone tell me whether ideographic description characters are ever >>> actually used? >> > > The IRG is attempting to set up a database of existing ideographs using > IDSs (strictly speaking, this is a no-no, but they understand that). > This will help in the analysis of submitted ideographs and speed up the > process of encoding. >
We are using them for this very "no-no" purpose, cf http://www.kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/projects/chise/ All the best, Christian -- Christian Wittern Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University 47 Higashiogura-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8265, JAPAN
