On Dec 8, 2003, at 6:20 PM, Mark Davis wrote:
John, I don't see why you are saying that it is a 'no-no'. There is no reason
that someone couldn't do something like that.
Strictly speaking, it isn't in violation of TUS, which only says (p. 309), "Ideographic Description Sequences are not to be used to provide alternative graphic representations of encoded ideographs." Less formally, however, the discussion in The Book is focused on using them to represent unencoded ideographs, and we have consistently suggested (a) that IDSs should be as short as possible, and (b) that they shouldn't be used at all for encoded ideographs in text exchange.
It may be a good idea to update the language in The Book to specifically state that they are also useful for pedagogy and structural analysis of existing ideographs.
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