"Jim Allan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On the other hand, there is nothing to prevent the Unicode consortium or > any other body or any single person from creating a new *additional* > corrected set of names if the Unicode consortium or any other body or > any single person wishes to do so. > > That would just be an alternative list of character names.
Of course anybody can make and use their own name list for their own purposes - getting a new alternative name list added to the standard is another issue. There is plenty of disagreement about what the "proper" name for many characters should be - which is probably one of the reasons for the rule that says once a name is assigned it cannot be changed. If this rule wasn't there, Unicode and WG2 would get a constant stream of proposals to "correct" the name of character U+XXXX - and then have to spend time on discussing such proposals and voting on them. I think members of UTC & WG2 have much more useful things to do with their time. - Chris
