On 20/01/2004 00:36, Asmus Freytag wrote:
...
Chinese ideographs don't quite fit either Andrews example or my reply
- the nature
of the problem is different due to both the large set of base
characters and
the (potentially) large number of (non-deterministic) variations --
together with
the fact that ignoring the variation in display and processing while
retaining
information about it in the code might the hing to do. (None of the
other scripts
have those sorts of issues).
But cuneiform, where we started, may have similar issues. Especially in
archaic cuneiform there was apparently a very large repertoire of signs
in perhaps non-deterministic variation. I don't think this is the best
way to select between signs in regular use in later cuneiform, and so I
don't support Dean's suggestion of using them as part of a general
cuneiform model (quite apart from the argument that a decision taken a
few years ago is said to be irreversible). But VSs may be useful in
future extensions to support archaic cuneiform, just as they may have a
role in supporting unusual (archaic?) CJK variants.
--
Peter Kirk
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