Thanks, that's a mis-edit. The following text should have been removed: ". Symbols with a graphical form that people may treat as pictographs, ... are categorized as emoji"
Mark <https://google.com/+MarkDavis> *— Il meglio è l’inimico del bene —* On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 2:33 AM, Garth Wallace <[email protected]> wrote: > It certainly looks that way. In just the next paragraph it mentions > "U+2615 HOT BEVERAGE (introduced in Unicode 4.0)" > > On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Adam Renberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've just read through the Unicode Technical Report #51 Unicode Emoji > [1], > > and I have a question. In section 3.3 Methodology [2], third paragraph, > it > > says: > > > > "This document takes a functional view regarding the identification of > > emoji: pictographs are categorized as emoji when it is reasonable to give > > them an emoji presentation, and where they are sufficiently distinct from > > other emoji characters. Symbols with a graphical form that people may > treat > > as pictographs, such as U+2615 HELM SYMBOL (introduced in Unicode 3.0) > may > > be included." > > > > However, when I look up the HELM SYMBOL, it seems to have code U+2388 > > [3][4][5]. The character with code U+2615 is HOT BEVERAGE [6][7]. > > > > Is this a mistake in the technical report? > > > > Best regards, > > Adam Renberg > > > > [1]: http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/index.html > > [2]: http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/index.html#Methodology > > [3]: http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2300.pdf > > [4]: http://unicode-table.com/en/2388/ > > [5]: http://www.unicode.org/Public/3.0-Update/UnicodeData-3.0.0.txt > > [6]: http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2600.pdf > > [7]: http://unicode-table.com/en/2615/ >
