BTW, the only way I see anything from Overington is when a message is quoted by someone else, since I long ago filtered those out of my email inbox.
Mark <https://google.com/+MarkDavis> *— Il meglio è l’inimico del bene —* On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 7:35 PM, Mark Davis ☕️ <[email protected]> wrote: > I suggest that you create a proposal for the UTC so that it can go on > record; I suspect it will get a favorable reception. > > > Mark <https://google.com/+MarkDavis> > > *— Il meglio è l’inimico del bene —* > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Doug Ewell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> William_J_G Overington <wjgo underscore 10009 at btinternet dot com> >> wrote: >> >> > If Unicode Inc. chooses to impose a moratorium on discussing this >> > development in information technology then Unicode Inc. should say so >> > officially and post a policy document and not have this unfair >> > imposition of a moratorium by a person or persons unknown. >> >> Finally, something on which William and I can agree. >> >> I absolutely agree that UTC -- the technical committee, not the >> corporation -- should issue a formal statement expressing its position >> as to: >> >> 1. Generally, whether novel and untested concepts, particularly those >> for which a sizable body of popular support has not been established, >> are viewed by UTC as suitable and appropriate candidates for encoding in >> the Unicode Standard, on the basis of their perceived future usefulness. >> (I believe this statement has been made already; if so, a reference that >> can be easily cited would serve the purpose.) >> >> 2. Specifically, whether the particular concept that William proposes, >> to encode entities that are not characters into the Unicode Standard on >> the basis of their perceived future usefulness, is viewed by UTC as >> being suitable for and appropriate to the standard. >> >> Whichever position is taken by this statement, pro or con, this list >> should honor it. >> >> > Also, it is not a worn-out topic. It is a wonderful possibility for >> > the future. >> >> -- >> Doug Ewell | http://ewellic.org | Thornton, CO 🇺🇸 >> >> >> >
