What is the scope of Unicode please?
Can it ever change?
If it can change, who makes the decision? For example, does it need an ISO
decision at a level higher than the WG2 committee or can the WG2 committee do
it if it so pleases?
How can a person apply for the scope of Unicode to become changed please?
I have been considering how to make progress with trying for my research to
become implemented in a standardized manner.
I have been informed that a group of people have examined the document that I
submitted and determined that it is out of scope for UTC.
As implementation of the research in a standardized manner, if it ever takes
place, will need of necessity for two base characters to become encoded into
Unicode, then I feel that I need to submit a new document that is either itself
in scope for UTC; or requests changing the scope of Unicode, though maybe such
a document would itself not be regarded as being in scope.
The thing is, I was not informed as to why my document was determined to be out
of scope.
If I knew why, then maybe I could write a document that is in scope.
I am not expecting the Unicode Technical Committee to encode the two characters
straight away.
It would be good just to get a document into the Unicode Document Register.
The best that I could achieve would be for the UTC to agree to keep the matter
in escrow so that if I can persuade ISO to encode a plain paper list of words
and code numbers and a plain paper list of preset sentences and code numbers,
then UTC would encode the two base characters into plane 14 at that time so
that the two plain paper lists could each be applied to produce a tagspace
accessed by a plane 14 character.
If UTC were to decide that, or something approaching that, I would then be able
to approach ISO with first draft proposals for the two plain paper lists, not
comprehensive, more placeholder applications so as to try to get things
started, saying to ISO that encoding into Unicode would become possible. The
two placeholder plain paper first drafts could then be gradually altered, maybe
completely altered, and augmented so as to be able to get things started, just
like Unicode started small and has been extended over time.
So at the moment my first task is to try to produce a document that will be
determined to be in scope so that it goes into the Unicode Document Register
and each member of the Unicode Technical Committee has a chance to express an
opinion at the meeting.
So, what is the scope of Unicode please?
William Overington
16 October 2015
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Date : 10/10/2015 - 11:14 (GMTST)
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Subject : How can my research become implemented in a standardized manner?
Please note that I am on moderated post, so if this post does get sent to the
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being circulated.
I have recently made significant progress with my research in communication
through the language barrier. The capabilities are greatly improved.
On 7 October 2015 I submitted a document, hoping that it would become included
in the Unicode Document Register.
I have been informed that a group of people have examined the document and
determined that it is out of scope for UTC.
I am not seeking to question that decision.
As an independent researcher, not representing an organization, nor in fact
employed by any organization at all, I am trying to get the system standardized
as an international standard.
I feel that trying to produce first a widely-used system using a Private Use
Area encoding is not a realistic practical goal and even if it were practical
the result would be lots of legacy data. I feel that to become successful the
system needs standardization and implementation to go forward together.
So what to do?
More generally, how are the format and the encoding of tagspaces to be carried
out in the future?
The document is available on the web at the present time in two places.
There is a file available for download as an attachment in a forum post of 8
October 2015 in the High-Logic Gallery forum.
Adding a direct link to the post is not at present possible using the
particular email system that I am using.
There is direct access in my family webspace.
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/two_tagspaces.pdf
In addition I have deposited the document at the British Library.
William Overington
10 October 2015
