From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Thu Mar 27 2003 - 11:53:31 EST
At 10:43 -0600 27/03/2003, Peter_Constable@sil.org wrote:
> > How many languages were they used for? What sounds do they represent? [...]
>
>I can understand the necessity of these questions except for the first two.
>Why would it be needed for encoding to know just what languages / phonemes
>these pertained to? Of course, if this info is available, it's nice to have
>it.
Because, Peter, we do not encode things without knowing what they are
for and how and by whom they are used. Questions regarding use are
part of the Proposal Summary Form.
-- Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com
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