From: Doug Ewell (dewell@adelphia.net)
Date: Thu Apr 24 2003 - 11:46:49 EDT
Michael (michka) Kaplan <michka at trigeminal dot com> wrote:
> Unless you write your OS and your apps, you have to assume that
> anyone or veryone may be using some random piece of the PUA and not
> explaining it. Apps may try not to do this, and OSes may try to do
> the same, but assuming that someone will not stomp on them is a true
> and tried recipe for disappointment....
I'm sure Michael already knew this, and just wanted to know what pieces
have *already* been stomped on.
I think information like this, about what ranges in the PUA have been
used by what organizations for what general purpose, might make a good
Technical Note. This is *not* a suggestion that the Unicode Consortium
or UTC "standardize" or "sanction" or "approve" any of these uses, or
list the code point allocations in detail. Just a description of the
ranges, vendor/government/user, and general purpose of the allocated
range (e.g. "additional Han characters," "presentation glyphs," or
"artificial and constructed scripts").
This might help people like Michael who want to assign one or more PUA
code points without stomping on those who got there first.
If anyone would like to send me this type of information, I can try to
organize it into a Web page. I already know about:
* the ConScript Unicode Registry,
* assignments in Microsoft's Verdana Ref font, documented in Asmus
Freytag's "What Is This Character?" PDF file,
* assignments made by the Chinese government for GB 18030, and
* William Overington's various PUA projects.
-Doug Ewell
Fullerton, California
http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/
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