From: Dean Snyder (dean.snyder@jhu.edu)
Date: Fri May 20 2005 - 15:51:12 CDT
Tom Emerson wrote at 11:44 AM on Friday, May 20, 2005:
>Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform has a huge community just
>itching to use [Unicode]?
The cuneiform using community numbers in the tens of thousands
worldwide; there are about 7 of us who are itching to use cuneiform in
Unicode ;-)
The truth is, most cuneiformists do not see any need for Unicode
cuneiform; they are happy to continue in transliteration. But some very
important cuneiformists DO see the need and when the rest see the
programmatic tools we are developing for cuneiform in Unicode the
prevailing laissez-faire attitude will change rather rapidly.
Cuneiform in transliteration is like Japanese in transliteration, with
all the same advantages and disadvantages.
Respectfully,
Dean A. Snyder
Assistant Research Scholar
Manager, Digital Hammurabi Project
Computer Science Department
Whiting School of Engineering
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Johns Hopkins University
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