Re: Encoding Georgian and Nuskhuri letters for Ossetian and Abkhaz

Dear Ken,

Thank you for your comments!

> Then the annotations will change. The subheads in the name list do not
"reserve" anything for
> particular use. They change as appropriate, based on what future encoding
decisions the
> committees make.

So, in this case there will be just two "Additional letters for Ossetian"
subheads, right?

Thank you,
Alex.
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:43 PM, Ken Whistler <kenw_at_sybase.com> wrote:

> On 1/17/2012 4:43 AM, satai wrote:
>
>> I would like to address two textual issues in this proposal.
>>
>
> These are not actually textual issues in the *proposal*, but rather issues
> regarding
> the annotation of the code charts for these additions.
>
>
> 1) U+10C8—U+10CC and U+2D28—U+2D2C are marked as reserved within
>> "Additional letters for Ossetian" sets of the Khutsuri charts, but,
>> obviously, they are in general reserve pool for both Georgian blocks. So,
>> why are they specified as reserved in "Additional letters for Ossetian"
>> sets? Will not it confuse/mislead a reader? And what will happen to
>> "Additional letters for Ossetian" sets if one day something non-Ossetian
>> will be proposed for, say, U+10C8?
>>
>
> Then the annotations will change. The subheads in the name list do not
> "reserve" anything for
> particular use. They change as appropriate, based on what future encoding
> decisions the
> committees make.
>
>
> 2) Since both Khutsuri YN and AEN letters are attested for Ossetian only,
>> appropriate sets in the Khutsuri sections are named "Additional letters for
>> Ossetian" (the corresponding sets in the Mkhedruli section are called
>> "Additional letters for Mingrelian and Svan" and "Additional letters for
>> Ossetian and Abkhaz"). However, Georgian YN is used not only for Ossetian,
>> but for Mingrelian, Svan and Abkhaz as well. And nowadays Khutsuri is used
>> by Georgian Orthodox Church, so there is a possibility for using YN in
>> Mingrelian or Svan texts in future. Maybe it is better to name the
>> additional sets in the Khutsuri charts in more neutral way?
>>
>
> I would suggest that you make this comment as a contribution to the UTC
> via the contact
> form:
>
> http://www.unicode.org/**reporting.html<http://www.unicode.org/reporting.html>
>
> That will get the feedback into the hopper for review by the UTC, which
> may decide to update
> the annotations in the code charts accordingly in the future.
>
> --Ken
>
>
>
>
Received on Tue Jan 17 2012 - 14:14:44 CST