Dean A. Snyder wrote of rumbles in the Egyptological community
about the architecture of the Egyptian hieroglyphic proposal.
It would be interesting to know what the objections are,
but premature?
The proposal was written in 1999 and no one has offered
a different proposal, (AFAIK).
"Manuel de Codage"
A standard system for the computer-encoding of Egyptian
transliteration and hieroglyphic texts
by Hans van den Berg
http://www.ccer.ggl.ruu.nl/codage/codage.htm
The Centre for Computer-aided Egyptological Research offers
links to software, too.
> On a positive note, I must say that our contact with Unicode experts and
> officials during the process of trying to come up with a formal proposal for
> Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform and Ugaritic cuneiform has been a wonderful and
> productive experience. I'm hoping for a similar process amongst the
> Egyptological community. Any takers?
>
The Unicode experts and officials have always welcomed expert
advice from scholars and specialists.
Best regards,
James Kass.
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