On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Philipp Reichmuth wrote:
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> Hello folks,
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> I've been wondering a little bit recently about the definition of
> "character" vs. "glyph variant" that is applied during decision
> whether or not a given proposed character should go into Unicode.
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> I'm thinking of all those highly academic cases such as the famous Han
> signs in medieval Korean Buddhist manuscripts (which we've had quite a
> lot of recently). What if it is a character where nobody knows for
> sure whether it is a character in its own right or a variant of some
> sort, in orthography, style or whatever? There must be some semiotic
> concept behind the idea of "character" here. Other examples might
> include some aspects of Mayan or Indus script or of Sumerian cuneiform
> when used to write Eblaite where we've got lots and lots of text, but
> we can't read it properly without confusion, either completely (Indus
> script) or in some more or less rare cases.
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> What is necessary for two signs to constitute different characters in
> cases such as these?
>
> Greetings
> Philipp mailto:uzsv2k@uni-bonn.de
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Wednesday, November 7, 2001
Maybe we need different standards for: 1. Living scripts, 2. Dead but
read scripts, e.g., cuneiform, and 3. Dead and unread scripts, e.g. rongo
rongo/Easter Island.
Regards,
Jim Agenbroad ( jage@LOC.gov )
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