That is also consistent with the glossary definitions:
http://www.unicode.org/glossary.
tex
Kenneth Whistler wrote:
>
> Theodore,
>
> > http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr15/ mentions both
> > composites and combining sequences.
> >
> > But it doesn't tell us the difference. I know what a combining
> > sequence is. If I didn't know what a composite was, I'd guess it
> > was the same thing as a combining sequence.
>
> See TUS 3.0, Chapter 3, pp. 43-44
>
> D17 Combining character sequence: a character sequence consisting of
> either a base character followed by a sequence of one or more
> combining characters, or a sequence of one or more combining
> characters.
>
> [e.g. A + combining-grave <U+0041, U+0300>]
>
> D18 Decomposable character: a character that is equivalent to a sequence
> of one or more other characters, according to the decomposition
> mappings found in the names list... It may also be known as a
> precomposed character or composite character.
>
> [e.g. A-grave, U+00C0]
>
> --Ken
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