From: Peter_Constable@sil.org
Date: Fri Jun 27 2003 - 13:41:40 EDT
John Cowan wrote on 06/27/2003 08:24:35 AM:
> The IETF has an explicit contract with Unicode: "We'
> ll use your normalization algorithm if you promise NEVER, NEVER to
change
> the normalization status of a single character." Unicode has already
> broken that promise four times, so its credibility is shaky.
Yeah, but what I don't get is that IETF doesn't set anything in stone
until there are working implementations, but Unicode's canonical combining
classes have to be set in stone for IETF's benefit before there are
working implementations. I just have a hard time understanding that.
> So far I have not heard any compelling objections to CGJ except that
> invisible characters are fuggly.
I just sent a message discussing this.
- Peter
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Non-Roman Script Initiative, SIL International
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