From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Tue Jan 20 2004 - 06:50:08 EST
On 20/01/2004 00:36, Asmus Freytag wrote:
> ...
> Chinese ideographs don't quite fit either Andrews example or my reply
> - the nature
> of the problem is different due to both the large set of base
> characters and
> the (potentially) large number of (non-deterministic) variations --
> together with
> the fact that ignoring the variation in display and processing while
> retaining
> information about it in the code might the hing to do. (None of the
> other scripts
> have those sorts of issues).
>
But cuneiform, where we started, may have similar issues. Especially in
archaic cuneiform there was apparently a very large repertoire of signs
in perhaps non-deterministic variation. I don't think this is the best
way to select between signs in regular use in later cuneiform, and so I
don't support Dean's suggestion of using them as part of a general
cuneiform model (quite apart from the argument that a decision taken a
few years ago is said to be irreversible). But VSs may be useful in
future extensions to support archaic cuneiform, just as they may have a
role in supporting unusual (archaic?) CJK variants.
-- Peter Kirk peter@qaya.org (personal) peterkirk@qaya.org (work) http://www.qaya.org/
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