What rules have been used for the current list of codepoints?

Yoshiro YONEYA yone at jprs.co.jp
Thu Dec 14 13:38:09 CET 2006


On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:12:02 +0100 Patrik F__ltstr__m <patrik at frobbit.se> wrote:

> I understand there is confusing what rules have been used TODAY for  
> the list of codepoints.
> 
> These are the rules, the first that matches tell whether the  
> codepoint is ok to include or not.
> 
> 1. If block is "IPA Extensions", the codepoint is not ok
> 2. If the script is "Inherited", the codepoint is not ok
> 3. If the codepoint is [A-Z], the codepoint is ok
> 4. If the codepoint is [0-9], the codepoint is ok
> 5. If NFKC(cp) != cp, the codepoint is not ok
> 6. If lowercase(cp) != cp, the codepoint is not ok
> 7. If class is [Ll, Lo, Mn, Mc], the codepoint is ok
> 
> I have a suggestion that rule 7 should also include classes Lm and  
> Nd, but I have not included that.
> 
> Do I see a consensus on this list that I should also include Lm and  
> Nd? (Then rule 4 can be removed.)

I concur to include Lm and Nd.  I propose to include Nl also.

> I also have a suggestion that rule 2 above should be removed, that I  
> went one step too far in conclusions from earlier discussions.
> 
> Do I see a consensus on this list that I should remove rule 2?
> 
> BTW, the URL to the latest document is http://stupid.domain.name/ 
> idnabis/table-latest.html.
> 
> Other changes you will see is:
> 
> (a) The list of rules (that you see above) will be included in the  
> document
> (b) The scripts will be in english alphabetical order
> 
>      Patrik
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