Consensus Call Tranche 8 (Character Adjustments)

[Martin Duerst]

At 21:39 08/10/15, John C Klensin wrote:

>Even in the Hangul case, to the extent to which there has not
>been discussion, it is certainly not because the language
>community has not tried.  We've had several attempts at
>explanations of the issue and requests for the particular
>resolution of 8.c.  We can't, IMO, very well take the position
>that we have ignored and declined to educate ourselves about and
>discuss their proposal and that it should therefore be rejected
>because there was no discussion.  There may be reasons, on
>balance, for rejecting it, but "the WG couldn't get its act
>together to hold a real discussion" can't be it.

I think we have held quite a bit of discussion.

We understand that the Korean registry doesn't need Jamos, and
doesn't plan to allow them. We understand that they can do that
by excluding them at the registration level.

We have heard that there are supposed to be some normalization
problems between Jamos and Syllable blocks, but we know that
this is not the case. If this information is referring to
something different and specific, then it should be clarified
by the Korean side or whatever intermediaries there are.

We have a policy of allowing characters that are used historically,
to not close doors unnecessarily. By that policy, we allow
Korean Jamos so that they can be used if the need arises.

If the above isn't a good summary of the discussion, and/or
if there is more material, please add your points or send
pointers.

Regards,    Martin.



#-#-#  Martin J. Du"rst, Assoc. Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University
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