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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The code ‘Zinh’ in ISO 15924 is used in the Unicode Character
Database to indicate the ‘script’ property of certain characters. As such, it
is unlikely to be used in any type of document to tag anything. It’s main use
is in libraries for processing text (which need, sometimes, to know about
Unicode properties). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>For example, a program that implements Unicode Technical
Standard #18 (Unicode Regular Expressions) needs to know about script
properties because a program might ask for a sequence of characters that
matches the expression: \p{script=latin}. Combining marks can appear within
such a sequence. Knowing that these “inherit” their script from surrounding
base characters would allow them to match the expression also.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Addison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Addison Phillips<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Globalization Architect -- Lab126</span><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Internationalization is not a feature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>It is an architecture.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no
[mailto:ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no] <b>On Behalf Of </b>CE Whitehead<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:10 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ietf-languages@iana.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> cewcathar@hotmail.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Last call for ISO 15924-based updates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Hi! <br>
I still favor a comment for [zinh] . . . in spite of misgivings here . . .<br>
<br>
<b>> Michael Everson</b> <a
href="mailto:ietf-languages@alvestrand.no?Subject=Last%20call%20for%20ISO%2015924-based%20updates&In-Reply-To=68723E6B2E0EDC4999504D17DDE8F94906E35BF3@S90X2HUB1.ad.insee.intra"
title="Last call for ISO 15924-based updates">everson at evertype.com </a><br>
<i>> Mon Mar 16 10:58:01 CET 2009</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<pre>><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>>I disagree. The statement of what Zinh is in the registry for is <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>>already in Doug's draft. There is no reason to add an imperative <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>>statement telling users of the registry Not To Use It.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>I did not find it only Michael's citation of it . . . (I went through the draft online <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a
href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-ltru-4645bis-10">http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-ltru-4645bis-10</a> )<o:p></o:p></pre>
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font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <br>
<br>
<br>
CHANGE COMMENT TO (the following is from information from John--the
latter I extracted it from John's emails):<br>
<br>
> Code <br>
. . . <br>
> used to label Unicode combining marks, which "inherit"<br>
> their script property from the . . . character they are combined
with. 'Dummy' script { Not used to tag documents ??}<br>
<br>
However, I do question "Not used to tag documents" I am still
totally lost (in spite of Peter's great explanations, below). What
exactly does "Not used to tag documents" mean? Does it mean not
used in the language tag indicating the overall document language, but
possibly used somewhere in the document to indicate a diacritic mark on a
character (where the display of the diacritic mark depends on the
script/character)<br>
<br>
(Sorry to ask a dumb question & I know this is long but I like lucid
explanations that make sense to the unitiated.)<br>
<br>
* * *<br>
<br>
--C. E. Whitehead<br>
<a href="mailto:cewcathar@hotmail.com">cewcathar@hotmail.com</a> <br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <br>
> From: petercon@microsoft.com<br>
> To: cewcathar@hotmail.com; ietf-languages@iana.org<br>
> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:50:11 -0700<br>
> Subject: RE: Last call for ISO 15924-based updates<br>
> <br>
> From: ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no
[mailto:ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of CE Whitehead<br>
> <br>
> > My question is: does this particular subtag 'zinh' help
any applications display characters properly?<br>
> <br>
> The ISO 15924 script identifier, as it would be used in the Unicode
Character Database, most definitely is used in software implementations to
display text properly.<br>
> <br>
> As a subtag in a BCP47 language tag, it would most certainly NOT help any
applications display characters properly. In a language tag, it would have no
useful purpose.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Peter<br>
> <br>
<br>
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