ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 N1640
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DATE: 1997-09-18 | |
DOC TYPE: | Expert contribution |
TITLE: | Proposal to encode Ugaritic Cuneiform in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646-2 |
SOURCE: | Michael Everson, EGT (IE) |
PROJECT: | JTC1.02.18.02 |
STATUS: | Proposal. |
ACTION ID: | FYI |
DUE DATE: | -- |
DISTRIBUTION: | Worldwide |
MEDIUM: | Paper and web |
NO. OF PAGES: | 4 |
A. Administrative | |
1. Title | Proposal to encode Ugaritic Cuneiform in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646-2 |
2. Requester's name | Michael Everson |
3. Requester type | Expert request |
4. Submission date | 1997-09-18 |
5. Requester's reference | |
6a. Completion | This is a complete proposal. |
6b. More information to be provided? | No |
B. Technical -- General | |
1a. New script? Name? | Yes. Ugaritic Cuneiform |
1b. Addition of characters to existing block? Name? | No. |
2. Number of characters | 42 |
3. Proposed category | Category D |
4. Proposed level of implementation and rationale | Level 1 |
5a. Character names included in proposal? | Yes |
5b. Character names in accordance with guidelines? | Yes |
5c. Character shapes reviewable? | Yes |
6a. Who will provide computerized font? | Michael Everson, Everson Gunn Teoranta |
6b. Font currently available? | Michael Everson, Everson Gunn Teoranta |
6c. Font format? | TrueType |
7a. Are references (to other character sets, dictionaries, descriptive texts, etc.) provided? | No. |
7b. Are published examples (such as samples from newspapers, magazines, or other sources) of use of proposed characters attached? | No |
8. Does the proposal address other aspects of character data processing? | No |
C. Technical -- Justification | |
1. Contact with the user community? | No. |
2. Information on the user community? | Scholarly community. |
3a. The context of use for the proposed characters? | Used to write Ugaritic. |
3b. Reference | |
4a. Proposed characters in current use? | Yes |
4b. Where? | By scholars. |
5a. Characters should be encoded entirely in BMP? | No. Positions U+0001 0240 - U+0001 025F are proposed for the encoding. |
5b. Rationale | Accordance with the Roadmap. |
6. Should characters be kept in a continuous range? | Yes |
7a. Can the characters be considered a presentation form of an existing character or character sequence? | Lots of cuneiform characters look like one another but the sets are best kept separate. Unification serves only to confuse. Besides, the small cuneiform scripts will be encoded long before the larger ones (Assyrian, Babylonian). |
7b. Where? | |
7c. Reference | |
8a. Can any of the characters be considered to be similar (in appearance or function) to an existing character? | No |
8b. Where? | |
8c. Reference | |
9a. Combining characters or use of composite sequences included? | No |
9b. List of composite sequences and their corresponding glyph images provided? | No |
10. Characters with any special properties such as control function, etc. included? | No |
D. SC2/WG2 AdministrativeTo be completed by SC2/WG2 | |
1. Relevant SC 2/WG 2 document numbers: | |
2. Status (list of meeting number and corresponding action or disposition) | |
3. Additional contact to user communities, liaison organizations etc. | |
4. Assigned category and assigned priority/time frame | |
Other Comments |
Names and code table | |
000 0001 xx00 UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN A 001 0001 xx01 UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN E 002 0001 xx02 UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN U 003 0001 xx03 UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN B 004 0001 xx04 UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN B 005 0001 xx05 UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN D 006 0001 xx06 UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN H 007 0001 xx07 UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN W 008 0001 xx08 UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN Z 009 0001 xx09 UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN HH 010 0001 xx0A UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN HHH 011 0001 xx0B UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN TT 012 0001 xx0C UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN Y 013 0001 xx0D UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN K 014 0001 xx0E UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN L 015 0001 xx0F UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN M 016 0001 xx10 UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN N 017 0001 xx11 UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN S 018 0001 xx12 UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN SS 019 0001 xx13 UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN ALEF 020 0001 xx14 UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN GG 021 0001 xx15 UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN P 022 0001 xx16 UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN SSS 023 0001 xx17 UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN ZZZ 025 0001 xx18 UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN Q 026 0001 xx19 UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN R 027 0001 xx1A UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN SH 028 0001 xx1B UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN ZH 029 0001 xx1C UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN T 030 0001 xx1D UGARITIC CUNEIFORM SIGN TY 031 0001 xx1E (This position shall not be used) 032 0001 xx1F (This position shall not be used) |