ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 N1659
DATE: 1997-12-08

DOC TYPE:Expert contribution
TITLE:Proposal to encode Glagolitic in ISO/IEC 10646
SOURCE:Michael Everson, EGT (IE)
PROJECT:JTC1.02.18.01
STATUS:Proposal.
ACTION ID:FYI
DUE DATE:--
DISTRIBUTION:Worldwide
MEDIUM:Paper and web
NO. OF PAGES:4

A. Administrative

1. TitleProposal to encode Glagolitic in ISO/IEC 10646
2. Requester's nameMichael Everson
3. Requester typeExpert request
4. Submission date1997-12-08
5. Requester's reference 
6a. CompletionThis is a complete proposal.
6b. More information to be provided?Yes

B. Technical -- General

1a. New script? Name?Yes. Glagolitic
1b. Addition of characters to existing block? Name?No.
2. Number of characters92
3. Proposed categoryCategory C
4. Proposed level of implementation and rationaleLevel 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?Yes. ISO 6861:1996 is a coded character set for Glagolitic.
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?Yes. Dr. Hinko Muren (Slovenia), ISO/TC46/SC2, ISO/TC46/SC4
2. Information on the user community?Scholarly and ecclesiastical communities.
3a. The context of use for the proposed characters?Used to write Old Church Slavonic.
3b. Reference 
4a. Proposed characters in current use?Yes
4b. Where?By scholars and churchmen.
5a. Characters should be encoded entirely in BMP?Yes.
5b. RationaleAccordance with the Roadmap, and close relationship of Glagolitic and Cyrillic texts.
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? No. Glagolitic is a unique alphabet.
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 Administrative

To 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 

Issues

Glagolitic uses numerous diacritical marks, many of them in common with Cyrillic. A comprehensive list of these needs to be drawn up, unifications made where necessary, and the requisite Glagolitic-specific marks added to this proposal.

Names and code table

xx00	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER AZ
xx01	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER BUKI
xx02	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER VEDI
xx03	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER GLAGOL
xx04	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER DOBRO
xx05	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER JESI
xx06	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER ZHIVETE
xx07	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER ZELO
xx08	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER ZEMLJA
xx09	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER IZHE
xx0A	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER I
xx0B	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER GERV
xx0C	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER KAKO
xx0D	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER LJUDI
xx0E	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER MYSLITE
xx0F	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER NASH
xx10	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER ON
xx11	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER POKOJ
xx12	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER RCI
xx13	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER SLOVO
xx14	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER TVERDO
xx15	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER UK
xx16	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER FERT
xx17	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER HER
xx18	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA
xx19	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER SHTA
xx1A	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER CY
xx1B	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER CHERV
xx1C	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER SHA
xx1D	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER JER
xx1E	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER JERY
xx1F	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER JERI
xx20	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER JAT
xx21	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER JO
xx22	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER JU
xx23	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER AS
xx24	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER ES
xx25	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER JAS
xx26	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER JES
xx27	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER FITA
xx28	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER IZHICA
xx29	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER VARIANT IZHE
xx2A	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER VARIANT FERT
xx2B	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER VARIANT HER
xx2C	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER VARIANT JER
xx2D	GLAGOLITIC CAPITAL LETTER VARIANT JERI
xx2E	(This position shall not be used)
xx2F	(This position shall not be used)
xx30	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER AZ
xx31	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER BUKI
xx32	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER VEDI
xx33	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER GLAGOL
xx34	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER DOBRO
xx35	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER JESI
xx36	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER ZHIVETE
xx37	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER ZELO
xx38	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER ZEMLJA
xx39	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER IZHE
xx3A	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER I
xx3B	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER GERV
xx3C	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER KAKO
xx3D	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER LJUDI
xx3E	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER MYSLITE
xx3F	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER NASH
xx40	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER ON
xx41	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER POKOJ
xx42	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER RCI
xx43	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER SLOVO
xx44	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER TVERDO
xx45	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER UK
xx46	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER FERT
xx47	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER HER
xx48	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER OMEGA
xx49	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER SHTA
xx4A	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER CY
xx4B	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER CHERV
xx4C	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER SHA
xx4D	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER JER
xx4E	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER JERY
xx4F	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER JERI
xx50	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER JAT
xx51	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER JO
xx52	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER JU
xx53	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER AS
xx54	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER ES
xx55	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER JAS
xx56	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER JES
xx57	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER FITA
xx58	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER IZHICA
xx59	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER ILLYRIAN IZHE
xx5A	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER ILLYRIAN FERT
xx5B	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER ILLYRIAN HER
xx5C	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER ILLYRIAN JER
xx5D	GLAGOLITIC SMALL LETTER ILLYRIAN JERI
xx5E	(This position shall not be used)
xx5F	(This position shall not be used)
xx60	(This position shall not be used)
xx61	(This position shall not be used)
xx62	(This position shall not be used)
xx63	(This position shall not be used)
xx64	(This position shall not be used)
xx65	(This position shall not be used)
xx66	(This position shall not be used)
xx67	(This position shall not be used)
xx68	(This position shall not be used)
xx69	(This position shall not be used)
xx6A	(This position shall not be used)
xx6B	(This position shall not be used)
xx6C	(This position shall not be used)
xx6D	(This position shall not be used)
xx6E	(This position shall not be used)
xx6F	(This position shall not be used)
xx70	(This position shall not be used)
xx71	(This position shall not be used)
xx72	(This position shall not be used)
xx73	(This position shall not be used)
xx74	(This position shall not be used)
xx75	(This position shall not be used)
xx76	(This position shall not be used)
xx77	(This position shall not be used)
xx78	(This position shall not be used)
xx79	(This position shall not be used)
xx7A	(This position shall not be used)
xx7B	(This position shall not be used)
xx7C	(This position shall not be used)
xx7D	(This position shall not be used)
xx7E	(This position shall not be used)
xx7F	(This position shall not be used)

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