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ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 N1639
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| DATE: 1997-09-18 | |
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| DOC TYPE: | Expert contribution |
| TITLE: | Proposal to encode Old Persian 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 Old Persian 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. Old Persian Cuneiform |
| 1b. Addition of characters to existing block? Name? | No. |
| 2. Number of characters | 41 |
| 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 Old Persian. |
| 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 0200 - U+0001 023F 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 servesonly 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 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN A 001 0001 xx01 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN I 002 0001 xx02 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN U 003 0001 xx03 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN KA 004 0001 xx04 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN KU 005 0001 xx05 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN GA 006 0001 xx06 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN GU 007 0001 xx07 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN KHA 008 0001 xx08 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN CHA 009 0001 xx09 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN GHA 010 0001 xx0A OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN GHI 011 0001 xx0B OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN TA 012 0001 xx0C OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN TU 013 0001 xx0D OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN DA 014 0001 xx0E OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN DI 015 0001 xx0F OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN DU 016 0001 xx10 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN THA 017 0001 xx11 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN PA 018 0001 xx12 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN BA 019 0001 xx13 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN FA 020 0001 xx14 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN NA 021 0001 xx15 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN NU 022 0001 xx16 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN MA 023 0001 xx17 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN MI 025 0001 xx18 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN MU 026 0001 xx19 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN YA 027 0001 xx1A OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN WA 028 0001 xx1B OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN WI 029 0001 xx1C OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN RA 030 0001 xx1D OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN RU 031 0001 xx1E OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN LA 032 0001 xx1F OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN SA 033 0001 xx20 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN ZA 034 0001 xx21 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN SHA 035 0001 xx22 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN THRA 036 0001 xx23 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN HA 037 0001 xx24 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN SEPARATOR 038 0001 xx25 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN KHSHAAYATHIYA 039 0001 xx26 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN BUMI 040 0001 xx27 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN BAGA 041 0001 xx28 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN AURAMAZDAA 042 0001 xx29 OLD PERSIAN CUNEIFORM SIGN DAHYU 042 0001 xx2A (This position shall not be used) 043 0001 xx2B (This position shall not be used) 044 0001 xx2C (This position shall not be used) 045 0001 xx2D (This position shall not be used) 046 0001 xx2E (This position shall not be used) 047 0001 xx2F (This position shall not be used) |  |