Re: Issues with DA,NA,GA default medial variants

Hi Badral,

There are still a significant number of websites using Unicode-encoded
Mongolian, and an unknown amount of Unicode Mongolian data that is not
online, and changing the meaning of any FVS will have a negative
impact on and a cost to people maintaining Unicode Mongolian data and
websites.   I do not speak for the UTC or WG2, but I think it is
highly unlikely that these committees would agree to switch any FVS
definition without a very compelling reason.

Andrew



On 25 October 2015 at 16:47, Badral S. <badral@bolorsoft.com> wrote:
> Hi Andrew & Greg,
> I think the impact is slight because:
> 1. Most existing Mongolian data has still own encoding (non-unicode). In
> Mongolia, mostly used the fonts CM Urga, Ulaanbaatar etc. For instance:
> http://www.president.mn/mng, http://khumuunbichig.montsame.mn ...
> In inner Mongolia used mostly Menkhsoft's solution. Please comment
> Menksoft's representatives.
> 2. Most mongolian unicode data created using Mongolian script font, which
> has 15 years long correct default variants. In inner Mongolia used probably
> Mongolian Baiti. Mongolian Baiti was/is itself very unstable. For instance,
> as I know, it has in 2011 "Bichig" as "Bichig+fvs1" encoded. or? It means
> the existing mongolian unicode data is itself really not stable. If we
> change it to correct variant, we would implement normalisation tool for
> unicode mongolian data and distribute it freely.
> 3. I tend to think, the current default forms are not standardized globally.
> If not, can you redirect me and give me some references?
>
> Badral
>
>
> On 25.10.2015 13:48, Andrew West wrote:
>>
>> On 25 October 2015 at 03:11, Badral S. <badral@bolorsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 1. Why we should not switch current U+1828 medial and U+1828 medial +
>>> FSV1?
>>> 2. Why we should not switch current U+1833 medial and U+1833 medial +
>>> FSV1?
>>> 3. Why we should not switch current U+182D medial and U+182D medial +
>>> FSV1?
>>
>> Because it would destabilize existing Mongolian data.  In my opinion,
>> we should not switch existing FVS's, even when the alternative would
>> have made more sense for the reasons you mention.
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>
>
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