RE: Script features by language

Hmm.  Problem is, Bruno, that only some of these scripts are 'alphabetic'
for some people.  Others are abugidas, abjads, syllabaries, etc.

RI

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Richard Ishida
Internationalization Lead
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)

http://www.w3.org/International/
http://rishida.net/




> -----Original Message-----
> From: vonniman consulting [mailto:info@vonniman.com]
> Sent: 30 August 2010 22:38
> To: Bassetti, Ann; Richard Ishida; 'Stephane Boyera'
> Cc: public-mw4d@w3.org
> Subject: Re: Script features by language
> 
> Hi Ann!
> 
> (Good hearing from you :-) - hope life's good!)
> 
> An alphabetic script is simply a writing system based on a set of
alphabetic
> characters - think of the Latin (this), Arabic, Greek or Cyrillic scripts.
> 
> Would it read "alphabetic script" in Richard's tables, the confusion would
> most certainly be avoided.
> 
> Best regards,
> Bruno von Niman
> Lead Expert
> 
> 
> > From: "Bassetti, Ann" <ann.bassetti@boeing.com>
> > Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:38:04 -0700
> > To: Richard Ishida <ishida@w3.org>, 'Stephane Boyera'
> > <boyera@webfoundation.org>
> > Cc: "public-mw4d@w3.org" <public-mw4d@w3.org>
> > Subject: RE: Script features by language
> > Resent-From: <public-mw4d@w3.org>
> > Resent-Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:43:43 +0000
> >
> > Wow, Richard -- very impressive!
> >
> > A small comment on terminology .. When I read your note and page, I
> > interpreted "script" meaning as in coding (e.g., "web script" or
JavaScript).
> > I'm not a coder, so who knows why, but that's what came to mind.  In
fact, I
> > wondered, "why does he need to detail this all out for code?".
> >
> > I presume you are using the term as it is commonly used, so no changes
> > necessary. Just thought I'd mention this goofy confusion on my part.
> >
> >   -- Ann
> >
> >
> > Ann Bassetti
> > Associate Technical Fellow
> > Boeing Information Technology
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> > email:  ann.bassetti@boeing.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: public-mw4d-request@w3.org [mailto:public-mw4d-
> request@w3.org] On
> >> Behalf Of Richard Ishida
> >> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 5:26 AM
> >> To: 'Stephane Boyera'
> >> Cc: public-mw4d@w3.org
> >> Subject: Script features by language
> >>
> >> I put this together this weekend. Thought you might perhaps find it
> >> interesting.
> >>
> >> http://rishida.net/scripts/featurelist/
> >>
> >> Provides information about script characteristics for a number of
> >> languages. This gives a very rough idea of what is needed to support a
> >> given language on a platform. You can also click on column titles to
> >> rearrange the data to see, for example, which languages use right-to-
> >> left scripts, which languages require the largest number of combining
> >> characters, etc.
> >>
> >>
> >> RI
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ============
> >> Richard Ishida
> >> Internationalization Lead
> >> W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
> >>
> >> http://www.w3.org/International/
> >> http://rishida.net/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> 
> 
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