Re: Comments on Part 1: Asian characters

• From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
• Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 08:51:48 -0700
• To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
• Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970528084925.00a2f370@pop.intergate.bc.ca>

At 11:02 AM 5/28/97 +0900, Murata Makoto wrote:
>1. Are characters [#x3021-#x3029] ideographic characters?
>
>These characters are listed in the definition of Ideographic
>[75].  However, in the Unicode standard (Version 2.0), these
>characters are Hangzhyou-style numerals.  Are these
>characters digits or ideographic characters?

We should either make them digits, or just take them out of namechar
altogether.  Comments?

>2. Hankaku katakana extenders should be removed.

Agree.  (see previous note)

>3. Add ditto mark (#x3003) as an extender.
>4. Add ideographic closing mark (#x3006) as an ideographic 
>   character.

Seems reasonable to me.

 - Tim

Received on Wednesday, 28 May 1997 11:53:33 UTC