On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com>wrote: > > [Glenn Adams:] > > >Even Unicode has traditionally avoided defining these orderings in the > past > >due to controversy and lack of common agreement. > > Are there orderings Unicode has defined? Normatively referencing those > orderings > for which there is consensus seems reasonable - and I assume there are > some that > are not controversial - but do we know which are agreed? > I think some research would be needed to answer this. Recent work on ES6 I18N [1] might have some pointers here. Also, prior work in ISO JTC1/SC22 [2] may be of use. ISO/IEC 14652 [3] and ISO/IEC 15897 [4] could be useful for documenting these orderings as registered "cultural conventions". [1] http://norbertlindenberg.com/2012/06/ecmascript-internationalization-api/#Collator [2] http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG20/ [3] http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg20/docs/n972-14652ft.pdf [4] http://webstore.iec.ch/preview/info_isoiec15897%7Bed2.0%7Den.pdf > > Also, even though there may not be agreement on one particular ordering, > are > all the options equally controversial? Even if we must make some list > orderings > informative shouldn't we try to suggest one so browsers may at least agree > on > something interoperable that will be useful some of the time vs. instruct > everyone > to each pick a winner in their own corner? > I see no problem with making informative suggestions for UA implementors in the absence of an external, normative consensus position.
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