Re: [I18ndir] draft-bray-unichars-01

[Tim Bray <[e-mail]>]

 OK, I think that based on our discussion I’ve found better phrasing for
all the issues you raised, down to…

On Aug 29, 2023 at 12:10:42 PM, Asmus Freytag <[e-mail]> wrote:

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> I would like to refer you to table 2-3 in the Unicode Standard. The "Basic
> Unicode Characters" that you propagate consist of what Unicode considers
> "Assigned" code points plus "Reserved", with the modification that you are
> subtracting the "useless controls".
>
> Reserved code points are sometimes referred to as "assignable code points"
> (for example on the bottom of page 30 in Unicode 15.0.0). That makes that
> subset the combination of "assigned" plus "assignable" code points. (Which
> then, modulo "useless" controls, corresponds to the bulk of the basic set.)
>
> I would suggest to explicitly relate your definition to those terms.
>

I'm going to disagree here. The goal of this document is to make it simple
for authors to identify code-point repertoires without having to become
Unicode experts. I think the explanations we have come up with so far are
acceptably clear and rooted in the Standard without needing introduce the
“assignable” notion.  Wait till you get a look at the next revision to see
if you want to continue to argue this point.

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> The definition "useful controls" is currently buried in the text and
> there's not even a header to locate the definition. Because this (or the
> complementary definition of "useless" ones) is the only value added piece
> over "assigned + assignable", I suggest elevating the definition.
>

OK.


> I'm not going to quibble about the very opinionated naming of the concept.
>


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