Re: [Xml-sg-cmt] question: use of <u> element

[Alice Russo <[e-mail]>]

Hi John,
Ack on the outcome (simply leave it written out).

Re:
> I realize this is quite the corner case.

Hm, I see it as a common case in that the I-Ds we receive contain the data about the code point (e.g., the name and U+ notation) more commonly than the character itself, presumably because that was not possible before the format change.

For example, draft-faltstrom-unicode12-07 contains 30 instances of U+ notation.

Thanks,
Alice

On Feb 17, 2022, at 11:21 AM, John R Levine <[e-mail]> wrote:

>> Should the <u> element be used to get the desired output even when it doesn't include the character itself? The <u> can be used to render the "U+" notation or name of a Unicode code point. For example (from draft-faltstrom-unicode12-07):
>> 
>> This output:
>> SPHERICAL ANGLE OPENING UP (U+29A1) existed before IDNA2008 was ...
>> 
>> could be rendered w/ this XML:
>> 
>> A)  <t> <u format="name-num">⦡</u> existed before IDNA2008 was ... </t>
>> 
>> instead of
>> 
>> B)  <t> SPHERICAL ANGLE OPENING UP (U+29A1) existed before IDNA2008 was ...</t>
>> 
>> 
>> Should the RPC be using A?
> 
> In this case I think not.  Patrik is using the character as an example without any plan to render it.  I realize this is quite the corner case.
> 
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