[Indic-computing-standards] (Fwd) [indic] New Public Review Issue

[Dr. U.B. P. <pav...@vi...>]

From Indic Unicode mailing list. Bengalis, please take note.

Rgds,
Pavanaja

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Subject:        	[indic] New Public Review Issue
Date sent:      	Mon, 23 Feb 2004 15:33:48 -0800
From:           	Rick McGowan <ri...@un...>

The Unicode Technical Committee has posted a new issue for public review  
and comment. Details are on the following web page:

	http://www.unicode.org/review/

Review periods for the new item closes on June 8, 2004.

Please see the page for links to discussion and relevant documents.  
Briefly, the new issue is:

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30  Bengali Khanda Ta  (Closes 2004.06.08)

The description of khanda ta in section 9.2 of Unicode 4.0 and in one of  
the current Indic FAQs assumed a particular understanding of expected  
behaviors rather than stating those expectations explicitly. Due to certain  
wording and an atypical use of ZERO WIDTH JOINER, some implementers 
have  
been misled about the behaviors related to khanda ta that were assumed.

In the course of investigating this issue, input was received suggesting  
that the atypical use of ZERO WIDTH JOINER was problematic, and that a  
different encoded representation for khanda ta should be adopted.

Alternate representations for khanda ta are described and evaluated in the  
review document. It is proposed that the existing representation specified  
in section 9.2 be retained, but that the description in the Standard be  
revised to remove any ambiguity and potential for misunderstanding.

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Regards,
	Rick McGowan
	Unicode, Inc.




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