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Re: [SG16-Unicode] Draft of paper to update the unicode standard reference

From: keld_at <keld_at_[hidden]>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 14:10:54 +0200
If you want more than just character sets, you should refer ISO 30112,
which Unicode has tried to copy.

30112 is much more shaped to the POSIX/C/C++ model - not just UCS.

Best regards
keld


On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 11:59:58PM +0200, R. Martinho Fernandes wrote:
> Can you explain why? For now the ISO reference is enough, but in the future we will need the Unicode Standard reference because ISO 10646 is only the character set.
>
> On May 4, 2018 11:57:08 PM GMT+02:00, keld_at_[hidden] wrote:
> >I qould like that we use the reference to ISO 10646 instead of the
> >unicode inc. reference.
> >I have advocated that for quite a long time now.
> >
> >Best regards
> >keld
> >
> >On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 09:43:22PM +0000, Steve Downey wrote:
> >> I've been told that some people believe there's a policy that ISO
> >Standards
> >> must cite other ISO Standards where those are available, which is why
> >we're
> >> citing the ISO copies of Unicode and ECMAScript. I can't find an
> >actual
> >> policy on this, though.
> >> I'm willing to put in the Unicode.org preferred reference, with a
> >fallback
> >> to the ISO reference. My only fear is that too many choices will lead
> >to
> >> paralysis.
> >>
> >> On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 4:44 PM JF Bastien <cxx_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >>
> >> > The Unicode standard has guidance on how to cite it:
> >> >
> >> > http://www.unicode.org/versions/index.html#Citations
> >> >
> >> > It would be useful to link to this guidance (and follow it).
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 1:10 PM, Steve Downey <sdowney_at_[hidden]>
> >wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> https://github.com/steve-downey/sg16/blob/d10250/papers/D1025R0.md
> >> >>
> >> >> There are some formatting issues I will clean up, in particular
> >changing
> >> >> the links to not raw links, and moving the links down to a
> >bibliography
> >> >> section.
> >> >>
> >> >> Also adding a title at the top.
> >> >>
> >> >> _______________________________________________
> >> >> Unicode mailing list
> >> >> Unicode_at_[hidden]
> >> >> http://www.open-std.org/mailman/listinfo/unicode
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >> http://www.open-std.org/mailman/listinfo/unicode
> >
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Received on 2018-05-16 14:10:54