What is a character? What is the right term?

[Keld Jørn Simonsen]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 04:18:07PM +1000, Rick Jelliffe wrote:
> Innovimax SARL wrote:
>> +1 for Unicode Scalar Value
> I would prefer
>   "character (Unicode scalar value)"
> because character is a well-known term. I agree it is useful to be clear  
> here, but raw "Unicode scalar value" will be irritating.

I think the proper term in ISO is UCS rather than Unicode.
I also think there is a precise term for this in IS 10646.

Best regards
Keld