DR 09-0040: WML/DML: Complex scripts

[Rex Jaeschke]

I applied those edits to Chris' proposal when I added it to the log. Should I also be adding a language code for Chinese Simplified?

Rex


Rex


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jirka Kosek [mailto:jirka at kosek.cz]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 4:27 AM
> To: Chris Rae
> Cc: e-SC34-WG4 at ecma-international.org
> Subject: Re: DR 09-0040: WML/DML: Complex scripts
> 
> Chris Rae wrote:
> 
> > This DR is asking when exactly the various different script-mandating
> > tags are used inside runs of text in WordprocessingML. I've dug up
> the
> > algorithm for this and I think the best place to put it is next to
> > where the Run is defined. Proposed changes are attached.
> 
> Thanks Chris. Thats's interesting algorithm, but I bet we can't improve
> it as we are just describing existing behaviour. ;-)
> 
> I think it would be better to reference Unicode characters using U+XXXX
> notation, not just by XX. U+XXXX notation is used elsewhere in the
> standard. Also when referencing language (eg. Chinese Traditional) it
> would be useful to add BCP47 language code to this reference to make
> language reference unambiguous.
> 
> 			Jirka
> 
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