The scope of Unicode (from Re: How can my research become implemented in a standardized manner?)

2015-10-16 Thread William_J_G Overington
What is the scope of Unicode please? Can it ever change? If it can change, who makes the decision? For example, does it need an ISO decision at a level higher than the WG2 committee or can the WG2 committee do it if it so pleases? How can a person apply for the scope of Unicode to become changed

Re: Latin glottal stop in ID in NWT, Canada

2015-10-16 Thread Asmus Freytag (t)
On 10/16/2015 12:18 AM, Marcel Schneider wrote: On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:46:46 -0700, Leo Broukhis wrote: > Along the same lines, should I be able to change my last name > officially to Ƃpyxᴎc? (NB all letters are

Re: Latin glottal stop in ID in NWT, Canada

2015-10-16 Thread Marcel Schneider
Amidst the (wise) silence on the precise subject of this thread, Iʼm good to point out that the use of uppercase glottal stop in home country newspapers is certainly for spectacularityʼs and legibilityʼs sake. Would it be a good idea to contact the editors, pointing to the Unicode Mailing List,

Re: Latin glottal stop in ID in NWT, Canada

2015-10-16 Thread Marcel Schneider
On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:46:46 -0700, Leo Broukhis wrote: > Along the same lines, should I be able to change my last name > officially to Ƃpyxᴎc? (NB all letters are codepoints with names > starting with "LATIN"). Your question is hard for me to answer, but I believe that basically you are allowe