Unicode does not define the charset (which are defined by ISO10646),
That isn't true. They both define the same character set. (I will not use the term "charset".)
but character properties and related algorithms, and (in cooperation with ISO10646) their codepoint assignments.
The code position assignments are (formally) assigned by WG2, but there is consensus between UTC and WG2 on this matter.
For me, Unicode is NOT a character set, but an encoded character set, with a small but important nuance: You need to specify a version after Unicode to indicate the character set. So Unicode 4.0 is a character set, and a superset of Unicode 3.2, but Unicode alone is not.
To me, "Unicode" refers to the most recent version. :-)
If you just look at this definition, you cannot "prefer Unicode to any subset",
Yes, I can.
because Unicode is just a name of a collection of standards and a collection of character sets and algorithms
That isn't true. If you think this is true, you really have a lot to learn about Unicode.
and already is a subset of the next version... If you cannot support the idea of subsets, then don't use Unicode, or wait that the Unicode standard is definitely closed, or permanently consider that is repertoire is now closed and no more characters will be added... Of course you would be wrong.
I think you mistook me. -- Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com
