Andrew C. West <andrewcwest at alumni dot princeton dot edu> wrote: >> I bet if someone took the trouble to look through enough children's >> literature and driver's testing materials, they could find at least >> one document that uses the STOP SIGN inline in a sentence, and that >> could be cited as sufficient evidence that it should be encoded. > > And perhaps Michael would be kind enough to prepare a proposal for > traffic signs if you asked nicely ;)
and subsequently: > I suggest that everyone interested in the question of encoding symbols > have a close read of Annex H "Criteria for encoding symbols" in N2652R > ("Principles and Procedures for Allocation of New Characters and > Scripts and handling of Defect Reports on Character Names"), as this > details the criteria against which Michael's dominos etc. proposal > should be judged. Annex H of "Principles and Procedures" specifically mentions the STOP SIGN as an example of a symbol that should *not* be encoded, and that was exactly my point. -Doug Ewell Fullerton, California http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/