One key criteris for inclusion in Unicode is that a character or symbol be in circulation. Whether these are hand written, printed or electronic. If one creates a new a new character then one first must get others to use it, this takes time.
John On 8 Nov 2012 14:57, "William_J_G Overington" <wjgo_10...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Michael Everson <ever...@evertype.com> wrote: > > < ... collect examples of these in print ... > > Mark E. Shoulson <m...@kli.org> wrote: > > > We don't encode "it would be nice/useful." We encode *characters*, > glyphs that people use (yes, I know I conflated glyphs and characters > there.) > ... > > Unicode isn't a system for encoding ratings. It's a system for encoding > what people write and print. > > An interesting situation is that the British Library collects pure > electronic publications by a system of voluntary deposit. A publisher sends > an email to a specified email address with the pure electronic publication > or publications attached to the email. The British Library sends, upon > request, an email receipt for such deposited items. > > http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/legaldep/index.html > > I have at various times, as research has progressed, deposited with the > British Library pdf documents that I have produced and published and I have > deposited with the British Library TrueType fonts that I have produced and > published and I have received email receipts for them. > > Some of the pdf publications contain new symbols, used intermixed with > text in a plain text situation. I have used Private Use Area encodings for > the symbols. > > Yet the publications have not been published in hardcopy form. > > A problem that exists with the ISO/IEC 10646 encoding process, in my > opinion, is that there is not a way for new symbols for electronic > communication systems to be considered for encoding unless there is already > widespread use of them using a Private Use Area encoding. > > However, an encoding using a Private Use Area encoding has great problems > in being implemented as a widespread system. > > Also, I feel that implementation other than for research purposes using a > Private Use Area encoding would cause problems for the future: I feel that > a formal encoding is needed from the start. > > I feel that the rules for encoding such new symbols are out of date and > not suitable for present day use. > > Unfortunately, it seems that there is not a way available for me to > request formal consideration of the possibility of changing the rules. > > Technology has changed since the rules were made. > > Is it possible for formal consideration to be given to the possibility of > changing the rules please? > > William Overington > > 8 November 2012 > > > > > > > > > > >
