That should've been offlist... :)
> On Aug 28, 2016, at 2:04 PM, Anshuman Pandey <pan...@umich.edu> wrote: > > Hi Doug, > > Do you know who represents the US on ISO 3166? > > Anshu > > >> On Aug 28, 2016, at 1:22 PM, Doug Ewell <d...@ewellic.org> wrote: >> >> Philippe Verdy wrote: >> >>> Well it is still not so universal as there are wide ranges of glyphs >>> excluded for now to encoding as characters: >>> [...] >>> - country flags have been included but many regional emblems are >>> excluded (as they don't match any ISO 3166-1 code) >> >> There are tentative plans (again) to provide a composite encoding for flags >> corresponding to country subdivisions encoded in ISO 3166-2. >> >> Unicode and 10646 have done well so far to avoid judging for themselves >> which regions or groups deserve encoding over others, and sticking with the >> decisions of ISO 3166/MA instead. >> >>> - common road signs/street signs and signs for indoor facilities & >>> services >> >> I wouldn't doubt those are coming soon. >> >>> - various box drawing characters used in legacy terminals (notably in >>> Teletext and on older 8-bit systems): a few of them were added from >>> DOS/OEM codepages. >> >> I thought that set had been pretty much completed by now. I wonder which one >> are supposedly still missing. >> >> -- >> Doug Ewell | Thornton, CO, US | ewellic.org
