The line just above that is: Name matching rules follow Matching Rules <http://unicode.org/reports/tr44/#Matching_Rules> from [UAX44#UAX44-LM2 <http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr18/proposed.html#UAX44>].
The deletion was based on feedback that the deleted text was a recap of the above line, but a recap that didn't have precisely the same description. It's best to point to the exact description, and have that be in one place. Mark On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 6:40 PM Karl Williamson via Unicode < unicode@unicode.org> wrote: > One thing I noticed in reviewing this is the removal of text about loose > matching of the name property. But I didn't see an explanation for this > removal. Please point me to the explanation, or tell me what it is. > > Specifically these lines were removed: > > As with other property values, names should use a loose match, > disregarding case, spaces and hyphen (the underbar character "_" cannot > occur in Unicode character names). An implementation may also choose to > allow namespaces, where some prefix like "LATIN LETTER" is set globally > and used if there is no match otherwise. > > There are, however, three instances that require special-casing with > loose matching, where an extra test shall be made for the presence or > absence of a hyphen. > > U+0F68 TIBETAN LETTER A and > U+0F60 TIBETAN LETTER -A > U+0FB8 TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER A and > U+0FB0 TIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER -A > U+116C HANGUL JUNGSEONG OE and > U+1180 HANGUL JUNGSEONG O-E > > >