[dsdl-discuss] Re: A revised draft for Part 7

On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 11:24:09AM +0900, MURATA Makoto wrote:
>
> > >
> > > - <char> instead of <repertoire> for describing character classes
> > >
> > > - <repertoire> instead of <namedRepertoire> for describing repertoires
> > > in registries. <repertoire> now has three attributes: "registry",
> > > "name", and "number.
> >
> > Hmm, I am not sure why you did this change. Are they the same sort of
> > data? The IANA charset registry is a registry of coded character sets.
> > ISO 15897 registers both coded character sets and repertires (without
> > encoding). We need to be consistent in our terms.
>
> This is just a change of key words. Please read the revised spec.

OK.

> > If the concepts are the same for "char" and "repertoire" then I would
> > rather that they be one keyword, with optional attributes.
> >
> > > I am still not sure whether Unicode, IANA charset registry, ISO/IEC 15897 and
> > > CEN ENV 12005 Cultural registry should be in the normative reference or
> > > bibliography.
> >
> > Hmm, if you use them with the "repertoire" spec, I think they should be
> > normative. I think you should not refer the CEN 12005 registry, as this
> > has been taken over by ISO 15897. I think that Unicode has more or less
> > depreciated their specs on this issue, but I am not sure.
>
> Do you now think that the IANA charset registry can be normative?

I don't know.

> Recently, ISO/IEC TR 14652:2004 was canceled. Since ISO/IEC 15897
> has a similar history, I am not sure if ISO/IEC 15897 should be
> referenced.

14652 is not cancelled. SC22 made a decision to propose that it should
be cancelled, and that a similar standard could be made in SC35.
But this has not been done yet.

15897 does not have a similar history. 15897 is not proposed to be
cancelled, but rather it is under revision in SC35.

> Unicode property lists are indespensable for the semantics of
> regular expressions of W3C XML Schema Part 2.

Probably. I was talking about their character set specifications.

best regards
keld

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