Karen-
If the character isn't composable, NFC includes it decomposed (in
canonical order)
Simon
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On Mar 18, 2009, at 1:56 PM, Karen Coyle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Simon, yes, I kind of assumed that C is considered the default,
> especially given that java language routines warn about it in their
> own default way. However, I heard from a Unicode org staff member
> (no longer there) that the technical committees were warming to D-
> composed because of the greater flexibility. Now, the big question
> is: does RDA itself have any preference? I suspect not, so we're
> back to library practice, and the fact that library transliteration
> has created some characters that can only be re-created in Unicode
> using D. Personally, I think that it might be necessary for
> libraries to re-examine why they are needing characters that no one
> else uses, and whether those should inform the library data
> future... but I think that's a discussion that we'll have later as
> we get further into data development.
>
> kc
>
> Simon Spero wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Karen Coyle <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Rebecca,
>>>
>>> Thank you so much for looking into this. As I understand the
>>> Unicode normal
>>> forms, it's not that one of them is more "correct" than others,
>>> it's a
>>> matter of circumstance and your particular needs. It does look
>>> like it would
>>> be good for program developers to document what form their program
>>> outputs
>>> in an effort to "save the time of the user."
>>>
>>
>>
>> The W3C recommends NFC: http://www.w3.org/TR/charmod-norm/#sec-ChoiceNFC
>>
>> As does "HOWTO Avoid Being Called a Bozo When Producing
>> XML<http://hsivonen.iki.fi/producing-xml/#nfc>"
>> (cited from: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think35.html
>> )
>>
>>
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