ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 N 3160
DATE: 1998-08-27
  
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 
Coded Character Sets 
Secretariat: Japan (JISC)
 
 
DOC TYPE:   Summary of Voting/Table of Replies 
 
TITLE:  
 		 Summary of Voting on SC 2 N 3105, Combined PDAM registration and consideration ballot on Project JTC 1.02.18.01.25 (10646-1/amd 25): Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) -- Part 1: Architecture and Basic Multilingual Plane -- AMENDMENT 25: Khmer
SOURCE:  
 		 Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2
PROJECT:  
 		 JTC 1.02.18.01.25
STATUS:  
 		 1) PDAM Registration: Approved. 2) PDAM Consideration: This document is forwarded to WG 2 for consideration. WG 2 is requested to prepare a disposition of comments report, revised text and a recommendation to the SC 2 Secretriat for further processing.
ACTION ID:  
 		 ACT
DUE DATE:    
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WG Conveners, Secretariats 
ISO/IEC JTC 1 Secretariat 
ISO/IEC ITTF 
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Secretariat ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 - Toshiko KIMURA
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Summry of Voting on SC 2 N 3105, ISO/IEC 10646-1/PDAM 25 Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) -- Part 1: Architecture and Basic Multilingual Plane -- AMENDMENT 25: Khmer
PDAM Registration
PDAM Consideration
  
P-member Approve Approve with Comments Disapprove Abstain Approve Approve with Comments Disapprove Abstain Comment
Armenia                  
Austria                  
Belgium                  
Brazil                  
Canada
X
      
X
        
China                  
Denmark
X
      
X
        
Egypt                  
Finland
X
      
X
        
France                  
Germany
X
      
X
        
Greece
X
      
X
        
Iceland 
X
      
X
        
India                  
Iran                  
Ireland
X
        
X
     Attachment 1
Israel  
X
      
X
     Attachment 2
Italy      
X
      
X
 Lack of experts
Japan
X
      
 
  
 X
   Attachment 3
Korea Rep. of
X
      
X
        
Morocco                  
Netherlands      
X
      
X
 Lack of experts
Norway      
X
      
X
 No expertise
Poland
X
      
X
        
Romania                  
Russian Federation
X
      
X
        
Singapore                   
Slovenia                   
Sweden  
X
      
X
     Attachment 4
Thailand                  
Tunisia                  
Turkey                   
UK
X
      
X
        
USA
X
        
X
     Attachment 5
Vietnam                   
Yugoslavia                  
Total (36)
15
0
3
14
 1
3
  
O-member
Portugue      
1
      
1
  
 


Attachment 1: Ireland

 See attached: 02n31602.pdf


Attachment 2: Israel

General
Israel Votes YES, provided that the relevant (*) national body/bodies also approves this draft - otherwise our vote is
ABSTAIN.

(*) relevant national body = the national body for which this charactercollection describes its national language.


Attachment 3: Japan
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SC2N3105  10646-1 PDAM25  Khmer
 Q1.  APRROVAL of PDAM REGISTRATION
 Q2.  DISAPRROVAL OF THE DRAFT FOR REASONS ON THE ATTACHED
 Acceptance....will change our vote to approval

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Technical comment A.

17DB KHMER CURRENCY SYMBOL RIAL  should be moved to CURRENCY SIGN BLOCK and renamed as
RIEL SIGN (Cambodia).

Rationale: This sign is not a part of Khmer script. It is a modern currency sign used in Cambodia which uses Khmer script as a part.

For an administrative purpose of this comment, Japan will provide the new SUMMARY FORM for the Riel sign at the London meeting.

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Technical comment B.
The following comments are from an expert in Austro-Asian languages Makoto MINEGISHI (associate professor,
Institute for the study of languages and cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo university of foreign studies, Tokyo, JAPAN).

1. Delete 163(17A3), as it is identical with 162(17A2) as a graphic character.  Avoid duplicate encoding.
 
2. Delete 164(17A4), as it is merely a representation form of the combination of 162(17A2)/163(17A3) and 182(17B6).
 
3. Delete 180(17B4) and 181(17B5), as there is no evidence for the existence of them as real characters. The term `inherent vowel' itself is doubtful.
 
4. Add a pre-combined form for 182 (17B6) and 198(17C6), as they are used in this (combined) form as well as independent forms.
 
5. Add a rationale to drop `feet' (subscript) forms.
Existent Khmer encoding adopt encode these consonants in `feet' forms, apart from other forms. This encoding might give rise to confusion with conflicting existing encodings.

END OF COMMENTS


Attachment 4: Sweden

General
The vote Approval is on condition of approval from the countires concerned.


Attachment 5: USA

U.S. vote for ISO/IEC 10646-1 PDAM consideration for amendment 25 - Khmer

Document: SC2 N 3105

The U.S. votes to approve with comments.

Comments:

To be consistent with the way other Brahmi-based scripts are encoded, U+17C7 and U+17C8 should be shown in the chart with a dotted circle on their left (implying that they are spacing combining characters). Cf. the way the visarga's are handled in the Indic scripts (e.g. U+0903). These two characters should also be added to the list for Annex B.1 (combining characters).

Fonts must be made available to the editors.