Replacing culture::*

[Enrico Zini]

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:29:29PM +0100, Enrico Zini wrote:

> iso15924 (script) can easily be turned into a facet:
> 
>    Facet: iso15924
>    Description: Writing script
>  
>    Tags can be taken from the list in iso15924, which on my system
>    contains 137 entries. This can be useful for packages like fonts and
>    software like OCR, handwriting recognition, language teaching, input
>    methods.
>  
>    Questions:
>     - "iso15924" or "writing-script"? "script" is ambiguous,
>       "writing-script" is long, "iso15924" is obscure.
>     - should we create all 137 tags right away, or only add them on
>       request as the need arises, maybe in this case without the "at
>       least 7 packages" rule? I'd go for creating them on request.
> 
> If noone objects, in a week or so I can create a "iso15924" facet
> with an initial selection of scripts (Arne tells me that we should have
> font packages for all these scripts: Arab, Armn, Beng, Bopo, Brai, Cans,
> Cyrl, Deva, Ethi, Geor, Grek, Gujr, Guru, Hang, Hani, Hans, Hant, Hebr,
> Hira, Jpan, Kana, Khmr, Knda, Kore, Laoo, Latn, Mlym, Mong, Mymr, Orya,
> Sinh, Syrc, Taml, Tavt, Telu, Thai, Tibt, Yiii, Zsym).

Done. This is the new piece of vocabulary:


Facet: iso15924
Description: Writing script

Tag: iso15924::arab
Description: Arabic

Tag: iso15924::armn
Description: Armenian

Tag: iso15924::beng
Description: Bengali

Tag: iso15924::bopo
Description: Bopomofo

Tag: iso15924::brai
Description: Braille

Tag: iso15924::cans
Description: Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics

Tag: iso15924::cyrl
Description: Cyrillic

Tag: iso15924::deva
Description: Devanagari (Nagari)

Tag: iso15924::ethi
Description: Ethiopic (Geʻez)

Tag: iso15924::geor
Description: Georgian (Mkhedruli)

Tag: iso15924::grek
Description: Greek

Tag: iso15924::gujr
Description: Gujarati

Tag: iso15924::guru
Description: Gurmukhi

Tag: iso15924::hang
Description: Hangul (Hangŭl, Hangeul)

Tag: iso15924::hani
Description: Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja)

Tag: iso15924::hans
Description: Han (Simplified variant)

Tag: iso15924::hant
Description: Han (Traditional variant)

Tag: iso15924::hebr
Description: Hebrew

Tag: iso15924::hira
Description: Hiragana

Tag: iso15924::jpan
Description: Japanese
 Alias for Han + Hiragana + Katakana.

Tag: iso15924::kana
Description: Katakana

Tag: iso15924::khmr
Description: Khmer

Tag: iso15924::knda
Description: Kannada

Tag: iso15924::kore
Description: Korean
 Alias for Hangul + Han

Tag: iso15924::laoo
Description: Lao

Tag: iso15924::latn
Description: Latin

Tag: iso15924::mlym
Description: Malayalam

Tag: iso15924::mong
Description: Mongolian

Tag: iso15924::mymr
Description: Myanmar (Burmese)

Tag: iso15924::orya
Description: Oriya

Tag: iso15924::sinh
Description: Sinhala

Tag: iso15924::syrc
Description: Syriac

Tag: iso15924::taml
Description: Tamil

Tag: iso15924::tavt
Description: Tai Viet

Tag: iso15924::telu
Description: Telugu

Tag: iso15924::thai
Description: Thai

Tag: iso15924::tibt
Description: Tibetan

Tag: iso15924::yiii
Description: Yi

Tag: iso15924::zsym
Description: Symbols


Ciao,

Enrico

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