Re: Layer 2 and "idn identities" (was: Re: [idn] what are the IDN identifiers?)

[DougEwell2@cs.com]

In a message dated 2001-12-04 20:11:19 Pacific Standard Time, 
maynard@pobox.org.sg writes:

>> SC/TC equivalence itself is far simpler than the "four winds, two eggs"
>> equivalences, and has quite a bit of merit. I won't express any
>> real opinion on it until I study it further.
>
> It is not so simple as to be able to be done _accurately_ by an 
code-based1-1
> bit-string matching process. There are semantic, syntactic and contextual
> considerations that require at the very least a morphological analysis 
process
> in order for TC/SC to be done with a reasonable amount of accuracy (i.e.
> orthographically).

Thanks for saying with some authority what I have apparently been unable to 
communicate effectively, namely that TC/SC is not merely a 1-1 operation 
comparable to Latin case folding.

-Doug Ewell
 Fullerton, California