古汉字编码兴趣小组提案-ISOIECJTC1SC2N.docVIP

Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set UCS ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 IRG N1102 Date: 2004-12-01 Title: Resolution from the Old Hanzi Expert Group Source: Old Hanzi Expert Group Status: Input to IRG Action: Distribution: IRG Members and Ideographic Experts Reference: No. of pages: 5 Medium: Electronic The members of the Old Hanzi Expert Group has discussed the issues of Old Hanzi for preparing valid encoding model at the Oriental Hotel, in Jeju of Korea in Dec 1, 2004. In the meeting, the members reviewed the documents IRGN999 and IRGN1052 first, and then discussed the working procedure. The followings are the conclusion: 1. Old Hanzi should be considered and classified as different scripts from CJK Ideographs. There is a very closed relationship between Old Hanzi and modern ideographs. Basically, Old Hanzi is the ancient type of modern ideographs. But there are some differences between them. The basic handing unit of Old Hanzi is line and that of modern ideographs is stroke. In addition, there is not one-to-one mapping between Old Hanzi and modern ideographs. Based on the reasons above, Old Hanzi should be encoded separately from CJK Ideographs. 2. Each type of Old Hanzi, due to their unique characteristics, should be classified as separate script. There is generally no one-to-one mapping between Old Hanzi and modern ideograph, or between the main types of Old Hanzi. The meanings and correspondences of many Old Hanzi are still unknown. Therefore, each type of Old Hanzi should be encoded in its own block (even when there is a clear one-to-one mapping with modern ideograph). This will enable the different types to be distinguished in plain text, and will facilitate research leading to mappings. 3. Types of Old Hanzi： For the time being, Old Hanzi Expert Group has identified the following first three types of Old Hanzi as the work scope: Oracle bone inscription (甲骨文) Bronze inscription(金文) Small Seal