Subject: Re: [jats-list] Use of STIX font characters (Archiving v3) From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:30:07 -0500 |
Although this isn't my area of expertise, I spoke with colleagues about this (and please accept their apologies for not responding themselves, which they are unable to do at the moment).
While I can't address this authoritatively, I think the simple fact is that any use of the Unicode PUA must be understood, in the nature of it, to be subject to negotiation by parties to interchange. That's what it's for and indeed why it's there -- so Unicode has a place for ad hoc local extension, which by definition means that someone else might not understand it or indeed might have a different use for it. So the first thing is that while you are free to use STIX and "encouraged" to do so (as the documentation of private-char puts it), you shouldn't necessarily assume that STIX offers you anything like a free ride. It's just a vehicle you can use, and as such it might be helpful to you and to any partners who also want to use it. So feel free to use it, but also document your usage and be ready to explain it.
I hope this helps, Wendell
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The element reference manual entry for<private-char> state that "This Suite has been designed [to support] ...the use of entities defined by the STIX project (http://www.ams.org/STIX/)", but there is no example to illustrate the use of a STIX character. Each STIX character has a Private Use Area (PUA) code point... for example that for "Chemistry: converging bond" is&E0D1;. So, is it correct to say that one can simply use the STIX code points in this way in an NLM file (i.e. there is no need to use<private-char> combined with glyph images)?
Many thanks - Simon.
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