[arabic-vip] Defining a Script/language table

[Raed Al-Fayez]

This is a way on how to define a language table for the Arabic script:

Code Point

Variant 1

Variant 2

Variant 3

...

Variant n

CP1

CP3

CP20

==

==

==

CP2

CP21

==

==

==

==

CP3

CP1

CP20







CP4

==

==

==

==

==

...











CP20

CP1

CP3

==

==

==

CP21

CP2

==

==

==

==

...












This structure will solve the issue of the base CP if we list all variants related to a CP and repeating the same variant set in each CP.

Also we can enhance the table by defining the variants up to the position level:
Code Point

Variant 1

Variant 2

Variant 3

...

Variant n

CP1

CP3 (IM)

CP20(B)

==

==

==

...











B: Beginning, M: Medial, F: Final, I: Isolated

A real example (similar to the above suggestion) :
http://www.iana.org/domains/idn-tables/tables/xn--mgberp4a5d4ar_ar_2.0.pdf
This is the LT for the Arabic language but it can be altered to descript the hole script.

With best regards,

Raed I. Al-Fayez
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Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC)
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