JTC1/SC2/WG2 N2645
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/WG 2
PROPOSAL SUMMARY FORM TO ACCOMPANY SUBMISSIONSFOR ADDITIONS TO THE REPERTOIRE OF ISO/IEC 106461
Please fill all the sections A, B and C below.
(Please read Principles and Procedures Document for guidelines and details before filling this form.)
See http://www.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC2/WG2/docs/summaryform.html for latest Form.
See http://www.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC2/WG2/docs/principles.html for latest Principles and Procedures document.
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A. Administrative
1. Title:
LATIN SMALL LETTER TH WITH STRIKETHROUGH
2. Requester's name: UTC (Mark Davis)
3. Requester type (Member body/Liaison/Individual contribution):
Liaison4. Submission date:
Oct 8, 2003
5. Requester's reference (if applicable): L2/02-361, 95-C34, 95-A103
6. (Choose one of the following:)
This is a complete proposal:
YES
or,More information will be provided later:_______________
B. Technical - General
1. (Choose one of the following:)
a. This proposal is for a new script (set of characters):______________
Proposed name of script: _________________________________________________________.
b. The proposal is for addition of character(s) to an existing block:
YES
Name of the existing block:
Latin Extended B
2. Number of characters in proposal:
1
3. Proposed category (see section II, Character Categories):
A
4. Proposed Level of Implementation (1, 2 or 3) (see clause 14, ISO/IEC 10646-1: 2000):1
Is a rationale provided for the choice?
NOIf Yes, reference: ________________________________________________________________
5. Is a repertoire including character names provided?
YESa. If YES, are the names in accordance with the 'character naming guidelines
in Annex L of ISO/IEC 10646-1: 2000?
YES
b. Are the character shapes attached in a legible form suitable for review?
YES
6. Who will provide the appropriate computerized font (ordered preference: True Type, or PostScript format) for
publishing the standard?
If available now, identify source(s) for the font (include address, e-mail, ftp-site, etc.) and indicate the tools
used: Asmus Freytag already has a font with this glyph for printing the Standard__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. References:a. Are references (to other character sets, dictionaries, descriptive texts etc.) provided? YESb. Are published examples of use (such as samples from newspapers, magazines, or other sources)of proposed characters attached?
YES
8. Special encoding issues:
Does the proposal address other aspects of character data processing (if applicable) such as input,presentation, sorting, searching, indexing, transliteration etc. (if yes please enclose information)?
NO
9. Additional Information:
Submitters are invited to provide any additional information about Properties of the proposed Character(s) or Scriptthat will assist in correct understanding of and correct linguistic processing of the proposed character(s) or script.
Examples of such properties are: Casing information, Numeric information, Currency information, Display behaviour
information such as line breaks, widths etc., Combining behaviour, Spacing behaviour, Directional behaviour, Default
Collation behaviour, relevance in Mark Up contexts, Compatibility equivalence and other Unicode normalization
related information. See the Unicode standard at http://www.unicode.org for such information on other scripts. Also
see http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/UnicodeCharacterDatabase.html and associated Unicode Technical
Reports for information needed for consideration by the Unicode Technical Committee for inclusion in the UnicodeStandard.

1Form number: N2352-F (Original 1994-10-14; Revised 1995-01, 1995-04, 1996-04, 1996-08, 1999-03, 2001-05, 2001-09)

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C. Technical - Justification
1. Has this proposal for addition of character(s) been submitted before?
NOIf YES explain _________________________________________________________________________
2. Has contact been made to members of the user community (for example: National Body,
user groups of the script or characters, other experts, etc.)?
NOIf YES, with whom? ______________________________________________________________
If YES, available relevant documents: ________________________________________________
3. Information on the user community for the proposed characters (for example:
size, demographics, information technology use, or publishing use) is included?
Dictionaries
Reference: ___________________________________________________________________________
4. The context of use for the proposed characters (type of use; common or rare)
CommonReference: ___________________________________________________________________________
5. Are the proposed characters in current use by the user community?
Yes, as above
If YES, where? Reference: ______________________________________________________________
6. After giving due considerations to the principles in Principles and Procedures document (a WG 2 standingdocument) must the proposed characters be entirely in the BMP?
YES
If YES, is a rationale provided?
YES
If YES, reference: Likeness to other Latin chars in the 02nn block.
7. Should the proposed characters be kept together in a contiguous range (rather than being scattered)? _______
8. Can any of the proposed characters be considered a presentation form of an existing
character or character sequence?
NO
If YES, is a rationale for its inclusion provided?
______________
If YES, reference: ________________________________________________________
9. Can any of the proposed characters be encoded using a composed character sequence of either
existing characters or other proposed characters?
NO
If YES, is a rationale for its inclusion provided?
______________
If YES, reference:______________
10. Can any of the proposed character(s) be considered to be similar (in appearanceor function) to an existing character?
NO
If YES, is a rationale for its inclusion provided?
______________
If YES, reference: ________________________________________________________
11. Does the proposal include use of combining characters and/or use of composite sequences(see clauses 4.12 and 4.14 in ISO/IEC 10646-1: 2000)?
NOIf YES, is a rationale for such use provided?
______________If YES, reference: _______________________________________________________Is a list of composite sequences and their corresponding glyph images (graphic symbols)
provided?
______________
If YES, reference: _______________________________________________________
12. Does the proposal contain characters with any special properties such as
control function or similar semantics?
NOIf YES, describe in detail (include attachment if necessary)______________
13. Does the proposal contain any Ideographic compatibility character(s)?
NOIf YES, is the equivalent corresponding unified ideographic character(s) identified? ____________
If YES, reference: ________________________________________________________

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The character LATIN SMALL LETTER TH WITH STRIKETHROUGH was acceptedfor encoding by UTC at meeting #95, June 2003.
[95-C34] Consensus: Add LATIN SMALL LETTER TH WITHSTRIKETHROUGH at U+0238. [L2/02-361][95-A103] Action Item for Mark Davis: Prepare the Proposal Summary form for
U+0238 LATIN SMALL LETTER TH WITH STRIKETHROUGH, including
property definitions, and forward to Mike Ksar for consideration at the October
WG2 meeting. [L2/02-361]
Document L2/02-361 is attached.
Character properties for the Unicode Character Database are as follows:
0238;LATIN SMALL LETTER TH WITH STRIKETHROUGH;Ll;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;
Two samples of usage from the Random House dictionary appear below.

Double Combining Stroke

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file:///D:/Uniweb-L2/L2002/02361-th_slash.htm

L2/02-361
Subject: Double Combining Stroke
From: Mark Davis
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 15:10:57 -0700

I happened across another double diacritic. In an unabridged Webster's(Random House) they use a symbol which looks like the attached GIF.
Mark10/8/2003 10:52 AM