ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/ WG 2 N2093
DATE: 1999-09-13

ISO/IEC JTC 1/ SC 2 /WG2
Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) -ISO/IEC 10646
Secretariat: ANSIDoc Type:

Working Group Document

Title:

Addition ofmedical symbols and enclosed numbers

Sources:

Japanese National Body

Project:--Status:

Proposal

Action ID:

For Consideration by JTC1/SC2/WG2 in Copenhagen Meeting

Due Date:

1999-09-13

Distribution:

P, O and L Members of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2
WG Conveners, Secretariats
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No. of Pages:

25

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ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 N 2093
1999-09-13
Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set
International Organization for Standardization
Doc Type:

Working Group Document

Title:

Addition of medical symbols and enclosed numbers

Source:JCS Committee, Japanese Standards Association (JSA)

Status:JCS proposalDate:

1999-09-13

This document proposes sixty seven symbols, and discusses the rationale for their inclusion.
A new Japanese Industrial Standard, JIS X0213 is being developed in Japan, and it will be
published by the end of this year. The new standard will include all characters in this proposal,
so the adoption of them is very important in the view to keep upward compatibility with theJapanese products.
DOUBLE PLUS and TRIPLE PLUS are often used at the medical field. Fifteen technicalcharacters are used by the dentists. DOUBLE CIRCLED DIGIT ONE to DOUBLE CIRCLED
DIGIT EIGHT are also used by dentists to indicate a tooth position. But in generally, enclosed
numbers are used for any kind of use, so JCS committee decided to include double circled
numbers up to ten because of the entire. Two more kinds of enclosed circled numbers are also
proposed. Circled numbers and negative circled numbers. They are usually used in any kind ofpublications and newspapers. Circled numbers are strongly requested by the Japanese
government in order to make machine readable of Japanese laws and regulations. So the final
draft JIS X0213 adopts circled number up to fifty and negative circled number up to twenty.
The characters proposed to be added here are given below, with proposed code positions. The
proposal summary form is appended thereafter.
23A0

DENTIST SYMBOL LIGHT DOWN AND
HORIZONTAL WITH CIRCLE

23A1DENTIST SYMBOL LIGHT UP AND
HORIZONTAL WITH CIRCLE

23A2DENTIST SYMBOL LIGHT VERTICAL WITHTRIANGLE

23A3DENTIST SYMBOL LIGHT DOWN AND
HORIZONTAL WITH TRIANGLE

23A4DENTIST SYMBOL LIGHT UP AND
HORIZONTAL WITH TRIANGLEMISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL
239B
DOUBLE PLUS239C

239D239E

239F

TRIPLE PLUS

DENTIST SYMBOL LIGHT VERTICAL ANDTOP RIGHTDENTIST SYMBOL LIGHT VERTICAL AND
BOTTOM RIGHTDENTIST SYMBOL LIGHT VERTICAL WITHCIRCLE

23A5DENTIST SYMBOL LIGHT VERTICAL ANDWAVE

27D1CIRCLED NUMBER TWENTY TWO

23A6DENTIST SYMBOL LIGHT DOWN AND
HORIZONTAL WITH WAVE

27D2CIRCLED NUMBER TWENTY THREE

23A7DENTIST SYMBOL LIGHT UP AND
HORIZONTAL WITH WAVE

27D3CIRCLED NUMBER TWENTY FOUR

23A8DENTIST SYMBOL LIGHT DOWN AND
HORIZONTAL27D4CIRCLED NUMBER TWENTY FIVE

23A9DENTIST SYMBOL LIGHT UP AND
HORIZONTAL

27D5CIRCLED NUMBER TWENTY SIX

23AA

DENTIST SYMBOL LIGHT VERTICAL ANDTOP LEFT

27D6CIRCLED NUMBER TWENTY SEVEN

23AB

DENTIST SYMBOL LIGHT VERTICAL AND
BOTTOM LEFT

27D7CIRCLED NUMBER TWENTY EIGHT

23AC

DOUBLE CIRCLED DIGIT ONE

27D8CIRCLED NUMBER TWENTY NINE

23AD

DOUBLE CIRCLED DIGIT TWO

27D9CIRCLED NUMBER THIRTY

23AE

DOUBLE CIRCLED DIGIT THREE

27DACIRCLED NUMBER THIRTY ONE

23AF

DOUBLE CIRCLED DIGIT FOUR27DBCIRCLED NUMBER THIRTY TWO

23B0DOUBLE CIRCLED DIGIT FIVE

27DCCIRCLED NUMBER THIRTY THREE

23B1DOUBLE CIRCLED DIGIT SIX

27DDCIRCLED NUMBER THIRTY FOUR

23B2DOUBLE CIRCLED DIGIT SEVEN

27DECIRCLED NUMBER THIRTY FIVE

23B3DOUBLE CIRCLED DIGIT EIGHT

27DFCIRCLED NUMBER THIRTY SIX

23B4DOUBLE CIRCLED DIGIT NINE

27E0CIRCLED NUMBER THIRTY SEVEN

23B5DOUBLE CIRCLED NUMBER TEN

27E1CIRCLED NUMBER THIRTY EIGHT

27E2CIRCLED NUMBER THIRTY NINE

27E3CIRCLED NUMBER FORTYENCLOSED ALPHANUMERICS
27D0CIRCLED NUMBER TWENTY ONE

27F727E4CIRCLED NUMBER FORTY ONE

27E5CIRCLED NUMBER FORTY TWO

27E6CIRCLED NUMBER FORTY THREE

27E7CIRCLED NUMBER FORTY FOUR

27E8CIRCLED NUMBER FORTY FIVE

27E9CIRCLED NUMBER FORTY SIX

27EACIRCLED NUMBER FORTY SEVEN

27EBCIRCLED NUMBER FORTY EIGHT

27ECCIRCLED NUMBER FORTY NINE

27EDCIRCLED NUMBER FIFTY

27EENEGATIVE CIRCLED NUMBER ELEVEN

27EFNEGATIVE CIRCLED NUMBER TWELVE

27F0NEGATIVE CIRCLED NUMBER THIRTEEN

27F1NEGATIVE CIRCLED NUMBER FOURTEEN

27F2NEGATIVE CIRCLED NUMBER FIFTEEN

27F3NEGATIVE CIRCLED NUMBER SIXTEEN

27F4NEGATIVESEVENTEEN

27F5NEGATIVE CIRCLED NUMBER EIGHTEEN

27F6NEGATIVE CIRCLED NUMBER NINETEENCIRCLEDNUMBERNEGATIVE CIRCLED NUMBER TWENTY

A. Administrative
1. Title
Addition of medical symbols and enclosed numbers
2. Requester’s name
JCS Committee, JSA
3. Requester type (Member body/Liaison/Individual contribution)
Individual contribution
4. Submission date1999-09-13
5. Requester’s reference (if applicable)
Final Draft JIS X0213 (to appear)
6. This is a complete proposal
Yes

B. Technical - General
1a. This proposal is for a new script ? Name ?
No.
1b. The proposal is for addition of character(s) to an existing block ? Name ?
Yes.
MISCELLANIOUS TECHNICALENCLOSED ALPHANUMERICS
2. Number of characters in proposal
MISCELLANIOUS TECHNICAL: 17
ENCLOSED ALPHANUMERICS: 50
3. Proposed categoryA
4. Proposed level of implementation and rationale
1Is a rationale provided for the choice ?
If Yes, reference:

Yes

Enclosed

5. Is a repertoire including character names provided ?
Yes
5a. Are the names in accordance with the ‘character naming guidelines’ in Annex K of
ISO/IEC 10646-1 ?
Yes
5b. Are the character shapes attached in a reviewable form ?
Yes
6. Who will provide the appropriate computerized font for publishing the standard ?

JCS Committee
If available now, identify source(s) for the font and indicate the tools used.
96 x 96 dots bitmap
7a. Are references (to other character sets, dictionaries, descriptive texts, etc.) provided ?
Yes
7b. Are published examples (such as samples from newspapers, magazines, or othersources) of use of proposed characters attached ?
Yes
8. Does the proposal address other aspects of character data processing (if applicable)
such as input, presentation, sorting, searching, indexing, transliteration etc.?

C. Technical - Justification
1. Has this proposal for addition of character(s) been submitted before ?
No
2. Has contact been made to members of the user community ?
Yes
If Yes, with whom ?
Japan Association for Medical Informatics
Management and coordination Agency
If Yes, available relevant documents ?

Enclosed

3. Information on the user community for the proposed characters is included ?
Yes
ReferenceJCS Committee

4. The context of use for the proposed characters
CommonIf Yes, where ? Reference

Japanese Laws

5. Are the proposed characters in current use by the user community ?
Yes
If Yes, where ? Reference

Japanese Laws

6. After giving due considerations to the principles in “Principles and Procedures”
document must the proposed characters be entirely in the BMP ?
Yes
If Yes, is a rationale provided ?
If Yes, Reference

Yes

See above

7. Should the proposed characters be kept together in a contiguous range (rather thanbeing scattered) ?
Yes
8. Can any of the proposed characters be considered a presentation form of an existingcharacter or character sequence ?
No
9. Can any of the proposed character(s) be considered to be similar (in appearance offunction) to an existing character ?
No
10. Does the proposal include use of combining characters and/or use of composite
sequences ?
No
11. Does the proposal contain characters with any special properties such as control
function or similar semantics ?
No

D. SC2/WG2 Administrative
To be completed by SC2/WG21. Relevant SC2/WG2 document numbers:
2. Status (list of meeting number and corresponding action or disposition)
3. Additional contact to user communities, liaison organizations etc.
4. Assigned category and assigned priority/time frame
Other Comments

Enufour Gaiji

Biblos Gaiji

Enufour Gaiji for Dentists