ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2
N 2243
2000-08-10
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set(UCS)
Secretariat: ANSITITLE:PROPROPOSAL FOR THE ADDTION OF 14 KOREAN
ALPHABETS TO ISO/IEC 10646-1

DOC. TYPE:
SOURCE:
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National body contribution
Committee for Standardization of the D. P. R. of Korea(CSK)
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 Members and liaison organization
2000-08-10
WG2 N2182, WG2 N2170, WG2 N2204, WG2 N2167

This document is a more detailed WG2 N2182 which was submitted by D. P. R. of Korea
in August 1998.
Experts from several countries including UK, Swedish and USA considered our NP and madetheir comments.
On the basis of consideration result, The necessity of additional Korean alphabets wasrecognized in 38th WG2 meeting and 8 Korean alphabets were decided to be added.

NOTE: In the WG2 N2182, CSK proposed the addition of new 14 Korean alphabets.
In this connection , CSK want to make a detailed consideration of our proposal in the 39th
WG2 meeting and to add 14 Korean alphabets to working draft of next amendment ofISO/IEC 10646-1:2000.
This document contains the proposal summary form following N2002 of WG2,repertoire of 14 Korean alphabets.

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PROPOSAL SUMMARY FORM TO ACCOMPANY SUBMISSIONSFOR ADDITIONS TO THE REPERTORIE OF ISO/IEC 10646
Please fill all the sections A,B and C below
A. Administrative
1. Title: Proposal to add 14 Korean alphabets of D.P.R of Korea
to ISO/IEC 10646-1
2. Requester's name: Committee for Standardization of D.P.R.of Korea (CSK)
3. Requester type (Member body/Liaison/Individual contribution): Member body
4. Submission date:2000-08-10
5. Requester's reference (if applicable):
KPS 9566-97
6. (Choose one of the following:)
This is a complete proposal:
Yes
More information will be provided later:
Yes

B. Technical-General
1. (Choose one of the following:)
a. This proposal is for a new script (set of characters):
No
Proposed name of script:
b. The proposal is for addition of character(s) to an existing block:Yes
Name of the existing block:
Korean alphabet
2. Number of characters in proposal:
14
3. Proposed category (see section II , character categories):
A
4. Proposed Level of Implementation (see clause 15, ISO/IEC 10646-1):
3
Is a rationale provided for the choice?
If 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 K of ISO/IEC 10646-1?
Yes
b. Are the character shapes attached in a reviewable form?
Yes
6. Who will provide the appropriate computerized font (ordered preference: TrueType,
Postscript or 96*96 bit-mapped format) for publishing the standard?
CSK
If available now, identify source(s) for the font (include address, e-mail,ftp-site, etc.) and indicate the tools used:
96*96bit mapped format
7. References:a. Are references (to other character sets, dictionaries, descriptive texts etc.)
provided?
Yesb. Are published examples (such as samples from newspapers, magazines, orother sources) of use of proposed characters attached?
Yes

8. Special encoding issues:
No
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):

C. Technical-Justification
1. Has this proposal for addition of character(s) been submitted before?
Yes
If YES, explain
In the 38TH WG2 meeting , WG2 document N2182
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.)?
Yes
If YES, with whom?
CSK, PIC (Pyongyang Informatics Centre),
KCC (Korean Computer Centre), ASS (Academy of Social Sciences of D.P.R.K)
If YES, available relevant documents?
KPS 9566-97
3. Information on the user community for the proposed characters (for example: size,Demographics, information technology use, or publishing use) is included?
Yes
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
If YES, where? Reference:In the D.P.R of Korea
6. After giving due considerations to the principles in "principles and procedures" document (aWG2 standing document) must the proposed characters be entirely in the BMP? Yes
If YES, is a rationale provided?
If YES, reference:
7. Should the proposed characters be kept together in a contiguous range (rather thenbeing scattered)?
Yes
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 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:
10. Does the proposed include use of combining characters and/ or use of composite
sequences (see clauses 4.11 and 4.13 in ISO/IEC 10646-1)?
No
If 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:
11. Does the proposal contain characters with any special properties such as control
function or similar semantics?
No
If YES, describe in detail (include attachment if necessary)

REPERTOIRE
Korean Alphabet!
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115A
115B
115C
115D11FA
11FE
11FB
11A311A411A511A611A711FC
11FD

HYEOPATAKSORI NI EUN
HYEOPATAKSORI TI EUTHYEOPATAKSORI THI EUTHHYEOPATAKSORI TUTIEUTNIEUNIEUNGMAREUMMIEUM
IEUNGSIEUS
OA
YOA
YOEO
UYEO
UEU
EUA
YUAI

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