Re: Proposal for the Basis of a Codepoint Extension to Unicode fortheEncoding of the Quranic Manuscripts

[Abdulhaq Lynch <al-arabeyes at alinsyria dot fsnet dot co dot uk>]

Yes, the problem here is that we are using a font renderer in order to 
decorate a script with non-textual elements. Unicode was not designed with 
that in mind, and the tajweed symbols fall between the cracks.

One thing I would say at this stage is that Unicode and its advisors are not 
trying to encode a quran, while we are. This means that we should be prepared 
to set new standards ourselves where necessary. Perhaps they should be XML, 
perhaps codepoints, probably a combination.

Of course it would be of tremendous benefit if such a standard could be 
adopted by the Unicode consortium but for various reasons it seems unlikely. 
Despite that the standard that is used is the one that will become defacto 
standard, not the one on the unicode web site.

So I advise Meor and M Yousif etc to be prepared to set their own definitions 
here, and set the standard themselves. The Open Document Quranic Encoding 
Standard starts here. Build it and they will come so to speak,

wassalaam
abdulhaq