Map Development Area (MDA)
Location:
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misc
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encoding
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character
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not encode the language of the text -- not define fonts
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Comment:
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atomic unit of text as specified in ISO/IEC 10646 -- has individual meaning within a character set
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every character has a 'code point' (0x0041, 0x03B1) -- and mostly a 'name' (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A, GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA)
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properties: uppercase/lowercase, decimal, punctuation, ...
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Comment:
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abstract concept: no association to a font, to a glyph or to formatting (how to visualize it) -- language-neutral and display-neutral
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