[1]
The Segmented Name Strings specification
defines several syntaxes representing names and their
segment boundaries.
[12] This specification depends on the Infra Standard.
The terms
code point,
ASCII lower alpha,
list,
and
is empty
are defined by the Infra Standard.
General definition
[2] A segmented name string is a space-separated list of
one or more substrings, representing a name and implied boundaries
within it.
[5]
Formally, a segmented name string of type T
is a segment of type T,
followed by zero or more sequences of
combinations of a separator of type T and a segment of type T.
[3] A segment of type T is a string of one or more non-space characters
that is not a punctuation of type T.
There might be T-dependent additional restrictions.
[4] A punctuation of type T is one of the list,
referred to as the punctuation list for T.
[6] A separator of type T is either a space, or
a space followed by a punctuation of type T followed by a space.
A separator that is a space represents an implied boundary,
e.g. hyphenation point.
A separator that contains a punctuation represents an explicit
boundary whose type is denoted by the punctuation.
[7] A space is a U+0020 SPACE character.
[8] A character is a code point.
East Asian names
[9] A segmented East Asian name string is a type of segmented name string.
[10] A segment of segmented East Asian name string is a string
of one or more characters from:
- CJK Unified Ideographs
- CJK Compatibility Ideographs
- and more
[11] The punctuation list for segmented East Asian name string
is empty.
Hiragana names
[13] A segmented Hiragana name string is a type of segmented name string.
[14] A segment of segmented Hiragana name string is a string
of one or more characters from:
Need more formal definition.[15] The punctuation list of segmented Hiragana name string
is empty.
Romaji names
[16] A segmented Romaji name string is a type of segmented name string.
[17] A segment of segmented Romaji name string is a string
of one or more characters from:
- ASCII lower alpha
ā, ī, ū, ē, ō
Need more formal definition.[18] The punctuation list of segmented Romaji name string
is a list of
- and '.
License
[19]
Per CC0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/, to the extent possible under law, the author of this specification has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this specification.