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Computer-friendly nactation methodology for variant/family symbols

Posted By: Matt Ryder
Date: Friday, 4 February 2011, at 8:13 p.m.

In Response To: Computer-friendly nactation methodology for variant/family symbols (Nack Ballard)

Okay, so we can debate which system is easier to use or understand. Personally, I still prefer my binary system, and while it may not be to your liking, I'm only using it for personal encoding of nactation symbols so it doesn't really matter.

But one way or another, it would be better if you offered an approach for delineating symbols which doesn't rely on typography or font-style. We can quibble over the finer points, but your proposal for adding another alphanumeric character to distinguish extended families is a distinct improvement over the current system. As it stands, I cannot easily store or query extended families in a standard SQL database. I cannot store plain-text lists of these families. I cannot use these families in file names. And so on.

It's no doubt possible to find workarounds for all the headaches that such a system inevitably introduces, but why not simply circumvent all that by adding one teeny tiny extra character in certain extraordinary circumstances?

Matt R

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