The so-called “Da'ud encodingf” is a plain ASCII text encoding of selected non-ASCII characters for use in SCA name processing. It is not significantly used outside the SCA, but is a common format for SCA heralds.
The basic encoding is to place the a sequence defining the non-ASCII character (usually a letter and a punctuation mark for an accented character) inside curly braces (which serve to mark the encoded character, since they are not commonly used in writing). The table below shows the basics of the encoding.
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á |
{a'} |
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à |
{'a} |
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â |
{a^} |
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ä |
{a:} |
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å |
{ao} |
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æ |
{ae} |
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Æ |
{AE} |
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ç |
{c,} |
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é |
{e'} |
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è |
{'e} |
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ê |
{e^} |
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ë |
{e:} |
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É |
{E'} |
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í |
{i'} |
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ì |
{'i} |
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î |
{i^} |
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ï |
{i:} |
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ñ |
{n~} |
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ó |
{o'} |
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ò |
{'o} |
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ô |
{o^} |
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ö |
{o:} |
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ø |
(o/} |
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Ó |
{O'} |
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Ö |
{O:} |
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Ø |
{O/} |
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ú |
{u'} |
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ù |
{'u} |
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û |
{u^} |
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ü |
{u:} |
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ð |
{dh} |
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þ |
{th} |
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As you might expect, while the original definition of the encoding was for particular letters, the obvious extensions are understood as well; for example the Scandinavian “hook-o” can be represented as {o,}, by analogy with ç.
Last update: 2006-12-29 21:21:52