General information about the script that would be of interest to developers. This would include a brief descriptions of the following:

• The history of the script and its evolution.

• The family that this script belongs to.

• The salient typographical characteristics of this script.

• The writing direction.

• Geographical distribution of usage.

• The languages that are expressed using this script.

• Noteworthy variants of this script.

The list of basic ``characters'' of the script.[1]

We would list the following pieces of information in this section:

• The minimum set of graphemes needed for everyday use of the script.

• Historical and rarely used graphemes.

• The complete list of graphemes, if such a list exists.

• The classification of graphemes into alphabetics, numerics, punctuation and other symbols as appropriate.

• Character set standards that encode this script.

• Font standards that encode this script.

We would then discuss any ``standard'' character set encodings that are in use for this script. For each such encoding we would cover:

• The exact set of graphemes encoded.

• Errors in the encoding, for example:

  • Graphemes not encodeable using the encoding.

  • Redundant graphemes.

  • Erroneous semantics in the standard

• The mapping between the graphemes of the script and the characters encoded by the character set encoding.

• The organization that authored the encoding, the current revision of the encoding and if any revisions are being planned.

We would then discuss any ``standard'' font encodings associated with this script. For each such encoding we would cover:

• The organization that authored the encoding, the current revision of the encoding and if any revisions are being planned.

• The list of graphemes supported by the font encoding.

• The process of mapping the glyphs provided by the font to the graphemes of the script.

• Any typographical quirks that a developer needs to know about.

A script may be supported by multiple keyboard layouts. We would describe these in this section.

• The layout itself would be described.

• Its prevalence would be described.

• Whether the layout has an ``owner'', or is a ``standard'', and if so whether the layout is due for revision.

• The completeness of the layout would be examined.

• Metrics for the ease of use of the layout, if available.

The basic typographical rules for the script that are not language or region specific. This list would include:

• Line breaking rules.

• Ligature formation.

• Hyphenation rules.

• Paragraph filling.

• Grapheme formation from the basic elements of the script.

Region-specific and language-specific variations to the basic ruleset would then be covered.

References to additional information about this script.