[uaxid.pattern] # Annex E (informative) Conformance with UAX #31 [[uaxid]](./#uaxid) ## E.4 R3 Pattern_White_Space and Pattern_Syntax characters [uaxid.pattern] [1](#1) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/uax31.tex#L78) UAX #31 describes how formal languages such as computer languages should describe and implement their use of whitespace and syntactically significant characters during the processes of lexing and parsing[.](#1.sentence-1) [2](#2) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/uax31.tex#L84) This document does not claim conformance with this requirement from UAX #31[.](#2.sentence-1)