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The authoritative guide to universal character encoding The official way to implement ISO/IEC 10646 The key to advancing global interoperability in information technology products Unicode 4.0 The Unicode Standard The Unicode Standard provides a unique code number for every character in electronic text, no matter what the platform, no matter what the application, no matter what the language. It is required for XML and is at the core of modern software products. Unicode 4.0 contains 96,248 characters covering languages of the world. The Unicode Standard contains extensive descriptions of each writing system, as well as definitions of character properties and detailed conformance requirements. It is the complete and definitive user's guide for novices and experts alike. This edition,The Unicode Standard, Version 4.0,adds 47,188 new characters for minority and historic scripts, several sets of symbols, and a very large collection of additional CJK ideographs. It provides updated specifications covering structure, conformance, character behavior and semantics, as well as implementation guidelines, detailed discussions of writing systems, comprehensive charts, and an extensive glossary. The accompanying CD-ROM includes the text of all the Unicode Standard Annexes and the entire Unicode Character Database. 0321185781B07232003Aliprand, Joan is the author of 'Unicode Standard, Version 4.0 The Unicode Consortium', published 2003 under ISBN 9780321185785 and ISBN 0321185781.
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