EDITOR'S NOTE: I am forwarding the following even though there is a
commercial element to it. UNICODE represents one of the vehicles that is
increasingly used to handle Japanese in computer and e-mail operations--an
issue (at least indirectly) of interest to all of us.
PCB
Subject: Version 2.0 and new members
The Unicode Consortium is finalizing the text of Version 2.0 of the Unicode
Standard. The book includes a special section showing the Corporate,
Associate and Liaison Members as of the date of completion of the text. If
your company is planning to join the Unicode Consortium in the near future,
you should take this action as soon as possible so that your company's name
will be included in this list. To request a membership application, send
e-mail to unicode-inc@unicode.org.
Version 2.0 consolidates and expands on material from earlier publications
(Version 1.0 (volumes 1 and 2), and Version 1.1). In addition, it documents
decisions made by the Unicode Technical Committee since 1993, and includes
major new information about how to implement the standard.
Significant additions to the Unicode Standard in Version 2.0 are:
- a more comprehensive encoding of Korean Hangul
- encoding of the Tibetan script
- further specification of conformance
- surrogate character extension mechanism
The Unicode Standard maintains consistency with International Standard
ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993, including recent amendments.
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