14.2195, Books: Comp Ling, Unicode: Aliprand et al (eds)

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Subject: 14.2195, Books: Comp Ling, Unicode: Aliprand et al (eds)

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Date:  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:55:44 +0000
From:  dwanders at pacbell.net
Subject:  The Unicode Standard: Aliprand et al

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Date:  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:55:44 +0000
From:  dwanders at pacbell.net
Subject:  The Unicode Standard: Aliprand et al

Title: The Unicode Standard
Subtitle: Version 4.0

Publication Year: 2003
Publisher: Addison-Wesley

Availability: Available

Editor: Joan  Aliprand
Editor: Julie  Allen
Editor: Joe  Becker
Editor: Mark  Davis
Editor: Michael  Everson
Editor: Asmus  Freytag
Editor: John  Jenkins
Editor: Mike  Ksar
Editor: Rick  McGowan
Editor: Eric  Muller
Editor: Lisa  Moore
Editor: Michel  Suignard
Editor: Ken  Whistler

Hardback: ISBN: 0321185781, Pages: 1504, Price: $74.99

Abstract:

The Unicode Consortium announces the publication of The Unicode
Standard Version 4.0, which now defines over 96,000 characters for the
languages of the world, and provides detailed properties and
algorithms for computer systems. With Unicode 4.0, additional
characters needed by linguists for phonetic transcription are
included. As a significant step towards the digital preservation of
world heritage, this new version encodes characters for Linear B and
other ancient Mediterranean alphabets. At the same time, it expands
support for modern minority languages. This removes a major barrier
that has prevented people from using their own languages on computers.

The accompanying CD-ROM includes the text of all the Unicode Standard
Annexes and the entire Unicode Character Database.

Contents: Acknowledgements; Figures; Tables; Preface; 1 Introduction;
2 General Structure; 3 Conformance; 4 Character Properties; 5
Implementation Guidelines; 6 Writing Systems and Punctuation; 7
European Alphabetic Scripts; 8 Middle Eastern Scripts; 9 South Asian
Scripts; 10 Southeast Asian Scripts; 11 East Asian Scripts; 12
Additional Modern Scripts; 13 Archaic Scripts; 14 Symbols; 15 Special
Areas and Format Characters; 16 Code Charts; 17 Han Radical-Stroke
Index; Appendices: A Han Unification History, B Abstracts of Unicode
Technical Reports, C Relationship to ISO/IEC 10646, D Changes from
Unicode Version 3.0, G Glossary, R References, Indices

Lingfield(s):   Computational Linguistics

Written In: English (Language Code: English)

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