thanks for the replies I received today. I have updated the page: http://www.geocities.com/i18nguy/unicode-example.html
For those of you that wanted to help, but couldn't think of a celebrity in some country, you might look at the internet movie database. They have a search of actors by birth country. (Although many of the entries seem to be stars that are now long gone.) For example, this does a search for actors born in Germany: http://us.imdb.com/BornWhere?for=germany You can edit it for other countries and send me your candidates to be added to the list. thanks tex > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Compelling Unicode demo > Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 15:48:33 -0500 > From: "Tex Texin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: the Progress Company > To: Unicoders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi, > > I want to create a demo using Unicode that will have data that is more > representative of a business application, so it will be more compelling > than the Unicode examples I have seen so far. > > In looking at the current examples of Unicode data covering a wide > variety of languages, they demonstrate being multilingual but not in a > way important to most businesses, or they are a little silly or > self-absorbed (about Unicode not about demonstrating a good usage). > > I am not trying to put down the existing examples, they are valuable for > testing and other purposes. > > I would like to make a favorable impression on people with a slightly > more real world example. For example, a database of customer names and > addresses would be something most businesses require. > > So I would like to build a list of celebrity names, each in their native > language. > I think such a list would be useful to demonstrate a real world > multinational requirement. > > So I would like your help to compile such a list, and then I will post > it for all to use. > > Specifically, I would like to get a name of a well-known celebrity, and > their country of origin, in Unicode, and the English transliterations. > > Native Celebrity Name, Native Country, English Name, English name of > country > > By Celebrity I have in mind singers and movie stars. Please no > politicians, government officials, or well-known criminals. > I want to make sure none of the names have offensive associations... > > We can be flexible about both "celebrity" and "country", especially for > the more ancient languages... > The names should be recognizable, not necessarily to me, but to a native > speaker. > > I think if we had such a list, we can more fully demonstrate the power > of Unicode. > > You can send me the examples privately, please use the above subject > heading. > I won't have time to comment on people's examples, I'll just collate > them and post them periodically. > > (I am open to suggestions for a better demo.) > tex > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Tex Texin Director, International Business > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +1-781-280-4271 > the Progress Company Fax: +1-781-280-4655 > ------------------------------------------------------------- > "When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the > one I've never tried before."- -Mae West -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Tex Texin Director, International Business mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +1-781-280-4271 the Progress Company Fax: +1-781-280-4655 ------------------------------------------------------------- "When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before."- -Mae West
