Dear All, > > Unicode 3.2 has been released! The data files and documentation are > final > > and posted on the Unicode site. For details, see UAX #28, Unicode 3.2 at > > <http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr28/>. > > > > Unicode 3.2 adds 1,016 additional characters, and now includes the most > > extensive set of characters for mathematical and technical publishing > yet > > defined. Encodings for four indigenous scripts of the Philippines have > been > > added to the repertoire, as well as new special characters such as the > Word > > Joiner, Grapheme Joiner, and Variation Selectors. A number of characters > are > > also added for interoperating with JIS X 0213:2000. > > > > Unicode 3.2 has also updated a number of conformance issues, including > > tightening of the definition of UTF-8, when to replace ZWNBSP (BOM) with > > Word Joiner, and clarifications of the use of Combining Marks, Hangul > > Syllables, and Conjoining Jamo. Case Mappings (formerly UTR#21) is now > part > > of the Unicode Standard. Additional explanatory material has been added > for > > decomposition and for specific characters and scripts; in particular, > > clarifications and charts have been added to the Khmer script block to > > better explain the encoding. > > > > New properties have been added to the Unicode Character Database. These > > include: recommended UCD property names and property value names; an > exact > > specification of when variation selectors can be used; when each > character > > was added to the Unicode Standard; grapheme cluster information, > ideographic > > description categories; code points that are ignorable by default, and > > deprecated characters. > > > > Unicode 3.2 is fully synchronized with International Standard ISO/IEC > > 10646-1:2000, with its Amendment 1, and with ISO/IEC 10646-2:2001. > > > > Please note that while all of the online data files and documentation > for > > the Unicode 3.2 have been updated, it will take a few days to complete > the > > rollup of all of the revised pdf code charts on the website. Charts for > the > > specific additional characters for Version 3.2 can, however, already be > > accessed via the links in UAX #28. > > > > Also note that material on default grapheme clusters has been moved from > > the beta version of Unicode 3.2 into a new proposed draft UTR #29: Text > > Boundaries at <http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr29/>. > > Sincerely yours Mohammad Alimohammadi Tehran International Studies & Research Institute www.tisri.org _______________________________________________ FarsiWeb mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/farsiweb
