FYI. --- Rick McGowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To: [email protected] > Subject: Version 4.1 of the Unicode Standard Released > Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:21:51 -0800 > From: Rick McGowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Version 4.1 of the Unicode Standard Released > > Mountain View, CA, March 31, 2005 - The Unicode Consortium announced > today the release of the latest version of the Unicode Standard, Version > 4.1.0. This version adds 1,273 new characters, including those necessary to > complete roundtrip mapping of the HKSCS and GB 18030 standards, five new > currency signs, some characters for Indic and Korean, and eight new > scripts. In addition, there have been a number of significant additions and > changes to the Unicode Character Database properties, which determine the > behavior of characters in modern software. > > Unicode 4.1 adds two new Unicode Standard Annexes: UAX #31: Identifier and > Pattern Syntax and UAX #34: Unicode Named Character Sequences, and makes > significant changes to other Unicode Standard Annexes. UAX #31 is of > particular interest as a result of the broader incorporation of Unicode in > protocols and programming languages. Applications from programming > languages to international domain names require stable mechanisms for > distinguishing both identifiers and syntax characters, even as characters > for additional languages are added to the Unicode Standard. > > The release of Unicode 4.1 will be soon followed by a new release of the > Unicode Collation Algorithm, for language-sensitive sorting, searching, and > matching; by Unicode Regular Expressions, setting the standard for > handling Unicode character in regular expressions; and by a new draft of > Unicode Security Considerations, for dealing with security issues posed by > the large number of visually-similar characters in Unicode. > > For complete details on Unicode 4.1, see > http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode4.1.0/ . Those interested in the > latest developments in software globalization can attend the next Unicode > conference, April 6-8, 2005 in Berlin, Germany.
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