fyi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 10:46 AM Subject: Unicode 3.2 Released
> 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/>. > > Mark > >
