thanks Mike. I was thinking that the description of the relationship between 10646 and Unicode could be dealt with outside the benefits sidebar. I put it in the example here so the point isn't lost. If this table is used alongside text that covers the point it can easily be omitted. I want the table to be succint since it is easier for people to digest, and the points have more impact, but also I am afraid that once I give it to an editor, if they need to reduce it they might make reductions without my ability to influence the choices.... anyway, here is how it looks now. J M Sykes wrote: > > But, as I said, leaving out an assertion someone just might quibble with > saves the chore of trying to word a perfectly innocent statement more > diplomatically, e.g. "anything that conforms to the Unicode standard ipso > facto conforms to ISO/IEC 10646". > > Mike >Title: Unicode Benefits
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Allows for multilingual documents using any or all the languages you desire. | Invoice or ticketing applications can print native language names. |
One set of algorithms for processing text reduces development and support costs, improves time-to-market, and allows for single version of source code. | Applications can be marketed globally the day of initial release. |
ISO Standards insure interoperability and portability by prescribing conformant behavior. | Applications process text consistently and conformance is verifiable. Note that pplications conforming to Unicode, also conform to ISO 10646. |
Worldwide deployment capability. | Text can be sent from any part of the world to any other part. |
Support by most, if not all, modern technologies allows easy integration. | Applications can exchange text without conversion loss or errors. |
Widespread industry support provides platform and vendor independence. | Microsoft, HP, IBM, Sun operating systems,
Oracle, Microsoft, Progress databases, and many others support Unicode. See http://www.unicode.org/unicode/onlinedat/products.html. |
Practical and apolitical design due to the diverse, international, industry and academic membership of the Unicode Consortium. | Members include computer corporations, software producers, database vendors, research institutions, international agencies, user groups, and linguistic specialists. See http://www.unicode.org/unicode/consortium/memblist.html |
Easy conversion from legacy code pages. | Unicode's comprehensive character set is a superset of existing code pages. Numerous cross mapping tables provided at: http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/ |
Internet-ready for use in E-business. | Internet standards, such as XML, Perl, Java and JavaScript are Unicode-based |
Continuous evolution extends application lifetime and expands capabilities to meet future needs. | Unicode Version 3.0 added 25,000+ characters and new technical specifications that improved, for example, Middle Eastern language support. |
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