[idn] Fw: Unicode 3.2 Released

["James Seng" <jseng@pobox.org.sg>]

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Davis" <mark.davis@jtcsv.com>
To: <unicore@unicode.org>; <unicode@unicode.org>; <w3c-i18n-ig@w3.org>
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
>
>