The Unicode Standard, Version 3.0

A book/CD-ROM technical guide to the Unicode character encoding standard, the international character code for information processing that includes all major scripts of the world and is the foundation for development of software for worldwide use. Early chapters cover information engineers need to produce a conforming implementation. Later chapters give basic information about each script and discuss specific characters. Includes reference and background information, plus a glossary. The CD-ROM contains a Unicode Character Database, technical reports, and international, national, and vendor character mappings for various languages.