To understand how the standard works and why we need it, explore the code behind the letters you see on your screen and in your printouts. The Locale Explorer displays real-time ICU data in a browser window. The data displayed in the browser is dynamically provided by the ICU library. Unicode president Mark Davis reviews some of the foundations of Unicode, and explains the different forms. The Java2 platform provides the foundation for supporting a wide variety languages and customs.
Text is represented with the Unicode character set, which covers most scripts in use today.
Additionally, Java2 provides a rich set of capabilities for displaying and interacting with visually complex text. Processing database information using Unicode, a case study Many applications that process database information are moving toward Unicode as their internal encoding, while allowing for multiple legacy encodings on input and output. This presentation delves into Unicode normalization, the process of converting equivalent strings to a unique format. Normalization allows for fast binary comparison and accurate digital signatures. It is recommended for XML, JavaScript and other technologies.