-June 23, 1999
+March 23, 2001
-This directory contains the initial release for Unicode 3.0.
+This directory contains the data files for the minor release
+Unicode 3.1.
This release consists of corrections and additions to the
-Unicode Character Database, to match the publication of
-The Unicode Standard, Version 3.0.
+Unicode Character Database for the Unicode Standard,
+Version 3.1.
Detailed documentation of the files constituting the
Unicode Character Database (contributory data files for
the standard itself) can now be found in
-UnicodeCharacterDatabase.html.
+UnicodeCharacterDatabase.html. See also UnicodeData.html,
+PropList.html, NamesList.html, and DerivedProperties.html
+for specific details about particular files or sets of
+files.
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+Unihan-3.1.txt is a very large file, so it is also provided in
+three different compressed formats:
-The files have been copied 1999-Sep-14 from
+Unihan-3.1.zip for Windows. (Use winzip)
+Unihan-3.1.Z for Unix. (Use uncompress)
+Unihan-3.1.gz for Unix. (Use gzip)
- ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/3.0-Update/
+UCDwithoutUnihan.zip is a Windows winzip file that contains
+all of the Unicode Character Database files except
+Unihan-3.1.txt and this ReadMe.txt file. This file is
+provided for convenience when downloading files from the
+Unicode Character Database. Note that the files are zipped in
+exactly the same format they have on the server (with Unix
+line endings). From a browser, right-clicking on this file
+entry will allow automatic download and unzipping on a
+Windows system with winzip installed.
-and renamed to better fit 8.3 filename limitations.
-For example, the UnicodeCharacterDatabase.html referred above is
-now called Unicode.html.
-jhi@iki.fi