-March 30, 2001
+2002 March 25
This directory contains the Unicode Character Database
data files.
Currently, the Unicode Character Database files are at
the version level:
- Unicode Standard, Version 3.1.
+ Unicode Standard, Version 3.2.0
For information about the standard itself, see
-UAX #27, Unicode 3.1. <http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr27/>
+UAX #28, Unicode 3.2. <http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr28/>.
Detailed documentation of the files constituting the
Unicode Character Database (contributory data files for
-the standard itself) can now be found in
+the standard itself) can be found in
UnicodeCharacterDatabase.html. See also UnicodeData.html,
PropList.html, NamesList.html, and DerivedProperties.html
for specific details about particular files or sets of
files.
-Unihan.txt is a very large file. For convenience, the current
-Unicode 3.1 version of Unihan.txt is also available in
-three compressed formats in the Unicode 3.1 update directory.
-See: <http://www.unicode.org/Public/3.1-Update/> or
-<ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/3.1-Update/>
+Unihan.txt is a very large file. A zipped version is
+also provided for downloading convenience: Unihan.zip.
-Unihan-3.1.zip for Windows. (Use winzip)
-Unihan-3.1.Z for Unix. (Use uncompress)
-Unihan-3.1.gz for Unix. (Use gzip)
+The current Unicode 3.2.0 version of Unihan.txt is also available in
+two compressed formats in the Unicode 3.2.0 update directory.
+See: <http://www.unicode.org/Public/3.2-Update/> or
+<ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/3.2-Update/>
-The Unicode 3.1 update directory also contains a winzip
-version of all the other contributory data files for
-that update directory. That file is named:
-
-UCDwithoutUnihan.zip (Use winzip)
-
-UCDwithoutUnihan.zip is a convenient way to download
-most of the Unicode Character Database files, but to
-be complete, be sure to also get ArabicShaping.txt,
-BidiMirroring.txt, and Jamo.txt, which were unchanged
-between Unicode 3.0.1 and Unicode 3.1, and which were
-therefore not included in the 3.1-Update directory.
+Unihan-3.2.0.zip for Windows. (Use winzip)
+Unihan-3.2.0.txt.gz for Unix. (Use gzip or gunzip)
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
-UCDwithoutUnihan.zip will allow automatic download and unzipping on a
+Unihan-3.2.0.zip will allow automatic download and unzip on a
Windows system with winzip installed.