-# StandardizedVariants-4.1.0.txt
-# Date: 2006-01-16, 13:03:00 PST [KW]
+# StandardizedVariants-5.1.0.txt
+# Date: 2008-03-24, 13:39:00 PDT [KW]
#
# Specification of the variant sequences that are defined in the
# Unicode Standard.
# This file is a normative contributory data file in the
# Unicode Character Database.
#
-# Copyright (c) 1991-2006 Unicode, Inc.
+# Copyright (c) 1991-2008 Unicode, Inc.
# For terms of use, see http://www.unicode.org/terms_of_use.html
#
-# Warning: Only the variation sequences specifically defined in this file
-# are sanctioned for standard use. In all other cases the variation selector
-# cannot change the visual appearance of the preceding base character from
-# what it would have had in the absence of the variation selector.
+# Standardized variation sequences are defined in this file.
+# Ideographic variation sequences are defined acording to the registration
+# process specified in UTS #37, and are listed in the Ideographic
+# Variation Database. Only those two types of variation sequences
+# are sanctioned for use by conformant implementations.
+# In all other cases, use of a variation selector character does
+# not change the visual appearance of the preceding base character
+# from what it would have had in the absence of the variation selector.
#
-# For more information, see Section 16.4, Variation Selectors,
+# For more information on standardized variation sequences,
+# see Section 16.4, Variation Selectors,
# in The Unicode Standard, Version 5.0.
#
+# For more information on the Ideographic Variation Database
+# see http://www.unicode.org/ivd/
+#
# Format:
# Field 0: the variation sequence
# Field 1: the description of the desired appearance