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+<h1>UNICODE CHARACTER DATABASE<br>
+Version 3.0.0</h1>
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+<table border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0" height="87" width="100%">
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+ <tr>
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+ <td valign="TOP" width="144">Revision</td>
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+ <td valign="TOP">3.0.0</td>
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+ </tr>
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+ <tr>
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+ <td valign="TOP" width="144">Authors</td>
+
+ <td valign="TOP">Mark Davis and Ken Whistler</td>
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+ </tr>
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+ <tr>
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+ <td valign="TOP" width="144">Date</td>
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+ <td valign="TOP">1999-09-11</td>
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+ </tr>
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+ <tr>
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+ <td valign="TOP" width="144">This Version</td>
+
+ <td valign="TOP"><a href="ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/3.0-Update/UnicodeCharacterDatabase-3.0.0.html">ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/3.0-Update/UnicodeCharacterDatabase-3.0.0.html</a></td>
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+ </tr>
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+ <tr>
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+ <td valign="TOP" width="144">Previous Version</td>
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+ <td valign="TOP">n/a</td>
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+ </tr>
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+ <tr>
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+ <td valign="TOP" width="144">Latest Version</td>
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+ <td valign="TOP"><a href="ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/3.0-Update/UnicodeCharacterDatabase-3.0.0.html">ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/3.0-Update/UnicodeCharacterDatabase-3.0.0.html</a></td>
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+ </tr>
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+</table>
+
+<p align="center">Copyright © 1995-1999 Unicode, Inc. All Rights reserved.</p>
+
+<h2>Disclaimer</h2>
+
+<p>The Unicode Character Database is provided as is by Unicode, Inc. No claims
+
+are made as to fitness for any particular purpose. No warranties of any kind are
+
+expressed or implied. The recipient agrees to determine applicability of
+
+information provided. If this file has been purchased on magnetic or optical
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+media from Unicode, Inc., the sole remedy for any claim will be exchange of
+
+defective media within 90 days of receipt.</p>
+
+<p>This disclaimer is applicable for all other data files accompanying the
+
+Unicode Character Database, some of which have been compiled by the Unicode
+
+Consortium, and some of which have been supplied by other sources.</p>
+
+<h2>Limitations on Rights to Redistribute This Data</h2>
+
+<p>Recipient is granted the right to make copies in any form for internal
+
+distribution and to freely use the information supplied in the creation of
+
+products supporting the Unicode<sup>TM</sup> Standard. The files in the Unicode
+
+Character Database can be redistributed to third parties or other organizations
+
+(whether for profit or not) as long as this notice and the disclaimer notice are
+
+retained. Information can be extracted from these files and used in
+
+documentation or programs, as long as there is an accompanying notice indicating
+
+the source.</p>
+
+<h2>Introduction</h2>
+
+<p>The Unicode Character Database is a set of files that define the Unicode
+
+character properties and internal mappings. For more information about character
+
+properties and mappings, see <i><a href="http://www.unicode.org/unicode/uni2book/u2.html">The
+
+Unicode Standard</a></i>.</p>
+
+<p>The Unicode Character Database has been updated to reflect Version 3.0 of the
+
+Unicode Standard, with many characters added to those published in Version 2.0.
+
+A number of corrections have also been made to case mappings or other errors in
+
+the database noted since the publication of Version 2.0. Normative bidirectional
+
+properties have also been modified to reflect decisions of the Unicode Technical
+
+Committee.</p>
+
+<p>For more information on versions of the Unicode Standard and how to reference
+
+them, see <a href="http://www.unicode.org/unicode/standard/versions/">http://www.unicode.org/unicode/standard/versions/</a>.</p>
+
+<h2>Conformance</h2>
+
+<p>Character properties may be either normative or informative. <i>Normative</i>
+
+means that implementations that claim conformance to the Unicode Standard (at a
+
+particular version) and which make use of a particular property or field must
+
+follow the specifications of the standard for that property or field in order to
+
+be conformant. The term <i>normative</i> when applied to a property or field of
+
+the Unicode Character Database, does <i>not</i> mean that the value of that
+
+field will never change. Corrections and extensions to the standard in the
+
+future may require minor changes to normative values, even though the Unicode
+
+Technical Committee strives to minimize such changes. An<i> informative </i>property
+
+or field is strongly recommended, but a conformant implementation is free to use
+
+or change such values as it may require while still being conformant to the
+
+standard. Particular implementations may choose to override the properties and
+
+mappings that are not normative. In that case, it is up to the implementer to
+
+establish a protocol to convey that information.</p>
+
+<h2>Files</h2>
+
+<p>The following summarizes the files in the Unicode Character Database. For
+
+more information about these files, see the referenced technical report or
+
+section of Unicode Standard, Version 3.0.</p>
+
+<p><b>UnicodeData.txt (Chapter 4)</b>
+
+<ul>
+
+ <li>The main file in the Unicode Character Database.</li>
+
+ <li>For detailed information on the format, see <a href="UnicodeData.html">UnicodeData.html</a>.
+
+ This file also characterizes which properties are normative and which are
+
+ informative.</li>
+
+</ul>
+
+<p><b>PropList.txt (Chapter 4)</b>
+
+<ul>
+
+ <li>Additional informative properties list: <i>Alphabetic, Ideographic,</i>
+
+ and <i>Mathematical</i>, among others.</li>
+
+</ul>
+
+<p><b>SpecialCasing.txt (Chapter 4)</b>
+
+<ul>
+
+ <li>List of informative special casing properties, including one-to-many
+
+ mappings such as SHARP S => "SS", and locale-specific mappings,
+
+ such as for Turkish <i>dotless i</i>.</li>
+
+</ul>
+
+<p><b>Blocks.txt (Chapter 14)</b>
+
+<ul>
+
+ <li>List of normative block names.</li>
+
+</ul>
+
+<p><b>Jamo.txt (Chapter 4)</b>
+
+<ul>
+
+ <li>List of normative Jamo short names, used in deriving HANGUL SYLLABLE names
+
+ algorithmically.</li>
+
+</ul>
+
+<p><b>ArabicShaping.txt (Section 8.2)</b>
+
+<ul>
+
+ <li>Basic Arabic and Syriac character shaping properties, such as initial,
+
+ medial and final shapes. These properties are normative for minimal shaping
+
+ of Arabic and Syriac. </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+<p><b>NamesList.txt (Chapter 14)</b>
+
+<ul>
+
+ <li>This file duplicates some of the material in the UnicodeData file, and
+
+ adds informative annotations uses in the character charts, as printed in the
+
+ Unicode Standard. </li>
+
+ <li><b>Note: </b>The information in NamesList.txt and Index.txt files matches
+
+ the appropriate version of the book. Changes in the Unicode Character
+
+ Database since then may not be reflected in these files, since they are
+
+ primarily of archival interest.</li>
+
+</ul>
+
+<p><b>Index.txt (Chapter 14)</b>
+
+<ul>
+
+ <li>Informative index to Unicode characters, as printed in the Unicode
+
+ Standard</li>
+
+ <li><b>Note: </b>The information in NamesList.txt and Index.txt files matches
+
+ the appropriate version of the book. Changes in the Unicode Character
+
+ Database since then may not be reflected in these files, since they are
+
+ primarily of archival interest.</li>
+
+</ul>
+
+<p><b>CompositionExclusions.txt (<a href="http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr15/">UTR#15
+
+Unicode Normalization Forms</a>)</b>
+
+<ul>
+
+ <li>Normative properties for normalization.</li>
+
+</ul>
+
+<p><b>LineBreak.txt (<a href="http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr14/">UTR
+
+#14: Line Breaking Properties</a>)</b>
+
+<ul>
+
+ <li>Normative and informative properties for line breaking. To see which
+
+ properties are informative and which are normative, consult UTR#14.</li>
+
+</ul>
+
+<p><b>EastAsianWidth.txt (<a href="http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr11/">UTR
+
+#11: East Asian Character Width</a>)</b>
+
+<ul>
+
+ <li>Informative properties for determining the choice of wide vs. narrow
+
+ glyphs in East Asian contexts.</li>
+
+</ul>
+
+<p><b>diffXvY.txt</b>
+
+<ul>
+
+ <li>Mechanically-generated informative files containing accumulated
+
+ differences between successive versions of UnicodeData.txt</li>
+
+</ul>
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