Toward Decent Text Encoding

Holmes, Neville (2000) Toward Decent Text Encoding. Computer, 31 (8). pp. 108-109. ISSN 0018-9162

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Abstract

This essay looks at the history of digital text encoding, from the early and very limited simple alphabetic encoding to the more recent gargantuan Unicode, and argues that each writing system should be separately encoded, with various languages being optimally and powerfully catered for under each encoding system.

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Keywords:	text encoding, ASCII, EBCDIC, Unicode, typography, text software
Subjects:	410000 The Arts > 410200 Visual Arts and Crafts > 410201 Graphic Arts 420000 Language and Culture > 420200 Literature Studies > 420217 Textual Transmission and the Material Record 280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences > 280500 Data Format > 280502 Data Storage Representations
ID Code:	2005
Deposited By:	Mr Neville Holmes
Deposited On:	26 Sep 2007
Last Modified:	09 Jan 2008 02:30
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