Since Vietnamese has come up several times as an example or
counterexample on this list, I thought the following posting
might be of interest to some people.
--john
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Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1991 14:51:06 PDT
From: jDo(_at_)POLARIS(_dot_)SJC(_dot_)MENTORG(_dot_)COM
Subject: A proposal for 8-bit Vietnamese encoding standards ...
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The following paper was presented Monday, 5 August 1991, at the first
Unicode Implementers Workshop, San Jose. If you would like a copy,
please send a request to the address below.
Regards,
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A PROPOSAL FOR VIETNAMESE CHARACTER ENCODING STANDARDS
IN A UNIFIED TEXT PROCESSING FRAMEWORK
James Do / Mentor Graphics
Ngo^ Thanh Nha`n, PhD / NYU Linguistic String Project
Nguye^~n Hoa`ng / Xerox Corporation
7 July 1991
Abstract
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A Vietnamese 8-bit standard code set is proposed that satisfies adequacy
of character representation, and permits compatibility with existing
software, adherence to current communications protocols, and fidelity of
glyphic rendering within a broader text processing framework. The
encoding approach is mixed, combining both separable and precomposed
architectures. This code set also provides the basis for consistent
integration into emerging 16- and 32-bit character encoding standards
for multilingual computing.
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