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About the Unicode® Standard

Characters for the World

     The Unicode Standard is the universal character encoding designed to support
     the worldwide interchange, processing, and display of the written texts of the
     diverse languages and technical disciplines of the modern world. In addition,
     it supports classical and historical texts of many written languages.

The Standard

     Formally, a version of the Unicode Standard is defined by an edition of the
     core specification, The Unicode Standard, together with the [6]Code Charts,
     [7]Unicode Standard Annexes and the [8]Unicode Character Database. The
     detailed breakdown of the contents of each version are given in the [9]Archive
     of Unicode Versions. [10]About Versions explains how versions are defined and
     how version numbering works. Publication information is provided in the
     [11]History of Release and Publication Dates.

     Machine readable data supporting all versions of the Unicode Standard, as well
     as other specifications published by the Unicode Consortium, are available for
     free download at [12]Official Unicode Online Data.

     Interactive access to specialized information about CJK characters is
     available at the [13]Unified Han (Unihan) Character Database.

Latest Version

     The documentation for the latest version of the Unicode Standard can always be
     found at:

     [14]https://www.unicode.org/versions/latest/

Legal Terms

     Use of the Unicode Standard and its associated materials is governed by the
     [15]Terms of Use.

Alpha and Beta Review

     Periodically, drafts of new versions of the Unicode Standard, including the
     Unicode Character Database and annexes, are available for early review and
     public feedback. Consult [16]Beta Review Status to see if an alpha or beta
     review of the Unicode Standard is underway.

Maintenance

     The Unicode Standard and a number of other specifications are continuously
     maintained by the [17]Unicode Technical Committee. See the following resources
     relevant to ongoing maintenance:

   Location Description
   [18]Updates and Errata Cumulative list of pending corrections
   [19]Proposed New Characters The latest information available on pending future
   extensions to the character repertoire of the Unicode Standard
   [20]Supported Scripts All of the scripts that have already been added to the
   Unicode Standard, organized by year and version of addition
   [21]As Yet Unsupported Scripts Information about some of the scripts that have
   not yet been added
   [22]Character Encoding Stability Policies An important collection of policies
   that contstrain future changes to the Unicode Standard, designed to give
   guarantees of stability for implementers

More Information

   Location Description
   [23]Where is my Character? Suggestions on how to find out whether a character has
   been encoded in the Unicode Standard
   Unicode [24]Glossary Definitions of technical terms defined by or used in Unicode
   specifications
   [25]Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Frequently asked questions about the Unicode
   Standard and its development process, as well as other activities of the Unicode
   Consortium
   [26]Specifications FAQ Comprehensive list of particular specifications within the
   Unicode Standard and its Annexes, as well as other specifications published
   separately by the Unicode Consortium
   [27]Unicode Tutorials and Overviews Summary of useful tutorials and other
   overviews about the Unicode Standard--a good place to start for general
   information about how the standard works
   [28]Technical Introduction Brief introduction to the Unicode Standard
   [29]Main Page Links to all the different technical committees and parts of the
   website related to the technical work of the Unicode Consortium

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References

   1. https://www.unicode.org/
   2. https://www.unicode.org/standard/standard.html
   3. https://www.unicode.org/main.html
   4. https://www.unicode.org/sitemap/
   5. https://www.unicode.org/search
   6. https://www.unicode.org/charts/
   7. https://www.unicode.org/reports/index.html
   8. https://www.unicode.org/ucd
   9. https://www.unicode.org/versions/enumeratedversions.html
  10. https://www.unicode.org/versions/index.html
  11. https://www.unicode.org/history/publicationdates.html
  12. https://www.unicode.org/Public/
  13. https://www.unicode.org/charts/unihan.html
  14. https://www.unicode.org/versions/latest/
  15. https://www.unicode.org/copyright.html
  16. https://www.unicode.org/versions/beta.html
  17. https://www.unicode.org/consortium/utc.html
  18. https://www.unicode.org/errata/
  19. https://www.unicode.org/alloc/Pipeline.html
  20. https://www.unicode.org/standard/supported.html
  21. https://www.unicode.org/standard/unsupported.html
  22. https://www.unicode.org/policies/stability_policy.html
  23. https://www.unicode.org/standard/where/
  24. https://www.unicode.org/glossary/
  25. https://www.unicode.org/faq
  26. https://www.unicode.org/faq/specifications.html
  27. https://www.unicode.org/standard/tutorial-info.html
  28. https://www.unicode.org/standard/principles.html
  29. https://www.unicode.org/main.html
  30. https://www.unicode.org/copyright.html