[I18n-sig] Re: Unicode debate

Bill Tutt billtut@microsoft.com
Thu, 27 Apr 2000 17:17:01 -0700


> From: Tom Emerson [mailto:tree@cymru.basistech.com]
> 
> 
>  > Don't forget the new JIS X 0213. :)
> 
> Has it been published?
> 

Apparently so.

http://jcs.aa.tufs.ac.jp/jcs/index-e.htm notes:

The new Japanese Industrial Standard for a coded character set, JIS X0213
(an enhancement to the current X0208), has been established on January the
21th, 2000. 

The standard has been published on February the 29th, 2000. The standard
(written in Japanese) is priced 11,000(Japanese Yen, 541pages), and is
distributed by Japanese Standards Association 

Bill