I was asked to produce a list of the benefits of Unicode to be used
as a sidebar with an article referencing Unicode.
Ideally, it would be a brief set of bullets for an audience that
doesn't know a lot about internationalization. The bullets shouldnt
be too detailed or technical.
I came up with the attached table. I think with some minor amendments
I can drop the left column now and just use the benefits with examples.
I have until Monday morning to turn it in, so I thought I'd ask
for some review.
Anything missing? Any constructive suggestions, gratefully appreciated.
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| All the characters of all the languages you might ever need | Multi-lingual documents: use any or all the languages you want | Invoice or ticketing applications can print native language names |
| Defines one set of algorithms for processing text | Reduced development and support costs and reduced time-to-market, with one version of source code that works world-wide | Sales to multiple countries the day of initial release |
| An ISO standard | Standards insure interoperability | Any applications reading the same text file will interpret it correctly |
| Accepted globally | Worldwide deployment capability | Text sent from any part of the world to any other part |
| Supported by most, if not all modern technologies | Ease of integration | Applications can exchange text without conversion loss or errors |
| Web standards are based on it | Internet-readiness | XML, the format for structured documents and data on the Web is
Unicode-based |
| Undergoes continuous development | Evolution extends application lifetime and expands capabilities to meet future needs | Unicode Version 3.0 added 25,000+ characters and new technical
specifications that improved, for example, Middle Eastern language support. |
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