Online Data

Implementing the Unicode Standard requires information that is best provided as machine-readable tables. The Unicode Consortium makes this information available through its Official Unicode Online Data and as Mirrored Data via FTP. The files available via HTTP and via FTP are identical and use consistent names following the initial http://www or ftp://www. It may be more efficient to use the FTP protocol when downloading a large number of files, while HTTP may be used to take a quick look at a specific file.

The Unicode Character Database (UCD) is considered part of the Unicode Standard. The most up-to-date version of the files for the UCD is found at http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/ or at ftp://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/. Older versions are archived under their specific version and update numbers. See also Versions of the Unicode Standard.

Cross Mapping Tables: The Unicode Consortium provides mapping tables that define the transcoding or conversion to existing national and vendor standards.

Unicode Resources: Other organizations and individuals have created many resources and products that may be useful in implementing the Unicode Standard or for generic software internationalization and localization.

Related Standards Organizations: The Unicode Consortium cooperates with a number of national and international standards organizations.

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