From Misha.Wolf@reuters.com Fri Apr 12 21:03:53 2002 From: Misha.Wolf@reuters.com (Misha.Wolf@reuters.com) Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 21:03:53 +0100 Subject: [I18n-sig] 21st Unicode Conference, May 2002, Dublin, Ireland -- Four weeks to go! Message-ID: *********************************************************************** Just 4 weeks to go > Register now! > Just 4 weeks to go > Register now! *********************************************************************** Twenty-first International Unicode Conference (IUC21) Unicode, Localization and the Web: The Global Connection http://www.unicode.org/iuc/iuc21 14-17 May 2002 Dublin, Ireland *********************************************************************** NEWS * Just 2 weeks to the early bird deadline. * Visit the Conference Web site ( http://www.unicode.org/iuc/iuc21 ) to check the Conference program and register. To help you choose Conference sessions, we've included abstracts of talks and speakers' biographies. * Choose between the 13 tutorials, 51 talks, 2 panels and 2 keynotes, presented by over 60 speakers. * Find out about the Workshop on Standards in Localisation, organised by the Localisation Research Centre (LRC), and taking place in the same venue on 13 May -- See: http://lrc.csis.ul.ie CONFERENCE SPONSORS Agfa Monotype Corporation Basis Technology Corporation Localisation Research Centre Microsoft Corporation Reuters Ltd Sun Microsystems, Inc. World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) GLOBAL COMPUTING SHOWCASE Visit the Showcase to find out more about products supporting the Unicode Standard, and products and services that can help you globalize/localize your software, documentation and Internet content. For details, visit the Conference Web site. CONFERENCE VENUE The Conference will take place at: The Burlington Hotel Upper Leeson Street Dublin 4, Ireland Tel: (+353 1) 660 5222 Fax: (+353 1) 660 8496 CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT Global Meeting Services Inc. 8949 Lombard Place, #416 San Diego, CA 92122, USA Tel: +1 858 638 0206 (voice) +1 858 638 0504 (fax) Email: info@global-conference.com or: conference@unicode.org * * * * * Unicode(r) and the Unicode logo are registered trademarks of Unicode, Inc. Used with permission. ------------------------------------------------------------- --- Visit our Internet site at http://www.reuters.com Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters Ltd. From kajiyama@grad.sccs.chukyo-u.ac.jp Wed Apr 17 05:56:45 2002 From: kajiyama@grad.sccs.chukyo-u.ac.jp (Tamito KAJIYAMA) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 13:56:45 +0900 Subject: [I18n-sig] JapaneseCodecs 1.4.5 released Message-ID: <200204170456.NAA17914@nat-dhcp100.grad.sccs.chukyo-u.ac.jp> Hi all, I've released JapaneseCodecs 1.4.5. The source tarball is available in the following location. http://www.python.jp/Zope/download/JapaneseCodecs/JapaneseCodecs-1.4.5.tar.gz The installation procedure has been changed so as to install JapaneseCodecs as the default Japanese codecs (by means of aliases). If you don't want to make it the default, use the build_py --without-aliases option that prevents setup.py from registering the aliases. By the way, I will soon shutdown the Web server that has been used to distribute Python related software of mine. http://pseudo.grad.sccs.chukyo-u.ac.jp/~kajiyama/python/ I'd like to find a new distribution site as soon as possible. Sorry for inconvenience. Regards, -- KAJIYAMA, Tamito From martin@v.loewis.de Wed Apr 17 08:18:48 2002 From: martin@v.loewis.de (Martin v. Loewis) Date: 17 Apr 2002 09:18:48 +0200 Subject: [I18n-sig] JapaneseCodecs 1.4.5 released In-Reply-To: <200204170456.NAA17914@nat-dhcp100.grad.sccs.chukyo-u.ac.jp> References: <200204170456.NAA17914@nat-dhcp100.grad.sccs.chukyo-u.ac.jp> Message-ID: Tamito KAJIYAMA writes: > I'd like to find a new distribution site as soon as possible. > Sorry for inconvenience. As before, the python-codecs project at SourceForge is at your service. Feel free to release files, add HTML pages, etc. Regards, Martin From mal@lemburg.com Wed Apr 17 09:21:29 2002 From: mal@lemburg.com (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 10:21:29 +0200 Subject: [I18n-sig] JapaneseCodecs 1.4.5 released References: <200204170456.NAA17914@nat-dhcp100.grad.sccs.chukyo-u.ac.jp> Message-ID: <3CBD3089.BE7ADCCB@lemburg.com> Tamito KAJIYAMA wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've released JapaneseCodecs 1.4.5. The source tarball is > available in the following location. > > http://www.python.jp/Zope/download/JapaneseCodecs/JapaneseCodecs-1.4.5.tar.gz > > The installation procedure has been changed so as to install > JapaneseCodecs as the default Japanese codecs (by means of > aliases). If you don't want to make it the default, use the > build_py --without-aliases option that prevents setup.py from > registering the aliases. I think we should consider making your codecs *the* official Japanese codecs for Python. The PSF will need a signed agreement from you, though: http://www.python.org/psf/psf-contributor-agreement.html (these docs are not final yet, so in the meantime all we could do is offer web-space) > By the way, I will soon shutdown the Web server that has been > used to distribute Python related software of mine. > > http://pseudo.grad.sccs.chukyo-u.ac.jp/~kajiyama/python/ > > I'd like to find a new distribution site as soon as possible. > Sorry for inconvenience. Side-note: a consequence of making them official would be to use python.org as host for the archives. What do you think ? -- Marc-Andre Lemburg CEO eGenix.com Software GmbH ______________________________________________________________________ Company & Consulting: http://www.egenix.com/ Python Software: http://www.egenix.com/files/python/ From barry@zope.com Wed Apr 17 14:06:16 2002 From: barry@zope.com (Barry A. Warsaw) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 09:06:16 -0400 Subject: [I18n-sig] JapaneseCodecs 1.4.5 released References: <200204170456.NAA17914@nat-dhcp100.grad.sccs.chukyo-u.ac.jp> <3CBD3089.BE7ADCCB@lemburg.com> Message-ID: <15549.29512.201748.182444@anthem.wooz.org> >>>>> "MAL" == M writes: MAL> I think we should consider making your codecs *the* official MAL> Japanese codecs for Python. The PSF will need a signed MAL> agreement from you, though: +1 MAL> Side-note: a consequence of making them official would be MAL> to use python.org as host for the archives. MAL> What do you think ? I think the python-codecs project on SF is a fine place for the project management, unless we wanted to pull them into the python project (perhaps in the nondist area, if we don't want to increase the size of the standard Python distro). Making them available from python.org is another good option, and we can definitely do that, providing Tamito with cvs access to the pydotorg pages, or doing that on his behalf. -Barry From kajiyama@grad.sccs.chukyo-u.ac.jp Wed Apr 17 15:43:08 2002 From: kajiyama@grad.sccs.chukyo-u.ac.jp (Tamito KAJIYAMA) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 23:43:08 +0900 Subject: [I18n-sig] JapaneseCodecs 1.4.5 released In-Reply-To: <3CBD3089.BE7ADCCB@lemburg.com> (mal@lemburg.com) References: <20020417141036.GI14409@intevation.de> Message-ID: <200204171443.XAA18486@nat-dhcp100.grad.sccs.chukyo-u.ac.jp> "M.-A. Lemburg" writes: | | I think we should consider making your codecs *the* official | Japanese codecs for Python. The PSF will need a signed | agreement from you, though: | | http://www.python.org/psf/psf-contributor-agreement.html | | (these docs are not final yet, so in the meantime all we could | do is offer web-space) (snip) | What do you think ? I'd like to sign a reasonable license agreement to contribute my codecs. Any maintainer privileges are very appreciated if offered. Thanks, -- KAJIYAMA, Tamito From Misha.Wolf@reuters.com Fri Apr 19 22:09:33 2002 From: Misha.Wolf@reuters.com (Misha.Wolf@reuters.com) Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 22:09:33 +0100 Subject: [I18n-sig] LAST Call for Papers - 22nd Unicode Conference - Sep 2002 - San Jose, CA Message-ID: Twenty-second International Unicode Conference (IUC22) Unicode and the Web: Evolution or Revolution? http://www.unicode.org/iuc/iuc22 September 9-13, 2002 San Jose, California *********************************************************************** Call for Papers >>> Just 3 weeks to go >>> Send in your submission now! *********************************************************************** Submissions due: May 10, 2002 Notification date: May 31, 2002 Completed papers due : June 21, 2002 (in electronic form and camera-ready paper form) The software industry continues its rapid growth and change. In this year alone, Unicode 3.2 was released and several new proposals for the Internet and the World Wide Web were promoted to standards. Web Services is the latest buzz. Are the vendors of software that support these technologies keeping up? How can you be sure that you are deploying software components that work well together today and in the future? This Conference is where you go to find out. Experts will describe the latest changes to the Unicode standard and the other standards used for e-business today. You will also learn about the best practices for utilizing, integrating and deploying these technologies based on real-world examples and experience. Demonstrations are often provided. We invite you to submit papers which either define the software of tomorrow, demonstrate best practice with today's software, or articulate problems that must be solved before further advances can occur. Papers should discuss subjects in the context of Unicode, internationalization or localization. You can view the programs of previous Conferences at: http://www.unicode.org/unicode/conference/about-conf.html Conference attendees are generally involved in either the development, deployment or use of Unicode software or content, or the globalization of software and the Internet. They include managers, software engineers, systems analysts, font designers, graphic designers, content developers, technical writers, and product marketing personnel. THEME & TOPICS Computing with Unicode is the overall theme of the Conference. Presentations should be geared towards a technical audience. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following (within the context of Unicode, internationalization or localization): - Web Services - XML and related specifications - The World Wide Web (WWW) - Portable devices - UTFs: Not enough or too many? - Security concerns e.g. Avoiding the spoofing of UTF-8 data - Impact of new encoding standards - Implementing Unicode: Practical and political hurdles - Implementing new features of recent versions of Unicode - Algorithms (e.g. normalization, collation, bidirectional) - Programming languages and libraries (Java, Perl, et al) - Search engines - Library and archival concerns - Operating systems - Databases - Large scale networks - Government applications - Evaluations (case studies, usability studies) - Natural language processing - Migrating legacy applications - Cross platform issues - Printing and imaging - Optimizing performance of systems and applications - Testing applications - Business models for software development (e.g. Open source) SESSIONS The Conference Program will provide a wide range of sessions including: - Keynote presentations - Workshops/Tutorials - Technical presentations - Panel sessions All sessions except the Workshops/Tutorials will be of 40 minute duration. In some cases, two consecutive 40 minute program slots may be devoted to a single session. The Workshops/Tutorials will each last approximately three hours. They should be designed to stimulate discussion and participation, using slides and demonstrations. PUBLICITY If your paper is accepted, your details will be included in the Conference brochure and Web pages and the paper itself will appear on a Conference CD, with an optional printed book of Conference Proceedings. CONFERENCE LANGUAGE The Conference language is English. All submissions, papers and presentations should be provided in English. SUBMISSIONS Submissions MUST contain: 1. An abstract of 150-250 words, consisting of statement of purpose, paper description, and your conclusions or final summary. 2. A brief biography. 3. The details listed below: SESSION TITLE: _________________________________________ _________________________________________ TITLE (eg Dr/Mr/Mrs/Ms): _________________________________________ NAME: _________________________________________ JOB TITLE: _________________________________________ ORGANIZATION/AFFILIATION: _________________________________________ ORGANIZATION'S WWW URL: _________________________________________ OWN WWW URL: _________________________________________ ADDRESS FOR PAPER MAIL: _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ TELEPHONE: _________________________________________ FAX: _________________________________________ E-MAIL ADDRESS: _________________________________________ TYPE OF SESSION: [ ] Keynote presentation [ ] Workshop/Tutorial [ ] Technical presentation [ ] Panel PANELISTS (if Panel): _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ TARGET AUDIENCE (you may select more than one category): [ ] Content Developers [ ] Font Designers [ ] Graphic Designers [ ] Managers [ ] Marketers [ ] Software Engineers [ ] Systems Analysts [ ] Technical Writers [ ] Others (please specify): _________________________________________ _________________________________________ LEVEL OF SESSION (you may select more than one category): [ ] Beginner [ ] Intermediate [ ] Advanced Submissions should be sent by e-mail to either of the following addresses: papers@unicode.org info@global-conference.com They should use ASCII, non-compressed text and the following subject line: Proposal for IUC 22 If desired, a copy of the submission may also be sent by post to: 22nd International Unicode Conference c/o Global Meeting Services, Inc. 8949 Lombard Place #416 San Diego, CA 92122 USA Tel: +1 858 638 0206 Fax: +1 858 638 0504 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS All Conference papers will be published on CD. Printed proceedings will be offered as an option. EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES The Conference will have an Exhibition area for corporations or individuals who wish to display and promote their products, technology and/or services. Every effort will be made to provide maximum exposure and advertising. Exhibit space is limited. For further information or to reserve a place, please contact Global Meeting Services at the above location. CONFERENCE VENUE DoubleTree Hotel San Jose 2050 Gateway Place San Jose, CA 95110 USA Telephone number: +1-408-453-4000 Facsimile number: +1-408-437-2898 THE UNICODE CONSORTIUM The Unicode Consortium was founded as a non-profit organization in 1991. It is dedicated to the development, maintenance and promotion of The Unicode Standard, a worldwide character encoding. The Unicode Standard encodes the characters of the world's principal scripts and languages, and is code-for-code identical to the international standard ISO/IEC 10646. In addition to cooperating with ISO on the future development of ISO/IEC 10646, the Consortium is responsible for providing character properties and algorithms for use in implementations. Today the membership base of the Unicode Consortium includes major computer corporations, software producers, database vendors, research institutions, international agencies and various user groups. For further information on the Unicode Standard, visit the Unicode Web site at http://www.unicode.org or e-mail * * * * * Unicode(r) and the Unicode logo are registered trademarks of Unicode, Inc. Used with permission. -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Visit our Internet site at http://www.reuters.com Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters Ltd. From Misha.Wolf@reuters.com Thu Apr 25 20:38:23 2002 From: Misha.Wolf@reuters.com (Misha.Wolf@reuters.com) Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 20:38:23 +0100 Subject: [I18n-sig] 21st Unicode Conference, May 2002, Dublin, Ireland -- Just 2 weeks to go! Message-ID: *********************************************************************** Just 2 weeks to go > Register now! > Just 2 weeks to go > Register now! *********************************************************************** Twenty-first International Unicode Conference (IUC21) Unicode, Localization and the Web: The Global Connection http://www.unicode.org/iuc/iuc21 14-17 May 2002 Dublin, Ireland *********************************************************************** Have you colleagues in Europe who might not know of the Conference? If yes, forward them this reminder, so they can take advantage of the first European Unicode Conference in two years! *********************************************************************** NEWS > Early bird rate ends May 1! > Hotel guest rooms still available at the group rate! > Visit the Conference Web site ( http://www.unicode.org/iuc/iuc21 ) to check the Conference program and register. To help you choose Conference sessions, we've included abstracts of talks and speakers' biographies! > Choose between the 13 tutorials, 51 talks, 2 panels and 2 keynotes, presented by over 60 speakers! > Find out about the Workshop on Standards in Localisation, organised by the Localisation Research Centre (LRC), and taking place in the same venue on 13 May -- See: http://lrc.csis.ul.ie ! CONFERENCE SPONSORS Agfa Monotype Corporation Basis Technology Corporation Lionbridge Localisation Research Centre Microsoft Corporation Reuters Ltd Sun Microsystems, Inc. World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) GLOBAL COMPUTING SHOWCASE Visit the Showcase to find out more about products supporting the Unicode Standard, and products and services that can help you globalize/localize your software, documentation and Internet content. For details, visit the Conference Web site. CONFERENCE VENUE The Conference will take place at: The Burlington Hotel Upper Leeson Street Dublin 4, Ireland Tel: (+353 1) 660 5222 Fax: (+353 1) 660 8496 CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT Global Meeting Services Inc. 8949 Lombard Place, #416 San Diego, CA 92122, USA Tel: +1 858 638 0206 (voice) +1 858 638 0504 (fax) Email: info@global-conference.com or: conference@unicode.org * * * * * Unicode(r) and the Unicode logo are registered trademarks of Unicode, Inc. Used with permission. ------------------------------------------------------------- --- Visit our Internet site at http://www.reuters.com Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters Ltd. From perky@fallin.lv Mon Apr 29 03:54:36 2002 From: perky@fallin.lv (Hye-Shik Chang) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:54:36 +0900 Subject: [I18n-sig] KoreanCodecs 2.0.3 Released Message-ID: <20020429025436.GA23552@fallin.lv> --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Hello! I've just released KoreanCodecs 2.0.3. Significant Changes: - Added StreamReader C Implementation for EUC-KR and CP949 Codecs (this made codecs.open().readlines() max 230x faster than older) - Added korean.hangul C Implementation. (unijohab, johab and qwerty2bul codecs is using this internally ;) - Added this methods into korean.hangul utility module: disjoint(): converts U+AC00 syllables to U+1100 jamo sequences conjoin(): reverse of disjoint() format(): unicode string formatter that fixes korean suffixes after every arguments. - Got several compatibilities: Python 2.0 : now Python 2.0 compatible MS Windows : safe installation .pth Intel C Compiler : fixed to avoid some icc's warnings and implicit errors. - Jamo short names of korean.hangul have changed to Unicode 3.2 standard. - New setup.py options: --without-aliases : disable installing .pth --without-extension : install pure python libraries only Project Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/koco Download URL: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46747 Thank you! -- Hye-Shik Chang Yonsei University, Seoul --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8zLXrDWUsWc/bS6QRAtzZAJwMAGMqkrMxmcAZcslEUUs4cikLfQCg1a4u SZTWOsMlwQnYN+8bdF7Pyf8= =/G3F -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv-- From Misha.Wolf@reuters.com Tue Apr 30 16:58:02 2002 From: Misha.Wolf@reuters.com (Misha.Wolf@reuters.com) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 16:58:02 +0100 Subject: [I18n-sig] 2nd Last Call for the Character Model for the WWW Message-ID: Owing to the large number of Last Call comments on the: Character Model for the World Wide Web W3C Working Draft 26 January 2001 and to the large number of changes these comments gave rise to, the W3C I18N WG has decided to issue a 2nd Last Call for comments: Character Model for the World Wide Web W3C Working Draft 30 April 2002 http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-charmod-20020430 The document's abstract says: This Architectural Specification provides authors of specifications, software developers, and content developers with a common reference for interoperable text manipulation on the World Wide Web. Topics addressed include encoding identification, early uniform normalization, string identity matching, string indexing, and URI conventions, building on the Universal Character Set, defined jointly by Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646. Some introductory material on characters and character encodings is also provided. Please review the document and submit any comments by 31 May 2002. Comments should preferably be submitted via the Last Call Comment Form (http://www.w3.org/2002/05/charmod/LastCall). They may alternatively be submitted by email to www-i18n-comments@w3.org. To help us process your comments, please submit each comment separately. If doing so is too awkward, please number your comments clearly. Many thanks, Misha Wolf W3C I18N WG Chair -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Visit our Internet site at http://www.reuters.com Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters Ltd.