Character Encoding (122)

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http://tronweb.super-nova.co.jp/characcodehist.html
Editor's Pick A Brief History of Character Codes Open in a new browser window Editor's Pick
   A concise history of the development of character encoding in Western and East Asian languages, including ASCII, EBCDIC, Unicode and TRON.
   http://tronweb.super-nova.co.jp/characcodehist.html

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http://code.cside.com/3rdpage/
3rdpageSearch Open in a new browser window
   Front end to several search engines and portals that allows you to enter queries in various character sets.
   http://code.cside.com/3rdpage/
http://www.dynamoo.com/technical/ascii-ebcdic.htm
ASCII and EBCDIC Compared Open in a new browser window
   A comparison of two of these two basic encoding systems, with tables.
   http://www.dynamoo.com/technical/ascii-ebcdic.htm
http://www.cwi.nl/~dik/english/codes/stand.html
An Early History of Character Set Standardization Open in a new browser window
   Covers the beginnings of the ASCII standards from ASCII-1963 onwards and information on Cyrillic, Japanese, Korean, Thai and Vietnamese encoding systems, including various localized versions of EBCDIC. With tables and links to other resources.
   http://www.cwi.nl/~dik/english/codes/stand.html
http://www.basistech.com/news/presentations/index.html
Basis Technology: Presentations and Papers Open in a new browser window
   A wide range of articles on Unicode, East Asian localization and Internationalization issues.
   http://www.basistech.com/news/presentations/index.html
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/chars/
Characters and Encodings Open in a new browser window
   A tutorial on character code issues in digital processing and transfer of text data, on the Internet or otherwise. Includes tables and a detailed listing of control codes. In English and Finnish.
   http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/chars/
http://www.chilkatsoft.com/ChilkatCharset.asp
Chilkat Charset Conversion Component Open in a new browser window
   A character set conversion component for Unicode, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew, Thai, Vietnamese and all Western languages.
   http://www.chilkatsoft.com/ChilkatCharset.asp
http://www.dantobias.com/webtips/char.html
Dan's Web Tips: Characters and Fonts Open in a new browser window
   Hints and tips about character sets and fonts in web development. Includes links to related resources.
   http://www.dantobias.com/webtips/char.html
http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/ECMA-035.HTM
ECMA: Character Code Structure and Extension Techniques Open in a new browser window
   Specifies the structure of ECMA-35, for 8-bit codes and 7-bit codes which provide for the coding of character sets, with a detailed PDF document.
   http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/ECMA-035.HTM
http://www.eki.ee/letter/
EKI Letter Database Open in a new browser window
   Query character sets, encoding, codepages and Unicode information in an easy-to-use web form. Held at the Institute of the Estonian Language.
   http://www.eki.ee/letter/
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/charset.html
HTML Document Representation Open in a new browser window
   Chapter covering document character sets and encodings in HTML from the World Wide Web Consortium's HTML 4.0 Specification.
   http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/charset.html
http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/charset.html
HTML Validation: Using Character Encodings Open in a new browser window
   How to validate HTML documents in various character encodings.
   http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/charset.html
http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets
IANA: Character Sets Open in a new browser window
   The official names for character sets that may be used in the Internet and referred to in Internet documentation - held at the Internet Assigned Number Authority.
   http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets
http://xml.coverpages.org/iso639a.html
ISO 639 Language Names Open in a new browser window
   The standard names for use in SGML and XML, including a complete list of language name codes.
   http://xml.coverpages.org/iso639a.html
http://www.langbox.com/
LangBox International Open in a new browser window
   Codetables for ISO 8859-6, ASMO 449 plus, ASMO 708 (Arabic) and ISO 8859-8 (Hebrew) and further information about the company's work in multilingual UNIX.
   http://www.langbox.com/
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/www/windows-chars.html
MS Windows characters in HTML Open in a new browser window
   A review of the HTML authoring problems caused by some special characters which belong to MS Windows character set but not to ISO Latin 1. Includes technical details and substitution tables. In English and Finnish.
   http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/www/windows-chars.html
http://www.unicodecharacter.com/
ScientificPublications.com: Czyborra.com Mirror Open in a new browser window
   Mirror of Roman Czyborra's work on character sets and encoding systems. In English and German.
   http://www.unicodecharacter.com/
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/
Tips & Techniques for Foreign Content on the Web Open in a new browser window
   Pennsylvania State University's guide to reading and publishing different languages on the web. Includes details of various encoding systems and links.
   http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/
http://webreference.com/html/tutorial17/
Tutorial: Shady Characters Open in a new browser window
   A tutorial that explains HTML character sets, character encodings and character references from Webreference.com.
   http://webreference.com/html/tutorial17/
http://www.whatasciicode.com
WhatAsciiCode.com Open in a new browser window
   Quick reference and searchable ASCII code and conversion tables.
   http://www.whatasciicode.com
http://www.w3.org/International/O-charset.html
World Wide Web Consortium Open in a new browser window
   Covers code tables, Unicode, HTML and XML and links to other resources and discusses internationalization and localization issues relating to character sets.
   http://www.w3.org/International/O-charset.html
http://www.xceedsoft.com/products/binEncod/
Xceed Binary Encoding Library Open in a new browser window
   A library for Windows developers that allows applications to encode binary data and files into text and vice-versa.
   http://www.xceedsoft.com/products/binEncod/
http://www.egrannie.com/cheatsheets/asciiebcdic.html
eGrannie: ASCII-EBCDIC chart Open in a new browser window
   A side-by-side comparison of ASCII and EBCDIC encoding.
   http://www.egrannie.com/cheatsheets/asciiebcdic.html

Last Updated: 2007-10-03 12:51:51