HP-UX 11i v3 Internationalization Features

2. Standards-Related Updates

Unicode 5.0

HP-UX 11i v3 provides system level support for Unicode 5.0.

Unicode 5.0 is aligned with the revised ISO 10646-2:2003 standard, including Amendments 1

and 2, defining 99,089 total characters. It includes an additional 48,830 new characters from the

previously supported Unicode 3.0 version. Most notable of these additions are new CJK

ideographic characters. The CJK ideographic characters align with the most recent versions of GB-

18030, JIS X 0213, HKSCS-2004, and CNS11643; new Latin and Cyrillic characters; and a

number of historic script characters.

Support for Unicode 5.0 in HP-UX 11i v3 encompasses extended utf8 locales, fonts, and iconv

converters, which will be discussed in more detail later in this document.

JIS X 0213

Systems level support is provided for JIS X 0213, an extended Japanese character set standard.

JIS X 0213, established in 2000 and revised in 2004 (JIS2004), was designed to provide sufficient

code points for encoding all the contemporary Japanese characters. JIS X 0213 was defined as a

JIS X 0208 extension with a total of 11,233 Kanji and non-Kanji characters. All the legal Kanji

characters for personal names added in 2004 by the Japanese government are included in JIS X

0213.

HP-UX11i v3 supports JIS X 0213 in the ja_JP.utf8 locale. Bitmap fonts, TrueType fonts, and

printing functionality have been enhanced to display and print JIS X 0213 characters. The iconv

command supports code conversion of JIS X 0213 between SJIS/EUC and Unicode encodings. A

codemap table, as well as phonetic and radical dictionaries, is available for the JIS X 0213

character set.

HKSCS-2004

System level support is provided for the HKSCS-2004 character set standard.

The HKSCS (Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set) standard, established in 1999 and revised

in 2004 (HKSCS-2004), was designed to provide sufficient characters to encode all the

contemporary Traditional Chinese characters used in the Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative

Region). HKSCS-2004 was defined as a Big5 standard extension with 13,051 original Big5 T-

Chinese characters and 4,941 additional characters defined in the UDC (User-Defined Characters)

area, totaling 17,992 characters.

HP-UX11i v3 supports HKSCS-2004 in the zh_HK.hkbig5 and zh_HK.utf8 locales. Bitmap fonts,

TrueType fonts, and printing functionality have been enhanced to display and print these HKSCS-

2004 characters. The iconv command supports code conversion of HKSCS-2004 to and from

various Unicode encodings. A codemap table and Tsang-Chieh dictionaries are available for the

HKSCS-2004 character set.

The xtim input method has been enhanced to allow customers to input HKSCS-2004 Traditional

Chinese characters when using either of the zh_HK.hkbig5 or zh_HK.utf8 locales. Both Tsang-

Chieh and Rapid Tsang-Chieh input methods are available.