First published a decade ago, CJKV Information Processing quickly became the unsurpassed source of information on processing text in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese. It has now been thoroughly updated to provide web and application developers with the latest techniques and tools for disseminating information directly to audiences in East Asia. This second edition reflects the considerable impact that Unicode, XML, OpenType, and newer operating systems such as Windows XP, Vista, Mac OS X, and Linux have had on East Asian text processing in recent years. Written by its original author, Ken Lunde, a Senior Computer Scientist in CJKV Type Development at Adobe Systems, this book will help you:
<ul>
<li>Learn about CJKV writing systems and scripts, and their transliteration methods</li>
<li>Explore trends and developments in character sets and encodings, particularly Unicode</li>
<li>Examine the world of typography, specifically how CJKV text is laid out on a page</li>
<li>Learn information-processing techniques, such as code conversion algorithms and how to apply them using different programming languages</li>
<li>Process CJKV text using different platforms, text editors, and word processors</li>
<li>Become more informed about CJKV dictionaries, dictionary software, and machine translation software and services</li>
<li>Manage CJKV content and presentation when publishing in print or for the Web</li>
</ul>
Internationalizing and localizing applications is paramount in today's global market -- especially for audiences in East Asia, the fastest-growing segment of the computing world. CJKV Information Processing will help you understand how to develop web and other applications effectively in a field that many find difficult to master.

CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese Computing

Computers & Technology

Lunde, Ken

Computer Science

O'Reilly Media

There are many complex issues surrounding the use of the Japanese language in computing. Unlike English, which has 26 letters in a single alphabet, Japanese has thousands of characters in three scripts. The issues around handling such an unwieldy collection of data are formidable and complex. Up to now, researching and understanding the relevant issues has been a difficult, if not unattainable task, especially to a person who doesn't read or speak Japanese.Understanding Japanese Information Processing is a book that provides detailed information on all aspects of handling Japanese text on computer systems. It brings all of the relevant information together in a single book. It covers everything from the origins of modern-day Japanese to the latest information on specific emerging computer encoding standards.Topics covered in this book include:
<ul>
<li>The Japanese writing system</li>
<li>Japanese character set standards</li>
<li>Japanese encoding methods</li>
<li>Japanese input and output</li>
<li>Japanese code conversion techniques</li>
<li>Japanese code and text processing tools</li>
</ul>In addition, there are fifteen appendices which provide additional reference material, such as a code conversion table, character set tables, mapping tables, an extensive list of software sources, a glossary, and more.

Understanding Japanese Information Processing

CJKV Information Processing is the definitive guide for tackling the difficult issues faced when dealing with complex Asian languages -- Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese -- in the context of computing or Internet services.Unlike the English alphabet with a mere 26 letters, these complex writing systems use multiple alphabets comprising thousands of characters. Handling such an unwieldy amount of data is formidable and complex. Until now, working with these writing systems was an unattainable task to most, but this book clarifies the issues, even to those who don't understand East Asian languages.This new book contains revised information from Ken Lunde's first book, Understanding Japanese Information Processing, and supplements each chapter with meticulous details about how the Chinese (hanzi), Japanese (kana and kanji), Korean (hangul and hanja), and Vietnamese (Quoc ngu, chu Nom, and chu Han) writing systems have been implemented on contemporary computer systems. This book is unique in that it does not simply rattle off information that can be found in other sources, but rather it provides the reader with hitherto unexplained insights into how these complex writing systems have been adapted for use on computers, and provides the user and developer alike with useful and time-saving tips and techniques.Information on today's hot topics, such as how these writing systems impact contemporary Internet resources like the Web, HTML, XML, Java, and Adobe Acrobat, is also provided.This book is of incalculable value for the developer, programmer, user, and researcher -- anyone who comes into contact with these characters in the context of computers or the Internet needs this book. Topics covered in this book include:
<ul>
<li>Writing systems</li>
<li>Character set standards</li>
<li>Encoding methods</li>
<li>Input methods</li>
<li>Font formats</li>
<li>Typography</li>
<li>Output methods</li>
<li>Programming and code conversion techniques</li>
<li>Dictionaries and dictionary software</li>
</ul>This volume also contains a host of valuable appendixes, such as code conversion tables, character set tables, character set indexes, mapping tables, Perl code examples, a glossary, and a detailed bibliography.

CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing

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