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

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 A.;Front Matter; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Audience; Conventions Used in this Book; Organization; Acknowledgments; Errors, Omissions, and Updates; 1: CJKV Information Processing Overview; Multiple Writing Systems; Character Set Standards; Encoding Methods; Input Methods; Typography; Basic Concepts and Terminology; 2: Writing Systems; Latin Characters and Transliteration; Zhuyin; Kana; Hangul; Chinese Characters; Non-Chinese Chinese Characters; 3: Character Set Standards; Non-Coded Character Set Standards; Coded Character Set Standards; International Character Set Standards.