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Unicode

Summary

Unicode is a character encoding[1]. Unicode ranks in the top 5% of character_encoding entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,037 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Unicode's instance of is recorded as character encoding[3].
  • Unicode's instance of is recorded as coded character set[4].
  • Unicode was published by Unicode Consortium[5].
  • Unicode's based on is recorded as Xerox Character Code Standard[6].
  • Unicode's based on is recorded as Universal Character Set[7].
  • Unicode's based on is recorded as ISO/IEC 2022[8].
  • Unicode's based on is recorded as ISO/IEC 8859[9].
  • Unicode's based on is recorded as ISO/IEC 646[10].
  • Unicode's copyright license is recorded as Unicode® Copyright and Terms of Use[11].
  • Unicode's software version identifier is recorded as 17.0.0[12].
  • Unicode's Commons category is recorded as Unicode[13].
  • Unicode was published on October 1991[14].
  • Unicode was released on July 1996[15].
  • Unicode's has edition or translation is recorded as Unicode 2.0[16].
  • Unicode's has edition or translation is recorded as Unicode 2.1[17].
  • Unicode's has edition or translation is recorded as Unicode 2.1.2[18].
  • Unicode's has edition or translation is recorded as Unicode 2.1.5[19].
  • Unicode's has edition or translation is recorded as Unicode 2.1.8[20].
  • Unicode's has edition or translation is recorded as Unicode 2.1.9[21].
  • Unicode's has edition or translation is recorded as Unicode 3.0[22].
  • Unicode's has edition or translation is recorded as Unicode 3.0.1[23].
  • Unicode's has edition or translation is recorded as Unicode 3.0.1 with Corrigendum 1[24].
  • Unicode's has edition or translation is recorded as Unicode 3.0.1 with Corrigenda 1 and 2[25].
  • Unicode's has edition or translation is recorded as Unicode 3.1[26].
  • Unicode's has edition or translation is recorded as Unicode 3.1.1[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include character encoding[3] and coded character set[4].

Why It Matters

Unicode ranks in the top 5% of character_encoding entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,037 views/month).[2] Unicode has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Unicode is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Official name The Unicode® Standard
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1448]]: The Unicode® Standard"
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