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  • From: "Christopher V. Kimball" <mail AT cvkimball.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org, "me >> \"Christopher V. Kimball\"" <mail AT cvkimball.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Unicode
  • Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 08:15:35 -0400


The code snippet Karl provided is a portion of the XML data in the Unicode/XML Tanach. Specifically, it's the data behind the "Unicode" link on the "Technical" page.

Two issues often get intermixed. One is Unicode and font problems associated with displaying Unicode characters, the other is XML and its display mechanism XSLT. To view the Unicode/XML Tanach, the browser must support both Unicode and XML/XSLT transformations. (And have JavaScript operable, too.)

Different browsers display ("render") Unicode characters differently; even in the Windows world the rendering is problematic. Most browsers support Unicode and have a built-in Modern Hebrew font that is inadequate for the Tanach.

XML/XSLT transformations are a standardized way of separating data (XML) from data display (XSLT). This allows users to change the font size, consonant markings, and display format without changing the data itself. The Unicode/XML Tanach consists of a single set of XML books that are each transformed on the spot to multiple display formats. (Verses, Chapter, Simplified) X (Accents, Vowels, Consonants, Morphology) x ( 16pt .. 64 pt font sizes (9) ), 108 display choices.

XML facilitates machine processing by having standardized format-checking (XSD) and access (XPath) mechanisms.







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