[Ilugc] TUNE -- Tamil Unicode, New... RFC launch in Chennai on Aug 10, 2005
- From: srsy70@xxxxxxxxx (S.Ramaswamy)
- Date: Wed Aug 10 18:50:27 2005
On 8/10/05, Frederick Noronha (FN) <fred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Manoj Annadurai <manoj.annadurai@xxxxxxxxx> has written in to announce a
meet requesting for comments (RFC) on TUNE, Tamil Unicode -- New.
The Tamil Virtual University and Kanithamizh Sangam (Association for
Tamil Computing) will organise the event on Wednesday, August 10, 2005
between 11 am and 1 pm at the Days Inn Deccan Plaza, 36 Royapettah High
Road, Chennai 600014.
C Chandramouli, IAS, Secretary, Department of IT of the Government of
Tamil Nadu, will release the TUNE Toolkit. Programme includes a welcome
by Prof V Sankaranarayanan, TVU; unveiling of TUNE by Prof V
Krishnamoorthy (Crescent Engg College), implementation details by A
Elangovan (CADGRAF), release of the toolkit and address by C
CHandramouli (IAS), user involvement by P Chellappan of Palaniappa
Brothers and a vote of thanks from the president of the KTS.
Just circulating some information I received, as is. FN
Thanks for the info. I attended the meeting and it turned out to be
very informative. This was the official meeting where TUNE - Tamil Unicode New,
RFC was launched. The rationale for a new standard was explained very
articulately by a Prof. Krishnamoorthy from Crescent college - he
explained how current efforts try to shoehorn Tamil into a design by committee
standards, and why that doesn't work well. A "free as in Rasna" CD
containing documentation, fonts, sample files, etc was given to the
participants. The CD included OpenOffice for Windows and Mac, but not Linux.
The TUNE folks are looking for volunteer testers and have estimated the
initial testing period to hundred days. They have also set up a Yahoo
groups where TUNE can be discussed.
TUNE essentially is a thumbs down to efforts like the current Tamil
Unicode, and ISCII where little input was taken from folks actually
knowledgeable in Tamil or the
nuances of the language, and is a total home grown effort from folks at
TVU (Tamil Virtual University) and Kanithamizh Sangam.
Ramaswamy
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