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Unicode Characters for Human Dentition: New Foundation for Standardized Data Exchange and Notation in Countries Employing Double-Byte Character Sets

Unicode Characters for Human Dentition: New Foundation for Standardized Data Exchange and Notation in Countries Employing Double-Byte Character Sets

Hiroo Tamagawa, Hideaki Amano, Naoji Hayashi, Yasuyuki Hirose
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 12
ISBN13: 9781605662923|ISBN10: 1605662925|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616925277|EISBN13: 9781605662930
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-292-3.ch017
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Tamagawa, Hiroo, et al. "Unicode Characters for Human Dentition: New Foundation for Standardized Data Exchange and Notation in Countries Employing Double-Byte Character Sets." Dental Computing and Applications: Advanced Techniques for Clinical Dentistry, edited by Andriani Daskalaki , IGI Global, 2009, pp. 305-316. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-292-3.ch017

APA

Tamagawa, H., Amano, H., Hayashi, N., & Hirose, Y. (2009). Unicode Characters for Human Dentition: New Foundation for Standardized Data Exchange and Notation in Countries Employing Double-Byte Character Sets. In A. Daskalaki (Ed.), Dental Computing and Applications: Advanced Techniques for Clinical Dentistry (pp. 305-316). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-292-3.ch017

Chicago

Tamagawa, Hiroo, et al. "Unicode Characters for Human Dentition: New Foundation for Standardized Data Exchange and Notation in Countries Employing Double-Byte Character Sets." In Dental Computing and Applications: Advanced Techniques for Clinical Dentistry, edited by Andriani Daskalaki , 305-316. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-292-3.ch017

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Abstract

In this chapter, the authors report the minimal set of characters from the Unicode Standard that is sufficient for the notation of human dentition in Zsigmondy-Palmer style. For domestic reasons, the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry expanded and revised the Japan Industrial Standard (JIS) character code set in 2004 (JIS X 0213). More than 11,000 characters that seemed to be necessary for denoting and exchanging information about personal names and toponyms were added to this revision, which also contained the characters needed for denoting human dentition (dental notation). The Unicode Standard has been adopted for these characters as part of the double-byte character standard, which enabled, mainly in eastern Asian countries, the retrieval of human dentition directly on paper or displays of computers running Unicode-compliant OS. These countries have been using the Zsigmondy-Palmer style of denoting dental records on paper forms for a long time. The authors describe the background and the application of the characters for human dentition to the exchange, storage and reuse of the history of dental diseases via e-mail and other means of electronic communication.

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