RE: shift_jis / windows-31J

[Shawn Steele <Shawn.Steele@microsoft.com>]

> I reformulated your proposal using the latest registration template. 
> Here goes.

This suggestion works for me, added "and the Windows-31J name may not be recognized." And my contact information to the windows-31J record.

To the shift_jis, it'd be nice to have something like "Windows-31J and ??? are examples."  No clue who contacts should be, can it point to something general, like the charsets alias, JIS, or Unicode?

-Shawn


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Charset name: Windows-31J
Charset aliases: csWindows31J
MIBenum: 2024

Suitability for use in MIME text:

This charset can be used for the top-level media type "text".

Published specification(s):

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/cc305152.aspx

ISO 10646 equivalency table:

http://unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/WINDOWS/CP932.TXT

Additional information:

Windows Japanese.  A variant of Shift_JIS to include NEC special characters (Row 13), NEC selection of IBM extensions (Rows 89 to 92), and IBM extensions (Rows 115 to 119).  The CCS's are JIS X0201:1997, JIS X0208:1997, and these extensions.  Windows-31J text is commonly declared with the shift_jis name of the parent charset, and the Windows-31J name may not be recognized.

Person & email address to contact for further information:

 Shawn Steele
 Email: Shawn.Steele@microsoft.com

 Microsoft Corporation
 One Microsoft Way,
 Redmond, WA 98052
 U.S.A.

Intended usage: LIMITED USE

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Charset name: Shift_JIS

MIBenum: 17

Charset aliases: MS_Kanji and csShiftJIS

Suitability for use in MIME text:
This charset can be used for the top-level media type "text".

Published specification(s): Appendix 1 of JIS X0208:1997.

ISO 10646 equivalency table:

There are no authoritative definitions and several variations exist.  An obsolete variation is available at:

http://unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/OBSOLETE/EASTASIA/JIS/SHIFTJIS.TXT

Additional information:

This charset is an extension of csHalfWidthKatakana by adding graphic characters in JIS X 0208.  The CCS's are JIS X0201:1997 and JIS X0208:1997.

Several vendor specific charsets that derive from shift_jis often use the shift_jis name instead of a more specific vendor charset name.  Windows-31J and ??? are examples.

Person & email address to contact for further information: ?

Intended usage: LIMITED USE