Processing Principles for adding new characters into the national standards


ˇ@Characters that cannot be found in the Master Ideographs Seeker website are "new characters" that are not included in CNS 11643 standards. Based on , users need to provide relevant information and send it to the authority for verification. After the character is confirmed to be new one, the original script of the character is then sent to the Electronic Data Processing Center Directorate, General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan for code assignment and font crafting to make it available for downloading from the Master Ideographs Seeker website. Verifying authorities for ' New Characters' are listed below:

Purpose for new character
Information Required
Authority
Personal Names
Identify Number
Population Affairs Administration, Ministry of Interior
Place Names
Place Code
Construction and Planning Administration, Ministry of Interior
Business Registrations
Company ID
Department of Commerce, Ministry of Economic Affairs
Medicine Names
English Name
Department of Health Executive Yuan
Element Names
English Name
Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan
Special Biology Terms
English Name
Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan
Documents and others
Name of dictionary, literatures
Mandarin Promotion Council, Ministry of Education


ˇmProcessing Principles of New Characters Not Included in National Standardsˇn

ˇ@In order to establish the environment for computer application in Chinese and to resolve the problem of interchanging new Chinese characters for computer processing among government agencies. Government agencies including the Electronic Data Processing Center Directorate, General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics- Executive Yuan and Bureau of Standards and Inspection- Ministry of Economic Affairs, Mandarin Promotion Council- Ministry of Economics, Research Development and Evaluation Council- Executive Yuan, Population Affairs Administration- Ministry of Interior, Council for Cultural Affairs- Executive Yuan, Financial Information Center- Ministry of Finance, and National Library, Academia Sinica, and civil organizations including Institute for Information Industry and the Chinese Foundation for Digital Technology formed the "Working Group for Chinese Language Environment" to discuss the processing principles for adding new characters into CNS11643 (Chinese Standard Interchange Code)] in the meeting held on February 2, 2001. Conclusions are as follows:
1. Assignment of national standard interchange codes should be based on the existing principles and processes. Any interchanging requirement can use the user-defined area temporary.
2. To avoid new characters being created freely by individual users, authorities should undertake rigorous verification on new character applications.
ˇ@The Electronic Data Processing Center Directorate, General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics- Executive Yuan invited on August 28 of the same year, invited agencies including, the Population Affairs Administration- Ministry of Interior, Construction and Planning Administration-Ministry of Interior, Department of Commerce- Ministry of Economic Affairs, Council of Agriculture- Executive Yuan, Mandarin Promotion Council- Ministry of Education, Department of Health-Executive Yuan, Atomic Energy Council-Executive Yuan, Bureau of Standards and Inspection- Ministry of Economic Affairs and Research Development and Evaluation Committee to set the processing principles for new characters based on the two resolutions above:
1.New Characters Verification Authorities
ˇ@a. Personal Names: Population Affairs Administration, Ministry of Interior
ˇ@b. Place Names: Construction and Planning Administration, Ministry of Interior
ˇ@c. Business Registrations: Department of Commerce, Ministry of Economic Affairs
ˇ@d. Medicine Name: Department of Health Executive Yuan
ˇ@e. Element Names: Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan
ˇ@f. Special Biology Terms: Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan
ˇ@g. Documents and others: Mandarin Promotion Council, Ministry of Education
2.Agency for temporary codes for interchange and user-created characters: Electronic Data Processing Center Directorate, General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics- Executive Yuan
3.Agency for assigning National Standard Interchange Codes: Bureau of Standards and Inspection - Ministry of Economic Affairs
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