Abstract:
Unicode is 16-bit code for character representation in a computer.
Unicode is designed by Unicode consortium. It represents almost all
the world script including extinct many of extinct scripts like Bramhi
and Kharosthi. ISCII is another code developed for to represent the
Indian characters in computer but there are problems with character
representation using ISCII. It is found that Unicode can solve the
problem. This paper suggests measures for creation of Digital
library in Indic languages and the problem associated with Unicode.