Unicode Technical Report #29

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Unicode technical report text segmentation specification

Unicode Technical Report #29 is the specification that defines how to determine and segment user-perceived text elements (grapheme clusters), words, and sentences in Unicode text.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
UAX #29	1
Unicode Technical Report #29 canonical	1
Unicode Technical Report on text processing	1
Unicode Technical Reports	1
Unicode Text Segmentation	1
Unicode text segmentation rules	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T188957 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Unicode Technical Report #29
Context triple: [Unicode, hasTechnicalReport, Unicode Technical Report #29]

A. Unicode Consortium
The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit organization that standardizes the representation of text and symbols in digital systems worldwide through the Unicode Standard.
B. Unicode Character Database
The Unicode Character Database is a comprehensive collection of machine-readable data files that define the properties, classifications, and behaviors of every character encoded in the Unicode Standard.
C. Unicode
Unicode is a universal character encoding standard that assigns unique code points to virtually all written scripts, symbols, and emojis used in modern computing.
D. ISO/IEC 10646
ISO/IEC 10646 is an international standard that defines the Universal Coded Character Set (UCS), a comprehensive repertoire of characters used worldwide and closely aligned with the Unicode Standard.
E. Unicode Scalar Values
Unicode Scalar Values are the set of valid Unicode code points (excluding surrogate code points) that uniquely identify abstract characters in the Unicode standard.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Unicode Technical Report #29
Target entity description: Unicode Technical Report #29 is the specification that defines how to determine and segment user-perceived text elements (grapheme clusters), words, and sentences in Unicode text.

A. Unicode Consortium
The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit organization that standardizes the representation of text and symbols in digital systems worldwide through the Unicode Standard.
B. Unicode Character Database
The Unicode Character Database is a comprehensive collection of machine-readable data files that define the properties, classifications, and behaviors of every character encoded in the Unicode Standard.
C. Unicode
Unicode is a universal character encoding standard that assigns unique code points to virtually all written scripts, symbols, and emojis used in modern computing.
D. ISO/IEC 10646
ISO/IEC 10646 is an international standard that defines the Universal Coded Character Set (UCS), a comprehensive repertoire of characters used worldwide and closely aligned with the Unicode Standard.
E. Unicode Scalar Values
Unicode Scalar Values are the set of valid Unicode code points (excluding surrogate code points) that uniquely identify abstract characters in the Unicode standard.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Unicode technical report ⓘ text segmentation specification ⓘ
allows	locale-specific tailoring of segmentation rules ⓘ
appliesTo	Unicode text ⓘ all Unicode scripts ⓘ
compatibleWith	Unicode Character Database ⓘ
defines	Unicode text segmentation rules ⓘ linked to: Unicode Technical Report #29 grapheme cluster boundaries ⓘ line break interaction with segmentation ⓘ sentence boundaries ⓘ word boundaries ⓘ
definesProperty	Grapheme_Cluster_Break ⓘ Line_Break interaction with segmentation ⓘ Sentence_Break ⓘ Word_Break ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	UAX #29 ⓘ linked to: Unicode Technical Report #29 UTR #29 ⓘ
hasAlternateTitle	Unicode Standard Annex #29 ⓘ linked to: Unicode Standard Annexes
hasScope	locale-independent default segmentation ⓘ user-perceived text elements ⓘ
hasStatus	Unicode Standard Annex ⓘ linked to: Unicode Standard Annexes
hasTitle	Unicode Text Segmentation ⓘ linked to: Unicode Technical Report #29
intendedFor	implementers of regular expression engines ⓘ implementers of search and indexing systems ⓘ implementers of text editors ⓘ implementers of text rendering systems ⓘ implementers of word processors ⓘ
partOf	Unicode Standard ⓘ linked to: Unicode
provides	algorithmic rules for grapheme cluster segmentation ⓘ algorithmic rules for sentence segmentation ⓘ algorithmic rules for word segmentation ⓘ
publishedBy	Unicode Consortium ⓘ
references	Unicode Standard Annex #14 ⓘ linked to: Unicode Standard Annexes Unicode Standard Annex #15 ⓘ linked to: Unicode Standard Annexes
specifies	default grapheme cluster boundaries ⓘ default sentence boundary rules ⓘ default word boundary rules ⓘ tailorable segmentation rules ⓘ
updatedWithEachVersionOf	Unicode Standard ⓘ linked to: Unicode
usedBy	operating systems ⓘ programming language libraries ⓘ search engines ⓘ text layout engines ⓘ web browsers ⓘ
usesConcept	default sentence boundaries ⓘ default word boundaries ⓘ extended grapheme cluster ⓘ legacy grapheme cluster ⓘ

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