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This page is the central hub for information on using ScriptSource effectively - everything from understanding script features to our copyright and licensing policies.
Direct link to this page: http://scriptsource.org/guide
Documentation
We hope that using and contributing to ScriptSource will be a pleasant experience, and that you find the site to work just the way you think it should. Because of the complexity of presenting large amounts of data on scripts, languages and characters, some level of complexity can't be avoided completely. The follow documents should help you use and understand the site more effectively.
Help
- Support & Troubleshooting - help when things go wrong
Site Information
- About ScriptSource - general information on the site and our long-term vision
- Site Status - information on the current ScriptSource release
- Team Members - profiles of the ScriptSource team, including contact details
- FAQ - questions and answers about ScriptSource
Legends and Keys
- Glossary - definitions of common terms used in writing system and font technologies
- Script Features - legend to the settings used to describe script features
- Script Families - explanation of the region-based categorization of scripts into related families
- About the Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) - information on the CLDR data integrated into ScriptSource and the process for making submissions
- About ISO 15924 - information on the ISO 15924 standard script registry that forms the primary source for script data
- About ISO
639-3 - information on the ISO 639-3 standard language registry and its relationship with the
Ethnologue - IPA Symbol Equivalents - list of Unicode character equivalents for the symbols in the Handbook of the International Phonetic Association
- Phonetic Symbol Guide Equivalents - list of Unicode character equivalents for the symbols in the Phonetic Symbol Guide by Pullum and Ladusaw
- Acknowledgements - sources for the fonts used on ScriptSource
Instructions and Tutorials
- Finding software on ScriptSource - how to search for fonts and keyboards
- How to contribute information - four-step guide to submitting information
- How to add text with optional illustrations
- How to add images or media
- How to add links to other sites
- How to add a reference
- How to upload documents or files
- How to add needs
- Associations Help - adding, editing and deleting script, character and language associations
Contributor Guides
- Contributor Guidelines - links, explanations and help for contributors
- Style Manual - details of the ScriptSource house style, including referencing formats
- Markup Guide - how to use markup in your entries
Policies
- Terms of Service - the limits of the service we provide
- Terms of Use - how the site and contents may be used
- Code of Conduct - standards for honoring content rights and one another
- Privacy and Data Retention Policy - how we treat your private and public data
- Licensing Policy - our licensing recommendations and guidelines
- Editorial Policy - details of our editorial and moderation processes
- Sponsorship and Funding - how we are (and are not) supported
- Partnerships - information on becoming a partner with ScriptSource
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Reference
Copyright © 2013 SIL International and released under the Creative Commons
Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license (CC-BY-SA) unless noted otherwise. Language data includes information
from the Ethnologue. Script information
partially from the ISO 15924 Registration
Authority. Some character data from The Unicode Standard Character
Database and locale data from the Common Locale Data Repository.
Used by permission.