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TAMIL DIGITAL RENAISSANCE
TamilNet '97
[see also
http://www.infitt.org/tamilnet97/welcome.html]
International Symposium
for Tamil Information Processing and Resources on the Internet
Jointly organised by the National University of
Singapore and
the National Institute of Education of Nanyang Technological University
on 17 May 1997 at the Auditorium, Computer Centre, NUS.
17-18 May 1997, Singapore
Conference Chair -
Naa
Govindasamy, National Institute of Education
Theme/TopicsThe theme of the symposium was to promote the use of
Tamil on the Internet. Presentations were geared towards a wide range of
audience from general Internet users to content developers. Suggested topics of
interest included, but were not limited to:
Tamil and the Internet
Tamil and the World Wide Web (WWW)
Character set issues on the Internet and WWW
Standardization
Keyboard Input Methods
Language processing issues with Tamil
Education on the Internet
Library and archival concerns
Business-related topics
Case studies
Sessions
The two day Symposium provided the following type of sessions:
Keynote presentations
Technical presentations
Open discussion sessions
Discussion Forum - A Summary Report
The 2 hour-long discussion session on the second day of the symposium came to
a fruitful ending. The discussion panel (a total of 11 members) was led by
Sujatha and included N. Anbarasan, S Kuppuswami, ST Nandasara, Kuppuswamy
Kalyanasundaram, Malaan, Harold Schiffman, Vasu Renganathan, Muthelilan Murasu
Nedumaran, Naa Govindasamy and Tan Tin Wee. The topics discussed includes -
Increasing Tamil Content Worldwide
Keyboard Diversity
Encoding Standards
Standardization of Tamil Websites and WebPages
Work to be done/Time Frame
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