question about the dictionary or list of words used in simplified and traditional Mac inputs

[Robert Allen]

What is the dictionary source of the Mac Chinese input system
(simplified and traditional).

i.e. xinnian = 新年 or 信念

The traditional options for 'xinnian' has the above two as well as 心念

Where can I get a complete list of the words used in Mac input
(simplified and traditional)?

Or where does the list of words come from? i.e. which dictionary?

[Eric Rasmussen]

2009/10/29 Robert Allen <asiaund...@gmail.com>:

> Where can I get a complete list of the words used in Mac input
> (simplified and traditional)?
>
> Or where does the list of words come from?  i.e. which dictionary?

Let me preface this by saying I'm not a developer and I don't know
much about these things.

That said, I believe that information is proprietary. I've never heard
of them or anyone else publishing such a list. Apple's probably comes
from a variety of sources -- they've been making Chinese input methods
since the 1980s, after all. If you are a developer you can license
data like that, but the people who own it keep a pretty tight grip on
it. Google got in trouble for stealing someone else's data when they
first launched their input method. It goes way beyond any one
dictionary, I think.

Eric