207	Proposed Draft UTR #50, Unicode Properties for Vertical Text Layout	2012.05.01
Status:	Open
Originator:	UTC
Informal Discussion:	Forum 207
Formal Feedback:	Moderated

Description of Issue:

The layout of Japanese text follows different conventions than the layout of Western texts. Many of the requirements are described in the W3C Working Group Note “Requirements for Japanese Text Layout”. This report describes two Unicode character properties which can be used to implement those requirements.

Changes in this update:

• Mongolian and Egyptian Hieroglyphs changed to U.
• Implementation of the UTC decisions made during meeting #130, February 2012.
  • Removal of the East Asian Class property
  • East Asian Orientation renamed East Asian Vertical Orientation
  • New property, Default Vertical Orientation

Draft updated 2012-04-20.

This is a moderated Public Review Issue. Discussion takes place on Forum 207. The moderator on this forum is responsible for summarizing discussion and providing formal feedback to the Unicode Technical Committee. The moderator will make summarized feedback available here by one week prior to the closing date. At that time this PRI will be opened for additional formal feedback via the Reporting Form.