L2/25-007
Source: Editorial Working Group
Date: January 16, 2025
The Editorial Committee continues its review of new content planned for the eventual 17.0 publication of the core specification. In particular, our contributing editors are continuing their review and editing of the following sections, numbered as they will appear in the revised new 17.0 text:
Section 7.9.2 (Combining Diacritical Marks Extended), Section 8.11.2 (Tangut Components), Section 9.2.10 (Arabic Extended-C), Section 9.2.11 (Arabic Presentation Forms-A)
Section 12.8.1 (Kannada), Section 15.3.1 (Sharada), Section 16.15 (Tai Yo), Section 18.1.2 (Blocks Containing Han Ideographs), Section 19.12 (Beria Erfe)
Section 22.9.6 (Alchemical Symbols)
There is also ongoing work to do routine upkeep of the core specification and to stay current with bug reports and other small tweaks to core specification content mandated by the UTC.
The Editorial Working Group has set for itself the following targets for our release deadlines.
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| February 4 | Start of the alpha review |
| April 9 | Changes to the web framework frozen |
| April 22—24 (UTC) | Repertoire frozen |
| May 9 | Placeholders inserted for any significant missing content |
| May 20 | Start of the beta review |
| June 9 | New sections for review |
| July 9 | Other content for review |
| July 22—24 (UTC) | Response to beta review |
| August 9 | Showstoppers only (either content or framework code) after this point |
| September 9 | 17.0.0 Release |
We have assessed the status of certain major edits that require either new development or significant updates for the upcoming release. This assessment helps ensure we maintain clear visibility of our progress and can provide appropriate assurance regarding release readiness.
| Script/Block | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Beria Erfe | Ready | Draft reviewed and approved by Editorial WG |
| Chisoi | Not Started | No draft available yet |
| Sidetic | In Progress | Draft completed but pending posting |
| Tai Yo | In Progress | Draft available |
| Tolong Siki | In Progress | Draft available |
Based on our current progress and working group reviews, we are confident that we will meet the release schedule. Most items are either complete or have drafts available for review. In the unlikely event that any text misses the final release deadline, we will insert placeholders in the core specification as a fallback measure.
The Editorial Working Group continues its periodical review and general maintenance of Unicode web pages, both out of its own initiative and public feedback.
FYI: The Editorial Working Group continues to meet regularly. Our meetings are generally held on a biweekly schedule, except when holidays or other events coincidence, such as UTC meetings. This report to the UTC includes feedback from the Editorial Working Group meetings held on November 21, 2024, December 5, 2024, December 19, 2024 and January 9, 2025.
FYI: Public-facing information about the Editorial Working Group and its work is maintained on the Unicode Editorial Working Group Page on the website. The Editorial Working Group also maintains an internal subsite for use by the committee. People who would like to find out more about the work of the Editorial Working Group or contribute to that work should contact the Chair, Louka Ménard Blondin (louka@unicode.org).
The Editorial Working Group is in ongoing need of volunteer editors with copyediting experience. People who are interested in learning more about this work and potentially take it up should contact the Chair for more information.
Work is ongoing on improving the public documentation about the Editorial Working Group for potentially interested contributors both inside and outside of Unicode. We eventually plan to document and chart the internal processes of the committee to help newcomers better understand our work.
FYI: During this cycle, the Editorial Working Group has been lightly reviewing UAXes and UTSes.
Date/Time: Thu Nov 07 15:20:49 CST 2024 ReportID: ID20241107152049 Contact: from+unicode@jdlh.com Name: Jim DeLaHunt Report Type: Website Problem Opt Subject: Unicode standard list of components
The section of the Unicode 16.0 page, section I. "List of Components"<https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode16.0.0/#Components>,has an entry "Core Specification" which links only to the PDF versionof Unicode 16.0. It lacks a link to the HTML version of the CoreSpecification. It is ironic that the component missing from the listof components is the one which is authoritative.
This has been fixed on the 16.0 release page, and the fix has been carried forward for the draft of the 17.0 release page.
The Editorial WG would like to express its appreciation to Adobe for providing Creative Cloud subscriptions to the members of the working group. These subscriptions help us create and review Unicode-related documentation and graphics. We are grateful for their support and appreciate Adobe's ongoing commitment to advancing the development and implementation of the Unicode Standard.