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ISO/IEC JTC 1/ SC 2/ WG 2

Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set

(U C S)

ISO/IEC JTC1 SC2 N 3292

WG2 N 1940R

Date: 1999-03-16

Title:

Pre-SC2 Updated WG2 Report to the ninth SC2 plenary meeting in Fukuoka, Japan 9 – 15 March 1999

Source:

Mike Ksar, SC2/WG2 Convener

Action:

None – For information

Distribution:

ISO/IEC JTC 1/ SC 2 /WG 2
  1. Meetings

    2. Since the last SC2 plenary session, which was held in Redmond, WA, U.S.A. in March 1998, WG2 met once in London, U.K. in September 1998 and is planning to meet again in Fukuoka, Japan in and March 1999 respectively. Earlier meetings are included for reference.

    Meeting #

    Location

    Date

    Document #, Minutes/Resolutions

    23

    Athens, Greece

    24 - 26 May 1993

    N903, N904

    24

    Washington, DC, U.S.A.

    1 - 5 Nov. 1993

    N955, N949

    25

    Antalya, Turkey

    18 - 25 April 1994

    N1033, N1034

    26

    San Francisco, Calif. U.S.A.

    10 - 14 Oct. 1994

    N1117, N1118

    27

    Geneva, Switzerland

    3 - 7 April 1995

    N1203, N1204

    28

    Helsinki, Finland

    26 - 28 June 1995

    N1253, N1254

    29

    Tokyo, Japan

    6 - 10 November 1995

    N1303, N1304

    30

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    22 - 26 April 1996

    N1353, N1354

    31

    Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

    12 - 16 August 1996

    N1453, N1454

    32

    Singapore

    20 - 24 January 1997

    N1503, N1504

    33

    Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    30 June – 4 July 1997

    N1603, N1604

    34

    Redmond, WA, U.S.

    16 – 20 March 1998

    N1703, N1704R

    35

    London, UK

    21 – 25 September 1998

    N1903, N1904R

    36

    Fukuoka, Japan

    9 - 15 March 1999

    N2003*, N2004

    37 Planned

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    13 - 16 September 1999

    		  

    38 Planned

    China

    20 - 23 March 2000*

    		  

    39 Planned

    Greece

    September 2000*

    		  

    * Unconfirmed.

  2. Scope of Work

Develop a universal multiple-octet coded character set that encompasses the world’s scripts. This is Work Item JTC1.02.18 - ISO/IEC 10646.

  1. Achievements since last SC2 plenary

Here is a summary of projects completed and published as amendments since the last SC2 plenary in March 1998.

SC 2 Project #

Title

Stage

Reference

Editor

Target Date (Top)/Actual Date (Bottom)
         

WD

CD

FCD

DIS

IS

02.18.01.05

AMENDMENT 5 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Hangul syllables

-

ISO/IEC10646-1/Amd 5 
(SC 2 N 2986)

J. B. Paterson

Published: 1998-05-15

02.18.01.10

AMENDMENT 10 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Ethiopic script

-

ISO/IEC10646-1/Amd.10 (SC 2 N 3016)

J. B. Paterson

Published: 1998-10-15

02.18.01.11

AMENDMENT 11 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics

-

ISO/IEC10646-1/Amd.11 
(SC2N2965)

J. B. Paterson

Published: 1998-07-15

02.18.01.12

AMENDMENT 12 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Cherokee

-

ISO/IEC10646-1/Amd.12 (SC2N2967)

J. B. Paterson

Published: 1998-09-01

02.18.01.13

AMEDMENT 13 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: CJK unified ideographs

-

ISO/IEC10646-1/Amd.13 
(SC2N3078)

J. B. Paterson

Published: 1998-10-15

02.18.01.16

AMENDMENT 16 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Braille Patterns

-

ISO/IEC10646-1/Amd.16 
(SC2N3079)

J. B. Paterson

Published: 1998-10-15

02.18.01.19

AMENDMENT 19 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Runic

4

SC2N3080

J. B. Paterson

Published: 1998-11-01

02.18.01.20

AMENDMENT 20 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Ogham

4

SC2N3081

J. B. Paterson

Published: 1998-11-01

02.15285

TR Type 3: An Operational Model for Characters and Glyphs

5

SC2N3142

A. Griffee 
E. Hart

Published: 1998-12-15

02.18.01.00.02

TECHNICAL CORRIGENDUM 2 to ISO/IEC 10646-1

-

ISO/IEC 10646-1/Cor.2 
(SC2N3082)

J.B. Paterson

Published: 1998-07-15

 

  2. Work in Progress:

 SC 2 Project #

Title

Stage

Reference

Editor

Target Date (Top)/Actual Date (Bottom)
         

WD

CD

FCD

DIS

IS

02.18.01

Revision of ISO/IEC 10646-1: 1993

 

 

J. B. Paterson

99-03

N/A

N/A

N/A

2000-03

02.18.01.14

AMENDMENT 14 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Yi syllables and Yi radicals

3

SC2N3215

J. B. Paterson

-

98-04

-

98-08

98-08

98-11

99-05

99-08

02.18.01.15

AMENDMENT 15 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Radicals and Numerals

3

SC2N3213

J. B. Paterson

-

98-10

 -

99-02

99-04

99-10

00-02

02.18.01.17

AMENDMENT 17 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: CJK Unified Ideograph Extension

4

SC2N3220

J. B. Paterson

-

98-04

98-09

98-07

98-09

99-01

98-11

99-03

02.18.01.18

AMENDMENT 18 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Symbols and Others

4

SC2N3188

J. B. Paterson

-

97-12

98-05

98-05

98-09

98-11

98-10

99-02

02.18.01.21

AMENDMENT 21 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Sinhala

4

SC2N3190

J. B. Paterson

-

98-01

98-07

98-06

98-09

98-11

98-10

99-02

02.18.01.22

AMENDMENT 22 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Keyboard symbols

3

SC2N3192

J. B. Paterson

-

97-12

98-03

98-03

98-10

98-10

99-05

99-09

02.18.01.23

AMEMDMENT 23 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Bopomofo and other char.

4

SC2N3194

J. B. Paterson

98-03

98-03

98-09

98-09

98-09

99-02

98-10

99-05

02.18.01.24

AMEMDMENT 24 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Thaana Script

3

SC2N3198

J. B. Paterson

98-03

98-03

98-09

99-05

98-10

99-05

99-10

02.18.01.25

AMENDMENT 25 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Khmer Script

3

SC2N3201

J. B. Paterson

98-03

98-03

98-09

99-05

98-10

99-05

99-10

02.18.01.26

AMENDMENT 26 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Myanmar Script

3

SC2N3203

J. B. Paterson

98-03

98-03

98-09

99-05

98-10

99-05

99-10

02.18.01.27

AMENDMENT 27 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Syriac Script

3

SC2N3196

J. B. Paterson

98-03

98-03

98-09

99-05

98-10

99-05

99-10

02.18.01.28

AMENDMENT 28 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Ideographic Description Sequences

3

SC2N3186

J. B. Paterson

98-10

98-10

 -

99-02

99-04

99-10

00-02

*02.18.01.29

AMENDMENT 29 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Mongolian

3

SC2N3208

J. B. Paterson

98-09

98-10

 -

99-02

99-04

99-10

00-02

*02.18.01.30

AMENDMENT 30 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Additional Latin and other char.

3

SC2N3210

J. B. Paterson

98-09

98-10

 -

99-02

99-04

99-10

00-02

*02.18.01.31

AMENDMENT 31 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: Tibetan Extension

3

SC2N3212

J. B. Paterson

98-09

98-10

 -

99-02

99-04

99-10

00-02

02.18.02

Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character set (UCS) - Part 2

2

SC2N3068

M. Suignard

98-03

98-03

 99-11

00-05

01-05

01-12

02.18.01.00.03

TECHNICAL CORRIGENDUM 3

-

ISO/IEC 10646-1/Cor.3 

J.B. Paterson

Draft: 99-04; DCOR ballot: 99-06-01

Target Dates: WD: Introduction of the first edition of WD by editors, CD: Registration of the first CD/PDAM (and subsequent CDs/PDAMs), FCD: Registration of FCD/FPDAM, FDIS: Submission of text for FDIS/FDAM processing, IS: Publication.

Stages: 0: A study period under way, 1: An NP is under consideration, 2: A WD is under consideration, 3: A CD/FCD is under consideration, 4: An FDIS is under consideration, 5: An IS is being prepared, -: Published 

  1. Other Achievements
    1. Continued to enhance the set of principles and a process to prioritize the various repertoire additions to WG2. The new process has been extremely helpful in managing and prioritizing repertoire additions to 10646. Document N2002 is being updated to reflect the latest feedback on the Principles and Procedures.
    2. The Rapporteur of the IRG is Mr. Zhang Zhoucai of China. His term runs until the next SC2 plenary session in March 1999.
    3. Updated the World Wide Web site for WG2 and posted an increasing number of documents to the site. The URL is www.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC2/WG2. Keld Simonsen of the Danish Unix Users Group (dkuug) in Copenhagen, Denmark continues to operate the site. A summary of the documents submitted to WG2 and the action taken is now available on the web as document N1952, which is an update of document N 1509.
  1. Proposals for future WG2 meetings:
    1. Ideographic Vertical Extensions for plane 2
    2. Cham
    3. Tai (Dai) scripts
    4. Encoding of ecological symbols
    5. Proposals to encode Glagolitic, Coptic, and Buginese in the BMP.
    6. Proposal to encode in plane 1 the following scripts: Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Meroitic, Old Persian Cuneiform, Ugartic Cuneiform, Tengwar, Cirth, Klingon, Etruscan, Gothic, Avestan, Brahmi, Old Hungarian, Old Permic, Sinaitic and South Arabian.
    7. Additional math symbols
    8. Western Music Symbols in plane 1.
    9. Latinized Taiwanese characters
  1. WG2 Liaisons

WG2 continues to work very closely with the following liaison organizations.

In addition, WG2 has worked very closely with the following working groups but no official liaisons exist between them and WG2.

  1. Mailing List

The average number of recipients of WG2 documents is 80. Their national bodies or individuals that are linguistic and/or technical experts on coding technology nominate them. The number of attendees, representing about 19 national bodies, 3 liaison organizations and 18 affiliations, is now steady at an average of 35 people per meeting. There are approximately 150 technical experts who actively provide input to our working group.