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ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/WG 2 N 2519 |
DATE: 2002-11-26
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/WG 2
Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) - ISO/IEC 10646
Secretariat: ANSI
DOC TYPE: |
Report |
TITLE: |
WG2 Report to the 12th SC2 plenary meeting in Tokyo – December 2002 |
SOURCE: |
Mike Ksar, Convener |
PROJECT: |
JTC 1.02.18 – ISO/IEC 10646 |
STATUS: |
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ACTION ID: |
FYI |
DUE DATE: |
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DISTRIBUTION: |
SC2, SC2/WG2 members and Liaison organizations |
MEDIUM: |
Electronic |
NO. OF PAGES: |
4 |
Meetings
Since the last SC2 plenary session, which was held in Singapore in October 2001, WG2 met in Dublin, Ireland in May 2002 and in Tokyo, Japan in December 2002. 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 |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
13 - 16 September 1999 |
N2103, N2104 |
38 |
China |
20 - 23 March 2000 |
N2203, N2204 |
39 |
Greece |
September 2000 |
N2253, N2254 |
40 |
Mountain View, California |
2001-04-02 |
N2353, N2354 |
41 |
Singapore |
2001-10-15/2001-10-18 |
N2403, N2404 |
42 |
Dublin, Ireland |
2002-05-20/2002-05-23 |
N2453*, N2454 |
43 |
Tokyo, Japan |
2002-12-09/2002-12-12 |
N2553**,N2554** |
* Unconfirmed. ** Not available yet
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.
Achievements since last SC2 plenary
Here is a summary of projects completed and published as amendments since the last SC2 plenary in October 2001.
Successfully balloted and submitted ISO/IEC 10646-2: 2002 to ITTF for publication towards in November 2001.
Successfully balloted and submitted Amendment 1 of ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000 to ITTF for publication in July 2002.
Balloted FPDAM 2 - ISO/IEC 10646-1: 2000 in November 2002, on schedule.
Balloted FPDAM 1 – ISO/IEC 10646-2:2001 in November 2002, on schedule.
Approved disposition of comments on FPDAM2 ISO/IEC 10646-1: 2000, in December 2002 on schedule.
Approved disposition of comments on FPDAM1 ISO/IEC 10646-2: 2001, in December 2002 on schedule.
Preparing to merge ISO/IEC 10646-1 and ISO/IEC 10646-2, including Amendment 2 to part 2 and Amendment 1 to part 2 into a single publication, per document N2999R. Subdivision of work document N2506 has been prepared and is ready for approval by SC2 plenary in December 2002.
SC2/WG2 program of work.
Here are the details of all WG2 work items/projects within SC2:
WG 2: Multi Octet Codes
SC 2 Project #
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Reference |
Title |
Project Editor |
Target Date (Top)/ |
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WD |
CD |
FCD |
FDIS |
IS |
18.01.00.00.02 |
ISO/IEC 10646-1: 2000
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Universal Multiple-Octet Coded
Character set (UCS) |
M. Suignard |
- |
Published: 2000-09-15 |
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ISO/IEC 10646-1: 2000/ |
Amendment 1 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: 2000, Mathematical symbols and other characters |
M. Suignard |
- |
Published: 2002-07-15 |
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18.01.01.00.02 |
10646-1/FPDAM 2 |
Amendment 2 to ISO/IEC 10646-1: 2000, Limbu, Tai Le, Yijing and other characters |
3 |
-- |
02-04* |
02-10* |
03-02* |
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18.02.00.00.01 |
ISO/IEC 10646-2: 2001 |
Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character set (UCS) -- Part 2: Supplementary Planes |
M. Suignard |
- |
Published: 2001-11-01 |
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10646-2/FPDAM 1 |
Amendment 1 to ISO/IEC 10646-2: 2001, Aegean, Ugaritic, and other characters |
3 |
-- |
02-03* |
02-10* |
03-02* |
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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
Other Achievements:
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.
No paper distribution since meetings 40. Documents were available on the web site for downloading and accessing online. WG2 expects that this would be the norm for distributing WG2 documents.
Worked proactively with DPRK and the Korean experts to include their requirements in 10646, including additions to the repertoire
Worked proactively experts from Cambodia to clarify our process and accepted additional repertoire requirements for Khmer.
Worked proactively with all other experts who submitted contributions for inclusion in Amendment 2 of 10646-1 and Amendment 1 of 10646-2.
Proposals for future WG2 meetings:
Complete publication of ISO/IEC 10646 merged parts 1 & 2
Review and reach consensus on Dai scripts
Continue to update the Roadmaps of 10646
Review additional contribution from national bodies, liaison organizations and other experts as the requests come in.
SC2 issues for consideration/approval:
Approve document N2506 (SC2 3638) – subdivision of work to merge 10646-1, 10646-2 and their respective amendments
The Rapporteur of the IRG is Mr. Zhang Zhoucai of China. His term, if approved by the 12th SC2 plenary, will continue until the next SC2 plenary session.
Approve future meetings of SC2/WG2
Reconfirm Project Editor
Review liaison coordinators
Review jointly with SC2/WG2 future ad hoc meeting of SC2, SC35 and SC22/WG20 per resolution in last JTC1 plenary meeting
WG2 Liaisons
WG2 continues to work very closely with the following liaison organizations.
The Unicode Consortium
Taipei Computer Association (TCA)
Hong Kong Information Technology Federation (HKITF)
United Nations University (UNU)
CEN/TC304 (now dormant)
W3C
In addition, WG2 has worked very closely with the following working groups but no official liaisons exist between them and WG2.
SC2/WG3 - 7-bit and 8-bit Codes
ISO/TC46/SC2
SC22/WG3 - APL
SC22 and SC22/WG20 – Internationalization
ECMA TC39 - Scripting & Programming Languages
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.