UTC #
L2 #
Who
Action
Status
76-1

Aliprand/Winkler
Put these topics on agenda of July UTC/L2 joint meeting. 
? TC 46 mapping project
? revision draft of Formal criteria on disunification
? revision of Formal criteria for coding precomposed 
characters
? revision of Support for implementing interlinear 
annotations (draft UTR)
? C1 use
? revision of Newline Guidelines (draft UTR)
? revision of Line breaking properties (draft UTR)
? proposal on math symbols
? revision of East Asian width property (draft UTR)
? revised UTC procedures
? proposal on variant tagging
? variation marks for Mongolian and general extension
? presentation on glyphs and font issues (Carroll)


173-2
L2 representatives:
Provide feedback to Barry by May 5 at latest on potentially 
problematic mappings for non-alphabetic characters in 
these standards: 
? ISO 5426-2: Extension of the Latin alphabet ... Part 2: 
Latin characters used in minor languages and obsolete 
typography; 
? ISO 10585: Armenian alphabet ... 
? ISO 10754: Extension of the Cyrillic alphabet ... for 
non-Slavic languages


173-3
Aliprand
Put Anthony Brickell in touch with Bruce Paterson.


173-4
Barry
Obtain LC copy of the CHASE report on mapping of 
UNIMARC character sets to Unicode/ISO 10646.


173-5
Barry
Give Arnold Winkler the name of the Iranian representative 
on TC 46/SC 4/WG 1 so he can ask her for feedback on 
FCD 14651 in relation to sorting for Farsi (Persian).

76-6

Freytag
Update L2/98-152 Formal criteria on disunification, assign 
new L2 number, post on the Unicode Web site and notify 
Umamaheswaran when done.

76-7

Umamaheswaran
Work with Freytag to prepare revision draft of L2/98-152, 
Formal criteria on disunification for July UTC meeting, 
including expansion of text re costs.

76-8

Freytag
Arrange with Mike Ksar to post soft-copy of L2/98-097 
Formal criteria for coding precomposed characters on the 
Unicode Web site.  If soft-copy is not available, scan 
L2/98-097.  Notify Umamaheswaran when soft-copy is 
available.

76-9

Umamaheswaran
 Work with Freytag to prepare revision draft of L2/98-097, 
Formal criteria for coding precomposed characters for July 
UTC meeting, including rewording of first negative point.

76-10

Freytag
Test disunification of combining characters using 
umlaut/diaeresis as a test case.

76-11

Sargent
Send examples of coded math text and the renderings of the 
text to Freytag.  Renderings to be supplied as GIFs.

76-12

Freytag
Revise document L2/98-099 Support for implementing 
interlinear annotations … on the basis of input received at 
this meeting. Publish it as a draft Unicode Technical Report 
on the Unicode Web site.  Solicit public comment.

76-13

Davis
Edit paragraph T6 of the updated text of the BiDi algorithm 
as recommended in document L2/98-149..

76-14

Sargent
Provide text on how CR/LF is used in DOS/Windows, 
Macintosh, and UNIX to Mark Davis for Newline 
Guidelines (draft UTR)

76-15

Umamaheswaran
Work with Mark Davis to add EBCDIC use of NL to 
Newline Guidelines (draft UTR)



Umamaheswaran
Provide comments on different practices in applications on 
the same platform with respect to CR/LF to Mark Davis for 
Newline Guidelines (draft UTR)

76-16

Davis
Revise Newline Guidelines incorporating feedback from 
Umamaheswaran, Sargent and any other post-meeting 
comments for July UTC meeting

76-17

Whistler
Work with Everson and Bauhan to facilitate acquisition of 
necessary Unicode information about Burmese script.

76-18

Suignard
Use image of ideographic variation mark from GBK font 
when preparing US comments on the coming PDAM for 
the ideographic variation mark.

76-19

Whistler 
Compile property assignments for the characters accepted 
at this meeting.


173-20
McGowan
Supply True Type font for Western musical symbols to 
Suignard (for use in 10646 editorial work).


173-21
Whistler
Cross-check Runes in AMD 19 against FPDAM version.

76-22

Suignard 
Supply write-up on use of NBSP in HTML to Freytag for 
revision of Line breaking properties (draft UTR)

76-23

All members
Provide additional feedback on document L2/98-151 Line 
breaking properties to Freytag.  To be used in next 
revision, must reach Freytag before May 8,

76-24

Freytag
Revise document L2/98-151 Line breaking properties 
incorporating comments from this meeting and any others 
received later to create a draft Unicode Technical Report.  
Post on Web site for public review.

76-25

Sargent & Carroll
Work with submitters of L2/98-093 with the target of 
submitting a proposal on math symbols at the July UTC.

76-26

Freytag
Revise document L2/98-155 East Asian width property 
incorporating comments from this meeting and any others 
received later to create a draft Unicode Technical Report.  
Post on Web site for public review, with the intent to 
Technical Report at the July UTC meeting

76-27

Aliprand
Contact Jenkins about Action Items 72-08, 169-09.

76-28

Aliprand
Distribute revised UTC procedures at July UTC meeting.

76-29

Aliprand
Contact Goldsmith re IANA charset registration.

76-30

Editorial
Review errata re Japanese quote characters.

76-31

Ksar
Consider UTC request that enclosing triangle proposal be 
on agenda for WG2 meeting in September.

76-32

Oesterle
Add WG3 and possible special meeting of SC2 to 
September 1988 calendar.

76-33

Aliprand
Send soft-copy of Paul Nelson’s Syriac properties file to 
Whistler and Umamaheswaran.

76-34

Editorial
Review Syriac shaping proposal.

76-35

Sargent (lead)
Prepare discussion paper on architectural alternatives to 
designate variations, laying out pros and cons.  Consider 
previous related proposals (variant tagging; transcoding).  
To be available at least 2 weeks (preferably 1 month) 
before July UTC.  Co-authors: Hiura, Umamaheswaran, 
Carroll.

76-36

Winkler
Send L2 reference number for August 1997 proposal on 
variant characters from Sun & Justsystem to “unicore”

76-37

Carroll
Prepare overview of glyphs and font issues for presentation 
at July UTC meeting.

76-38

Hiura
Provide information on bounding of Han, and when it will 
be publishable.

76-39

Ng
Contact John Jenkins before IRG meeting to find out what 
he needs re CJK fonts

76-40

Ng
Coordinate with alternate representatives (Hiura, Kung) to 
ensure that the delegation expresses a consistent position.

76-41

Ng
Prepare report on IRG meeting #11 highlighting items of 
significance to the Unicode Consortium

76-42

Winkler
Send Hart an updated list of L2 members for revision of the 
X3L2 distribution list

76-43

All
Send ideas about UTC/L2 section of Unicode Web site to 
Freytag

76-44

Sargent
Investigate whether Microsoft corporate rate will be 
available to UTC/L2 attendees in July

76-45

Sargent
Send hotel recommendations for July meeting to Julia 
Oesterle


173-46
Winkler
Check with SC2 re requirements for a formal response to 
request for comments on a working draft.