L2/18-115

Minutes of UTC Meeting 155
San José, CA — April 30 - May 4, 2018
Hosted by Adobe
UTC #155 Agenda
Revision date: July 10, 2018

Monday, April 30, 2018

Meeting opened at 10:30.

7 members represented: Adobe, IBM, MS, Apple, FB, UCB, Google

9.5 members in regular attendance. Quorum is 5.

A.5.2.1 Review of open action items [L2/SD2]

A.5.1 Approval of minutes
A.5.1.1Approve UTC Meeting 154 [L2/18-007]

[155-C1] Consensus: Approve minutes of UTS #154 as documented in L2/18-007.

[155-C2] Consensus: Approve all the unapproved UTC minutes from meeting #120 - #152.

[155-A1] Action Item for Lisa Moore, Ken Whistler: Update the website and links as appropriate for UTC minutes from meeting #120 - #152.

UTC #160 July 22-26, 2019. Tentatively hosted by Microsoft.
UTC #161 Oct 7 -11, 2019. Hosted by Apple.
IUC Oct 16-18, 2019.

Short break 11:25 - 11:35.

Emojipedia now present. 7.5 members represented.

B.11.1 Issue 355: Proposed Update UAX #29 Unicode Text Segmentation
B.11.1.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]
B.11.1.2 Document for review [Davis, L2/18-147]

[155-C3] Consensus: Change the Word_Break property for U+055B, U+055C, and U+055E to ALetter for Unicode 11.0.

[155-A2] Action Item for Mark Davis: Update WordBreak property for U+055B, U+055C, and U+055E to ALetter for Unicode 11.0.

[155-A3] Action Item for Mark Davis, Editorial Committee: Update UAX #29 Table 3 with the changes to ALetter property for U+055B, U+055C, and U+055E.

[155-A4] Action Item for Mark Davis, Editorial Committee: Prepare a PUA UAX #29 for Unicode 12.0 including Armenian Punctuation U+055A, U+055F, U+058A; and characters from the blocks Modifier Tone Letters and Modifier Spacing Letters.

[155-A5] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to David Corbett re disposition of feedback on PRI #355, as above.

[155-A6] Action Item for Mark Davis, Editorial Committee: Add a review note to PU UAX #29 for Unicode 12.0 asking whether the fullwidth presentation forms of comma and semicolon should be in MidNum (NFKC variants of comma and semicolon and ASCII semicolon).

[155-A7] Action Item for Mark Davis, Peter Edberg, Ken Whistler: Draft a document that outlines considerations for making the emoji properties part of the UCD in Unicode 12.0.

Lunch 12:30 - 13:30.

[155-A8] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to feedback in PRI #355 from Daniel Bünzli, Karl Williamson, Asmus Freytag.

On Phone: Judy Safran-Aasen

E.1.1 ESC Recommendations for 2018Q2 UTC [ESC, L2/18-143]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Short break.

E.1.2 Emoji Colors [ESC, L2/18-141]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.11.1 Issue 355: Proposed Update UAX #29 Unicode Text Segmentation

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.11.3 Issue 357: Proposed Update UAX #44, Unicode Character Database
B.11.3.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]

[155-A9] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Extend description of the "Extender" property in UAX #44 based on feedback from David Corbett in PRI #357, for Unicode 11.0.

B.11.6 Issue 360: Proposed Update UAX #11, East Asian Width
B.11.6.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]
B.11.6.2 Document for review [Lunde, et al, L2/18-152]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.11.9 Issue 368: Proposed Update UAX #9, Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm
B.11.9.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]
B.11.9.2 Document for review [Davis, et al, L2/18-155]

[155-A10] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to David Corbett's feedback in PRI #368.

B.11.10 Issue 369: Proposed Update UAX #50, Unicode Vertical Text Layout
B.11.10.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]
B.11.10.2 Document for review [Ishii, Lunde, L2/18-156]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.11.11 Issue 370: Proposed Update UAX #15, Unicode Normalization Forms B.11.11.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117] B.11.11.2 Document for review [Davis, Whistler, L2/18-157]

[155-A11] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to David Corbett's feedback on PRI #370.

B.11.12 Issue 371: Proposed Update UAX #41, Common references for Unicode Standard Annexes
B.11.12.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]
B.11.12.2 Document for review [Iancu, McGowan, L2/18-158]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.11.14 Issue 373: Proposed Update UAX #31, Unicode Identifier and Pattern Syntax
B.11.14.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]
B.11.14.2 Document for review [Davis, L2/18-159]

[155-C4] Consensus: Move Mongolian from Table 7, Limited Use Scripts, to Table 4, Candidate Characters for Exclusion from Identifiers, in UAX #31 for Unicode 11.0, pending resolution of architectural issues. See documents L2/18-107, L2/18-101.

[155-A12] Action Item for Mark Davis, Editorial Committee: Move Mongolian from Table 7, Limited Use Scripts, to Table 4, Table 4, Candidate Characters for Exclusion from Identifiers, in UAX #31, for Unicode 11.0.

[155-A13] Action Item for Michel Suignard: Relay the recategorization of Mongolian in UAX #31 (Table 4) for Unicode 11.0 to ICANN.

[155-A14] Action Item for Liang Hai: Communicate the above decision to Liang Jin Bao.

Meeting adjourned for the day at 17:40.

Tuesday, May 01, 2018

Happy Beltane.

Meeting opened at 9:40.

7 members represented: Adobe, IBM, MS, FB, UCB, Google, Apple

D.7.2 Proposal to encode the END OF TEXT MARK for Malayalam [Srinidhi, Sridatta, L2/18-015]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

C.15 Medefaidrin corrections for 11.0 [Ekpenyon, et al, L2/18-142]

[155-C5] Consensus: Add four formal name aliases of type "correction" to Medefaidrin characters, for Unicode 11.0:

U+16E56 MEDEFAIDRIN CAPITAL LETTER H
U+16E76 MEDEFAIDRIN SMALL LETTER H
U+16E57 MEDEFAIDRIN CAPITAL LETTER NG
U+16E77 MEDEFAIDRIN SMALL LETTER NG

[155-A15] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update NameAliases.txt for Unicode 11.0 to add four Medefaidrin characters. See above consensus 155-C5.

[155-A16] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Add an annotation to U+16E99 MEDEFAIDRIN SYMBOL AIVA.

B.11.15 Issue 374: Proposed Update UTS #39, Unicode Security Mechanisms
B.11.15.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]
B.11.15.2 Document for review [Davis, Suignard, L2/18-160]

Short break, 10:30 - 10:40.

[155-A17] Action Item for Mark Davis: Regenerate UTS #39 data to pick up the changes from UAX #31 for Mongolian, for Unicode 11.0.

[155-C6] Consensus: Approve UTS #39 for publication, with updates based on feedback received during the meeting.

[155-A18] Action Item for Mark Davis, Editorial Committee: Prepare UTS #39 for publication.

[155-A19] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Close PRI #374.

B.11.16 Issue 375: Proposed Update UTS #46, Unicode IDNA Compatibility Processing
B.11.16.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]
B.11.16.2 Document for review [Davis, Suignard, L2/18-161]

[155-A20] Action Item for Michel Suignard: Draft a document outlining proposed changes to UTS #46.

[155-A21] Action Item for Mark Davis: Make sure the test file format documentation is in one place in the header of the data file for UTS #46 for Unicode 11.0.

[155-A22] Action Item for Mark Davis: Point out usage of U+FFFD and see if any additional empty sets need to be removed from the test file for UTS #46.

[155-A23] Action Item for Mark Davis: Regenerate the UTS #46 test data file for Unicode 11.0.

B.11.4 Issue 358: Proposed Update UTS #10, Unicode Collation Algorithm
B.11.4.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]
B.11.4.2 Document for review [Davis, et al, L2/18-150]

[155-C7] Consensus: Approve UTS #10 for publication.

[155-A24] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Prepare UTS #10 for pulication.

[155-A25] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Close PRI #358.

Short break.

B.11.17 Issue 376: Proposed Update UAX #14, Unicode Line Breaking Algorithm
B.11.17.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]
B.11.17.2 Document for review [Heninger, L2/18-162]

[155-A26] Action Item for Andy Heninger: Look at feedback from Charlotte Buff and fix the character names as described in the PRI #376 feedback. Remove the first instance of NBHY and change the others to "NON-BREAKING HYPHEN", for Unicode 11.0.

[155-A27] Action Item for Andy Heninger: Change the description of rule LB8a in UAX #14 to match the rule, for Unicode 11.0.

Lunch 12:30 - 13:30, and emoji ad-hoc meeting.

Presentation on maté emoji by Daniela Guini and Maria Florencia Coelho.

E.1.2 Emoji Colors [ESC, L2/18-141]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

E.1.1 ESC Recommendations for 2018Q2 UTC [ESC, L2/18-143]

Long discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Short break.

D.9 Proposal to encode the Chorasmian script [Pandey, L2/18-164] D.9.1 Roadmap for Chorasmian and Elymaic [Pandey]

[155-C8] Consensus: Move Elymaic Block from U+10EC0..U+10EDF to U+10FE0..U+10FFF, for Unicode 12.0.

[155-A28] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to implement move of Elymaic Block from U+10EC0..U+10EDF to U+10FE0..U+10FFF, for Unicode 12.0.

[155-A29] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add ballot comment about moving Elymaic Block from U+10EC0..U+10EDF to U+10FE0..U+10FFF, for Unicode 12.0.

C.13 Preliminary proposal to encode Old Uyghur in Unicode [Pandey, L2/18-126]

Brief discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

C.2.1 Script Ad Hoc recommendations to the UTC [Anderson, et al, L2/18-168]
C.11.1 Summary of suggestions and proposals for improvements to the Mongolian phonetic model [Pournader, L2/18-107]
C.11.2 Mongolian Working Group Meeting 2 Report [Moore, L2/18-108]

[155-A30] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, Liang Hai, Ken Whistler: Update chapter 13.5 and 6.2 of the core specification for Unicode 12.0.

[155-A31] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, Liang Hai, Ken Whistler: Propose updated linebreak behavior for the glue section of UAX #14, for Unicode 12.0, including use of NNBSP when preceded by non-Mongolian text.

[155-A32] Action Item for Liang Hai: Work with experts from Inner Mongolia to produce a proposal for additional variations sequences for Mongolian and also explain why a fourth FVS is needed.

[155-A33] Action Item for Liang Hai: Communicate with Inner Mongolia on how to encode Mongolian words and how to break ligatures.

[155-A34] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Add an annotation to Nameslist to note that TODO SOFT HYPHEN is also used for Hudum, for Unicode 11.0.

[155-A35] Action Item for Lisa Moore, Editorial Committee: Add a note on the TODO SOFT HYPHEN to the Mongolian block description for Unicode 11.0.

[155-A36] Action Item for Liang Hai, Roozbeh Pournader: Look into Script and Script_Extension properties for NNBSP, and potentially create a proposal for changes to the properties.

Meeting adjourned for the day at 17:35.

Wednesday, May 02, 2018

Meeting opened at 9:32.

7 members represented: Adobe, Apple, IBM, FB, Google, Microsoft, UCB, ...

On phone: Peter Constable, Kristi Lee, John Jenkins, Tom Moore.

B.11.19.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]

Discussion of Japanese Era name.

[155-A37] Action Item for Ken Lunde: Communicate with Japan NB about new era character.

B.11.7 Issue 361: Proposed Update UAX #38, Unicode Han Database (Unihan)
B.11.7.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]

[155-A38] Action Item for Michel Suignard: Remove the Hong Kong Cross reference for U+5344.

[155-A39] Action Item for John Jenkins: Remove HG, Big 5 and CNS Properties for U+5344.

[155-A40] Action Item for Peter Edberg: Convey to the CLDR-TC the feedback in March 13 error report in L2/18-117, and convey results back to UTC.

[155-A41] Action Item for John Jenkins, Richard Cook: Send 3/22/18 error report in L2/18-117 to Taiwan for their review.

[155-A42] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update Unihan based on March 30 and April 14 feedback in L2/18-117.

[155-A43] Action Item for John Jenkins: Add sources and update or remove links in UAX #38 for Unicode 11.0.

B.11.7.1.2 Proposed kIRG_GSource Changes & Corrections [Lunde, L2/18-065]
B.11.7.1.3 Proposed kMainlandTelegraph changes [Chung, L2/18-096]

[155-A44] Action Item for John Jenkins: Consider changes proposed in L2/18-096 for Unicode 12.0.

B.11.7.1.4 Redefining kDefaultSortKey in UAX #38 [Jenkins, L2/18-118]

[155-A45] Action Item for John Jenkins: Create a Proposed Update UAX #38 for Unicode 12.0 that includes the 64-bit version of the algorithm and with key anonymous that is discussed in document L2/18-118.

[155-A46] Action Item for John Jenkins: Create a sample set of radical/stroke charts of IICore based on the new algorithm.

B.11.8 Issue 362: Proposed Update UAX #45, U-source Ideographs
B.11.8.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]

[155-A47] Action Item for John Jenkins: Reference the 2015 IRG working set in section 1, item 4, for Unicode 11.0 and re-word the text about orphaned ideographs.

B.11.8.1.2 Proposal to add 2 new UAX#45 characters [Chan, L2/18-064]

[155-A48] Action Item for John Jenkins: Add two CJK characters to UAX #45, based on document L2/18-064, for Unicode 12.0 with status N.

B.11.8.1.3 Request to add nine U-source ideographs [Chung, L2/18-097]

[155-A49] Action Item for John Jenkins: Add nine CJK characters to UAX #45, based on document L2/18-097, for Unicode 12.0 with status N.

B.11.8.1.4 Proposed data changes for Fenn-sourced UAX #45 ideographs [Nelson, L2/18-134]

[155-A50] Action Item for John Jenkins: Confirm and update the status and codepoints in USourceData.txt for the five characters in the second table of document L2/18-134, for Unicode 11.0.

[155-A51] Action Item for John Jenkins: Submit the five characters in the second table of document L2/18-134 to the IRG for a horizontal extension.

[155-A52] Action Item for John Jenkins, Richard Cook: Discuss the four characters in table 1 of document L2/18-134 and follow up appropriately.

B.3.1.2 Proposal to remove the UCS2003 representative glyphs from the Extension B code charts [Lunde, Chan, L2/18-063]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.3.1.3 Proposed kIICore Changes & Additions [Lunde, L2/18-066]

[155-A53] Action Item for Ken Lunde: Encapsulate the rationale in an update of document L2/18-066.

B.3.1.3.1 Comment on IRG N2298 & L2/18-066 (Proposed kIICore Changes & Additions) [Chung, L2/18-071]

[155-A54] Action Item for Ken Lunde: Suggest use of tag "X" for IICore items that have no region at that priority and exclude in L2/18-066 for kIICore changes and additions.

B.4.2 Proposal to add standardized variation sequences for various punctuation [Lunde, L2/18-073]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.4.3 Extend the EquivalentUnifiedIdeograph property to three Suzhou numerals and give formal aliases to all Suzhou numerals and 12 unified ideographs [Silva, L2/18-082]

[155-A55] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to author of L2/18-082 that the UTC declined to take any action on this proposal.

Lunch 12:30 - 13:30.

C.12 Cluster Formation Model for Khitan Small Script [West, L2/18-121]

[155-A56] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to author of L2/18-121.

C.14 Proposal to encode two additional Zanabazar Square letters (WG2 N4945) [West, L2/18-132]

[155-A57] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to author of L2/18-132.

B.11.2 Issue 356: Proposed Update UTS #51, Unicode Emoji
B.11.2.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]
B.11.2.2 Document for review [Davis, Edberg, L2/18-148]

On Phone: Jennifer 8. Lee

[155-A58] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to feedback from Asif Ansari (Sun Jan 28 03:38:12 CST 2018).

[155-A59] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Forward Charlotte Buff's feedback on PRI #356 (Sat Feb 17 08:07:35 CST 2018) to emoji subcommittee and respond to sender.

[155-A60] Action Item for Mark Davis, Peter Edberg: Make it clear in UTS #51 for Emoji 12.0 that the term 'FACE' in an emoji animal name does not impose requirements on the glyph design.

[155-A61] Action Item for Mark Davis, Peter Edberg, Emoji Subcommittee: Create a FAQ regarding the term "face" in an emoji character name.

[155-A62] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to feedback from Christoph Päper on PRI #356 (Wed Feb 28 04:22:57 CST 2018). Actions are being added, see above, regarding the term face.

[155-A63] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Forward feedback from Marius Spix on PRI #356 (Tue Apr 10 00:50:37 CDT 2018) to emoji subcommittee.

[155-A64] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to thank Marius Spix for feedback on PRI #356 (Tue Apr 10 00:50:37 CDT 2018).

[155-A65] Action Item for Mark Davis, Peter Edberg, Editorial Committee: Make the list in section 2.1 of UTS #51 be a table with the addition of formal Unicode character names, for UTS version 12.0, and adjust inline references as necessary to have both names.

[155-A66] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to Charlotte Buff feedback on PRI #356 (Wed Apr 11 09:02:06 CDT 2018).

[155-A67] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to feedback from Nobuoka Yuya on PRI #356 (Sun Apr 29 09:08:09 CDT 2018).

[155-A68] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Forward feedback from Christoph Päper on PRI #356 (Tue Apr 17 08:59:49 CDT 2018) to the emoji subcommittee.

B.11.5 Issue 359: Proposed Draft UTR #53, Unicode Arabic Mark Ordering Algorithm
B.11.5.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]
B.11.5.1.2 PRI 359 Disposition of feedback [Hallissy, Evans, L2/18-109]

[155-C9] Consensus: Publish a draft of UTS #53 after making updates based on feedback received during discussion.

[155-A69] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, Lorna Evans, Bob Hallissy: Review U+08D3 ARABIC SMALL LOW WAW for possible inclusion in the MCM list in UTR #53.

[155-A70] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Close PRI #359.

[155-A71] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, Lorna Evans, Bob Hallissy: Create a working draft revision 3 of UTR #53.

C.3.3 Proposal to encode additional Arabic script characters for Hausa to the UCS [Evans, Warren-Rothlin, L2/18-094]

[155-C10] Consensus: Add U+08C3 ARABIC LETTER GHAIN WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE and U+08C4 ARABIC LETTER AFRICAN QAF WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE with properties as given in document L2/18-094, for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[155-A72] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+08C3 ARABIC LETTER GHAIN WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE and U+08C4 ARABIC LETTER AFRICAN QAF WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE.

[155-A73] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: U+08C3 ARABIC LETTER GHAIN WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE and U+08C4 ARABIC LETTER AFRICAN QAF WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE.

[155-A74] Action Item for Lorna Evans: Send a font to Michel Suignard for U+08C3 ARABIC LETTER GHAIN WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE and U+08C4 ARABIC LETTER AFRICAN QAF WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE.

C.3.1 Proposal to include Hindko alphabets [Shaikh, L2/18-032]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

C.3.2 Proposal to include Luri alphabets [Mogoei, Shaikh, L2/18-061]

[155-A75] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Forward feedback from the script ad-hoc to the authors of L2/18-061.

Short break.

B.11.13 Issue 372: Unicode 11.0.0 Beta
B.11.13.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time. (The beta 11 feedback will be taken up on Thursday.)

B.11.1 Issue 355: Proposed Update UAX #29, Unicode Text Segmentation
B.11.1.2 Document for review [Davis, L2/18-147]

[155-A76] Action Item for Mark Davis: In UAX #29, delete Virama and LinkingConsonant from Table 2, for Unicode 11.0.

[155-A77] Action Item for Mark Davis: In UAX #29, remove the cluster break property values in the UCD from all generated grapheme cluster data files and PropertyValueAliases.txt for Unicode 11.0.

[155-A78] Action Item for Mark Davis: In UAX #29, remove rule GB9c and adjust the text to deal with those removals, for Unicode 11.0.

[155-A79] Action Item for Mark Davis: In UAX #29, add recommendation to use rules in "the latest version of" CLDR for Indic script languages, for Unicode 11.0.

B.11.16 Issue 375: Proposed Update UTS #46, Unicode IDNA Compatibility Processing

[155-C11] Consensus: Approve UTS #46 for publication with unicode 11.0.

[155-A80] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Close PRI #375.

[155-A81] Action Item for Mark Davis, Editorial Committee: Prepare UTS #46 for publication with Unicode 11.0.

B.11.18 Issue 377: Proposed Update UAX #42, Unicode Character Database in XML

[155-A82] Action Item for Eric Muller: Remove property LinkC and Virama from the attribute GCB for Unicode 11.0.

[155-A83] Action Item for Eric Muller: Review final Unihan regexes for any possible changes. See L2/18-119.

Meeting adjourned for the day at 17:32.

Thursday, May 03, 2018

Meeting opened at 9:43.

7 members represented: Apple, Adobe, FB, IBM (proxy), Google, Microsoft, UCB

B.11.13 Issue 372: Unicode 11.0.0 Beta

[155-A84] Action Item for Andy Heninger, Mark Davis, Deborah Anderson: Investigate PRI #372 feedback from fantasai on "Apparent Sentence_Break miscategorizations" (Thu Mar 8 02:36:01 CST 2018) and make suggestions for Unicode 12.0, for UTC #157, September 17-21, 2018.

[155-A85] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to PRI #372 feedback from Tim Young on "CJK Unified Ideographs additions" (Wed Mar 14 16:51:28 CDT 2018).

[155-A86] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, Liang Hai: Investigate the "Indic_Syllabic_Category of GURMUKHI SIGN UDAAT" in PRI #372 feedback from David Corbett on (Mon Mar 26 21:25:58 CDT 2018), for Unicode 12.0.

[155-A87] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to PRI #372 feedback from David Corbett on "Indic_Syllabic_Category of GURMUKHI SIGN UDAAT" (Mon Mar 26 21:25:58 CDT 2018).

[155-A88] Action Item for Ken Lunde: Ask Hong Kong to send an updated font to Michel Suignard and Rick McGowan that has a corrected glyph for U+8494 蒔 in the "H" column.

[155-A89] Action Item for Mark Davis: Document extra classes of testing characters in the segmentation text HTML files for 11.0.

[155-A90] Action Item for Mark Davis: Provide customized versions of the headers for the segmentation test files, for Unicode 12.0.

[155-A91] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to PRI #372 feedback from Behnam Esfahbod (Fri Apr 6 20:19:21 CDT 2018).

[155-A92] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Make annotations for SHARP S based on feedback from Marc Lodewijck (Sat Apr 14 15:26:56 CDT 2018) as modified in UTC discussion, for Unicode 11.0.

[155-A93] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Respond to PRI #372 feedback on SHARP S from Marc Lodewijck (Sat Apr 14 15:26:56 CDT 2018).

[155-C12] Consensus: Make U+2BFE REVERSED RIGHT ANGLE have BidiMirroring=YES and a bidi-mirroring pair with U+221F.

[155-A94] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update U+2BFE for BidiMirroring=YES, in UnicodeData.txt and add mirroring pair 221F/2BFE in BidiMirroring.txt.

[155-A95] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Respond to feedback from Marcel Schneider (Tue Apr 24 02:12:15 CDT 2018) on PRI #372 NamedSequencesProv.txt. If he wants to add named sequences, he needs to make a full proposal to UTC with justifications.

[155-A96] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the numeric value of U+1ECA1 INDIC SIYAQ NUMBER KAROR to 10,000,000 (ten million) in the UCD for Unicode 11.0, per feedback from Charlotte Buff (Sun Apr 29 19:37:14 CDT 2018).

[155-A97] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to feedback from Charlotte Buff in PRI #372 on U+1ECA1 INDIC SIYAQ NUMBER KAROR.

[155-A98] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Respond to Marcel Schneider on his feedback for PRI #372.

B.11.19.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]

[155-C13] Consensus: Change U+2B74 CIRCLED COUNTERCLOCKWISE ARROW to U+1F10E and change U+2B75 CIRCLED DOLLAR SIGN WITH OVERLAID BACKSLASH to U+1F10F.

[155-A99] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to Change U+2B74 CIRCLED COUNTERCLOCKWISE ARROW to U+1F10E and change U+2B75 CIRCLED DOLLAR SIGN WITH OVERLAID BACKSLASH to U+1F10F.

[155-A100] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add a note in the request for future additions about changing U+2B74 CIRCLED COUNTERCLOCKWISE ARROW to U+1F10E and U+2B75 CIRCLED DOLLAR SIGN WITH OVERLAID BACKSLASH to U+1F10F.

[155-A101] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Respond to Eduardo Marín Silva and Charlotte Buff about Creative Commons symbols. See general feedback document L2/18-117.

[155-A102] Action Item for Mark Davis, Emoji Subcommittee: Review Charlotte Buff's feedback in L2/18-117 on L2/18-091 ZWJ sequences for couples holding hands.

[155-A103] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to Sultan M Saeed's report on OSA in L2/18-117 (Wed Jan 24 07:48:18 CST 2018).

B.11.19.1.2 Comments on Public Review Issues (October 13, 2017 - January 24, 2018) [L2/18-009]

[155-A104] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Review David Corbett's feedback "Indic categories of U+20F0 COMBINING ASTERISK ABOVE" in L2/18-009, and sections 2B, 2E, and 2F of L2/18-168, for Unicode 12.0.

[155-A105] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Contact Andrew West and David Corbett pointing to section 2C of L2/18-168, regarding Soyombo and Zanabazar Square, to let them know that Anshuman Pandey is working on some of the text.

[155-A106] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Add Tirhuta to ScriptExtension property of U+1CF2, for Unicode 12.0.

[155-A107] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Follow up on section 2G of doc L2/18-168, regarding feedback on Meetei Mayek.

[155-A108] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Review the Indic Syllabic category of U+A8B4 SAURASHTRA CONSONANT SIGN HAARU, for Unicode 11.0. (Update InSC=Consonant_Final → Consonant_Medial).

[155-A109] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Review feedback in section 2I of document L2/18-168 on Syloti Nagri.

B.14.3 Changes to ScriptExtensions.txt for Indic characters for Unicode 11.0 [Srinidhi, Sridatta, L2/17-424]

[155-A110] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Ask Sriramana Sharma to review the situation with use of Pushpika across Indic scripts. See document L2/17-424.

[155-A111] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Add B.14.2 document L2/17-430R to the agenda for the next UTC meeting.

B.13.4 General feedback for the Editorial Committee [Silva, L2/18-025]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.11.17.2 Document for review [Heninger, L2/18-162]

[155-C14] Consensus: Change rule LB8a of UAX #14 to be "ZWJ x", that is, deleting the right side, for Unicode version 11.0.

[155-A112] Action Item for Andy Heninger, Editorial Committee: Remove the right side of the rule for LB8a in UAX #14, and make other necessary changes including the description of ZWJ.

[155-A113] Action Item for Peter Edberg, Emoji Subcommittee: Propose a ZWJ sequence to indicate gesture for deafness.

Lunch and other meeting, 12:30 - 14:00.

B.11.2 Issue 356: Proposed Update UTS #51, Unicode Emoji
B.11.2.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]
B.11.2.2 Document for review [Davis, Edberg, L2/18-148]

[155-C15] Consensus: Approve UTS #51 Version 11 for publication.

[155-A114] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Close PRI #356.

[155-A115] Action Item for Mark Davis, Peter Edberg, Editorial Committee: Prepare UTS #51 version 11 for publication.

E.1.1 ESC Recommendations for 2018Q2 UTC [ESC, L2/18-143R2]

[155-C16] Consensus: Authorize the publication of 60 draft candidate emoji characters for emoji 12, as documented in L2/18-143R2.

[155-A116] Action Item for Mark Davis: Empty the provisional emoji candidate chart and populate the approved draft emoji candidate chart.

Short break.

C.3.1 Proposal to include Hindko alphabets [Shaikh, L2/18-032]

[155-C17] Consensus: Accept five Arabic letters for Hindko, as documented in L2/18-032, with glyphs, names, and codepoints as documented in L2/18-174, for encoding in a future version of the standard:

U+08BE ARABIC LETTER PEH WITH SMALL V
U+08BF ARABIC LETTER TEH WITH SMALL V
U+08C0 ARABIC LETTER TTEH WITH SMALL V
U+08C1 ARABIC LETTER TCHEH WITH SMALL V
U+08C2 ARABIC LETTER KEHEH WITH SMALL V

[155-A117] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include five Arabic letters for Hindko. See above consensus 155-C17.

[155-A118] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add five Arabic letters for Hindko to document requesting new additions. See above consensus 155-C17.

[155-A119] Action Item for Lorna Evans: Create a font for five Arabic Hindko letters and send to Michel Suignard. See above consensus 155-C17.

C.9 Revised draft for the encoding of an extended Egyptian Hieroglyphs repertoire (Hieroglyphica based) (WG2 N4944) [Suignard, L2/18-165]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

E.1.1 ESC Recommendations for 2018Q2 UTC [ESC, L2/18-143R2]

[155-C18] Consensus: Accept 60 emoji characters with codepoints and character names as given in L2/18-143R2, for encoding in Unicode 12.0. Sixteen go into a new block "Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A" U+1FA70..U+1FAFF.

[155-A120] Action Item for Ken Lunde: Create a proposal summary form for the newly added emoji characters.

[155-A121] Action Item for Mark Davis, Emoji Subcommittee: Provide a font to Michel Suignard for the 60 newly encoded emoji characters.

[155-A122] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Get the roadmap committee to update for the new block "Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A" (U+1FA70..U+1FAFF).

[155-A123] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Add agenda items E.1.4, E.1.5, and E.1.6 to the agenda for the next UTC meeting.

D.11 Proposed Property Changes for Ardhavisargas [Srinidhi, Sridatta, L2/18-075]

[155-C19] Consensus: Change two properties for U+1CF2 VEDIC SIGN ARDHAVISARGA and U+1CF3 VEDIC SIGN ROTATED ARDHAVISARGA, General Category from Mc to Lo, and LineBreak from Cm to AL, for Unicode 12.0.

[155-A124] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, Liang Hai: Look into the Indic properties for U+1CF2 VEDIC SIGN ARDHAVISARGA and U+1CF3 VEDIC SIGN ROTATED ARDHAVISARGA, for Unicode 12.0. See document L2/18-075.

[155-A125] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update UnicodeData.txt and LineBreak.txt for U+1CF2 VEDIC SIGN ARDHAVISARGA and U+1CF3 VEDIC SIGN ROTATED ARDHAVISARGA, for unicode 12.0. See document L2/18-075.

Short break.

B.11.18 Issue 377: Proposed Update UAX #42, Unicode Character Database in XML
B.11.18.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]
B.11.18.2 Document for review [Muller, L2/18-163]

[155-A126] Action Item for Eric Muller: Use the long form for Equivalent_Unified_Ideograph in the introductory sentence of section 4.4.1 of UAX #42, for Unicode 11.0. Also update typo in the second bullet of Revision 3 in the Modifications section ("one elements" s/b "one element"). Double-check all of the Unihan properties.

[155-C20] Consensus: Approve all of the UAXes for publication in Unicode version 11.0.

[155-A127] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Close all of the current PRIs for UAXes for Unicode 11.0.

[155-A128] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Do final preparation of all of the UAXes for publication, for Unicode 11.0.

B.1.3.1.1.1 Comments on Shuishu in PDAM2.3 text (WG2 N4942) [Suzuki, L2/18-131]

[155-C21] Consensus: The UTC supports the reasoning given by Suzuki in L2/18-131 and L2/18-133. The UTC is of the opinion that the Shuishu proposal is not yet mature, and hence encoding at this time is not advisable.

[155-A129] Action Item for Peter Constable: Include the UTC position on Shuishu in the liaison report to SC2/WG2. See above consensus 155-C21.

C.2.1 Script Ad Hoc recommendations to the UTC [Anderson, et al, L2/18-168]

Oral report by Deborah Anderson . D.1.1 Review of Indic-related documents and recommendations to the UTC [Anderson, et al, L2/18-168]

Oral report by Deborah Anderson.

E.3 Proposal to encode Ancient Chinese Mathematical Symbols [Jiang, L2/17-219]

Oral report by Deborah Anderson.

C.8 Report on the Bété script 2017 [Riley, L2/17-323]

Oral report by Deborah Anderson.

C.6 Proposal for encoding the Garay script in the SMP of the UCS [SEI/Everson, L2/16-069]
C.7 Report on the Garay script 2017 [Riley, L2/17-322]

Oral report by Deborah Anderson.

D.10 Introducing the Amaragannada scripts [Srinidhi, Sridatta, L2/17-186R]

Oral report by Deborah Anderson.

C.5 Feedback on proposed Unifon letters [Silva, L2/17-437]

Oral report by Deborah Anderson.

[155-A130] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Forward script ad-hoc feedback on Unifon to Eduardo Marín Silva. See document L2/18-168, page 30.

D.2 Proposal to encode two characters in Khojki [Srinidhi, Sridatta, L2/17-307]

Oral report by Deborah Anderson.

E.2 Proposal to encode the POSTAL MARK ENCLOSED IN DOWN POINTING TRIANGLE [Silva, L2/18-058]

[155-A131] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Relay the UTC feedback on L2/18-058 to Eduardo Marín Silva, requesting that he please provide an updated proposal that includes the proposed codepoint U+1F1B0 with the name "SYMBOL FOR TYPE A ELECTRONICS".

Meeting adjourned for the day at 17:20.

Friday, May 04, 2018

Meeting opened at 9:42.

7 members represented: Apple, Adobe, FB, IBM, UCB, Google, Microsoft

B.3.1.3 Proposed kIICore Changes & Additions [Lunde, L2/18-066R]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.11.7 Issue 361: Proposed Update UAX #38, Unicode Han Database (Unihan)
B.11.7.1.1 General feedback [L2/18-117]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

D.8.1 Feedback on ISO/TC 46/WG3 N2631 ISO/CD 20674-1 “Information and documentation – Transliteration of scripts in use in Thailand – Part 1: Transliteration of Akson-Thai-Noi” [Unicode Script Ad Hoc, L2/18-070]
D.8.3 Towards a comprehensive proposal for Thai Noi / Lao Buhan script [Mitchell, et al, L2/18-072]

[155-A132] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Draft a response to TC37 regarding the Thai transliteration standard. See document L2/18-070.

D.4.1 Proposal to encode the CANDRABINDU for Sinhala [Srinidhi, Sridatta, L2/18-060]

[155-C22] Consensus: Accept U+0D81 SINHALA SIGN CANDRABINDU with properties as given in document L2/18-060, for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[155-A133] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+0D81 SINHALA SIGN CANDRABINDU.

[155-A134] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add U+0D81 SINHALA SIGN CANDRABINDU to document requesting new additions.

D.7.1 Proposal to encode MALAYALAM LETTER VEDIC ANUSVARA [Srinidhi, Sridatta, L2/17-276R]

[155-C23] Consensus: Accept U+0D04 MALAYALAM LETTER VEDIC ANUSVARA with properties as given in L2/17-276R for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[155-A135] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+0D04 MALAYALAM LETTER VEDIC ANUSVARA. See document L2/17-276R.

[155-A136] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add U+0D04 MALAYALAM LETTER VEDIC ANUSVARA to document requesting new additions. See document L2/17-276R.

[155-A137] Action Item for Srinidhi A, Rick McGowan: Provide a font for printing U+0D04 MALAYALAM LETTER VEDIC ANUSVARA. See document L2/17-276R.

Short break.

E.4 Revised proposal for dealing with the moon symbols problem [Karlsson, L2/18-062R]

The UTC declines to take action on new annotations and creating a second emoji style, as discussed in L2/18-062R.

[155-A138] Action Item for Rick McGowan, Lisa Moore: Respond to author of L2/18-062R.

E.6 Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS [Ewell, et al, L2/17-435R]

[155-A139] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Respond to Doug Ewell about L2/17-435R.

B.1.1.2.1 Unicode liaison report to SC2

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Lunch 11:30 - 12:30.

E.5 On the encoding of tachograph symbols [Spix, L2/18-090]
E.5.1 Feedback on proposal to encode tachograph symbols [Silva, L2/18-095]

[155-A140] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to author of L2/18-090.

B.13.3.1 Authorize V11.0 Release

[155-C24] Consensus: Authorize the Unicode version 11.0 release.

[155-A141] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Release Unicode 11.0.

[155-A142] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Carry forward agenda items B.14.1, C.4, C.10, D.5, D.7.2, D.14, D.16, D.17 to the agenda for the next UTC meeting.

B.1.3.2 Review ballot comments [Anderson]

Oral discussion.

UTC adjourned for the week at 12:54. L2 continued.

UTC Attendance

Members Represented

Members not in regular attendance: Bangladesh, Huawei, Tamil Nadu, Oracle, SAP, Shopify, Sultanate of Oman

Total full members in regular attendance: 7

Total institutional members in regular attendance: 2

Total supporting members in regular attendance: 1

Quorum: 5