L2/19-122

Approved Minutes of UTC Meeting 159
San José, CA — April 30 - May 3, 2019
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UTC #159 Agenda
Revision date: May 8, 2019

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Meeting opened at 10:30 am.

10 members in regular attendance.
Quorum is 5.

Full Members in regular attendance: 7
Institutional Members in regular attendance: 2
Supporting Members in regular attendance: 1
Quorum: 5

8 members represented: Apple, Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, Facebook, Netflix, UCB, Google

Introductions

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

UTC #165 scheduled for Oct 6-9, 2020.

Short break.

B.11.2 Unicode Standard Annex #42, Unicode Character Database in XML
B.11.2.1 Approve UAX #42 for Unicode V12.1 release

[159-C1] Consensus: Approve revision 26 of UAX #42 for Unicode 12.1.

[159-C2] Consensus: Release Unicode version 12.1 with the data in the 12.1.0 data directory, with UTS #10, UTS #39, UTS #46, and UAX #42, on May 7, 2019.

B.13.1 Positional category of Javanese pengkal [Lindenberg, Perdana, L2/19-083]

[159-C3] Consensus: Change the positional category of U+A9BE from "Right" to "Bottom_and_Right" for Unicode version 13.0.

[159-A1] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Change the positional category of U+A9BE from "Right" to "Bottom_and_Right" for Unicode version 13.0.

C7.1 Unicode Letter Addition Proposal (Latin letter turned capital y) [Schüler, L2/19-072]

[159-A2] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to the author of L2/19-072 with feedback from the Script Ad-Hoc report.

C.7.2 Proposal to encode Latin Letter Reversed Half H [West, Everson, L2/19-092]

[159-C4] Consensus: Accept U+A7F5 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER REVERSED HALF H and U+A7F6 LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED HALF H, for encoding in a future version of the standard. See document L2/19-092.

[159-A3] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+A7F5 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER REVERSED HALF H and U+A7F6 LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED HALF H. See document L2/19-092.

[159-A4] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add U+A7F5 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER REVERSED HALF H and U+A7F6 LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED HALF H to document requesting future additions. See document L2/19-092.

C.8 Proposal to encode the Old Turkic ligature ORKHON CI [Pandey, L2/19-069]

[159-A5] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Forward the Script Ad-Hoc comments to the author of L2/19-069. Mention potential comparison with Old Hungarian and Runic.

C.10.1 Investigation of Tangut unification issues (WG2 N5031) [West, Zaytsev, L2/19-064]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

C.15 Peoplese half-length hyphen [Moore, L2/19-165]

[159-A6] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Provide the Script Ad-Hoc feedback to the author of L2/19-165.

C.12 Proposal to add BREATH punctuation marks to the UCS [Sanhueza, L2/19-073]

[159-A7] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Provide the Script Ad-Hoc feedback to the author of L2/19-073.

B.14.1 Mongolian
B.14.1.1 Mongolian at UTC 159

Mongolian ad hoc, oral report by Roozbeh Pournader.

[159-C5] Consensus: Remove all of the standardized variant information and the positional variants from the Mongolian code charts in Unicode version 13.0.

[159-A8] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Adjust the nameslist in Unicode version 13.0 in accordance with consensus 159-C5.

[159-C6] Consensus: Authorize a proposed draft UTR that captures the current variant information contained in the Mongolian code charts.

[159-A9] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Create a proposed draft UTR that captures the current variant information contained in the Mongolian code charts.

[159-A10] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Create a liaison statement to WG2 regarding removing the variant info from the Mongolian code charts.

Roll call adjustment: Bangladesh now represented.

9 members represented: Apple, Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, Facebook, Netflix, UCB, Google, Bangladesh

E.1.5 QID Emoji Proposal [Davis, L2/19-082]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.13.2 Proposal to define a space character as a group separator [Schneider, L2/19-112]

[159-A11] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add L2/19-112 to the next Script Ad Hoc agenda.

B.13.3 Proposal to spread a warning about legibility of six bidi-mirrored symbols [Schneider, L2/19-113]

[159-A12] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Review the text of document L2/19-113 to see if there are any potential editorial changes to the text of UAX #9.

B.13.4 Proposal to focus line break prevention design on end-user input [Schneider, L2/19-114]

[159-A13] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to the author of L2/19-114.

B.13.5 Proposal to ensure usability of fixed-width spaces [Schneider, L2/19-115]

[159-A14] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to the author of L2/19-115. The UTC has determined that proposed actions 1 and 2 are not possible. Proposed actions 3 and 4 would be too disruptive to existing data.

B.13.6 Proposal to clarify the purpose of U+202F NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE [Schneider, L2/19-116]

[159-A15] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Reply to author of L2/19-116 that UTC declines to make the changes suggested in L2/19-116. UAX #14 allows tailoring of these characters, including thin space (linebreak property BA).

B.10.1.1 General feedback [L2/19-124]

[159-A16] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to Andrew West feedback [Tue Apr 2 05:00:41 CDT 2019] that it has been forwarded to the proposal author.

[159-A17] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to William Overington's feedback in L2/19-124 of [Thu Apr 4 02:31:31 CDT 2019] and [Thu Apr 4 02:40:44 CDT 2019] that UTC declines to take action. These are out of scope.

[159-A18] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to Lee Collins feedback in L2/19-124 [Wed Apr 10 15:25:00 CDT 2019] that V-source character of U+2B5CC has been updated based on his feedback.

[159-A19] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to David Corbett's feedback in L2/19-124 [Wed Apr 10 16:11:23 CDT 2019] to thank him for the feedback. UTC would welcome assistance in providing text, or writing an independent UTN on Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls.

[159-A20] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to David Corbett's feedback in L2/19-124 [Wed Apr 10 17:21:46 CDT 2019] to thank him for the feedback. UTC would welcome assistance in providing suggested text.

[159-A21] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to feedback from Andrew West in L2/19-124 [Thu Feb 28 19:10:54 CST 2019]. Thank you for this report. It has been remanded to the editors to be fixed in the next version.

[159-A21a] Action Item for Peter Edberg, Editorial Committee: Update text of UTS #51, per feedback from Anrew West in L2/19-124 in L2/19-124 [Thu Feb 28 19:10:54 CST 2019].

[159-A22] Action Item for Mark Davis, Editorial Committee: Add text to section 2 of UAX #31 on adding characters to a profile. See feedback from Klaus Hartke in L2/19-124 [Thu Mar 21 10:22:15 CDT 2019]. For Unicode version 13.0.

[159-A23] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to Klaus Hartke regarding feedback in L2/19-124 [Thu Mar 21 10:22:15 CDT 2019] that it has been remanded to the editors for update in UAX #31 for Unicode version 13.0.

[159-A24] Action Item for Mark Davis, Editorial Committee: Fix typo in UAX #31 based on feedback from David Corbett in L2/19-124 [Tue Apr 2 10:48:22 CDT 2019].

Short break.

[159-A25] Action Item for Murray Sargent: Review feedback from David Corbett in L2/19-124 [Tue Feb 12 15:54:25 CST 2019] on U+23B7 RADICAL SYMBOL BOTTOM, including for possible glyph change.

[159-A26] Action Item for Murray Sargent: Review feedback from David Corbett in L2/19-124 [Tue Feb 12 15:57:28 CST 2019] on MathClassEx-15.txt and make appropriate changes.

[159-A27] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Review feedback from David Corbett in L2/19-124 [Tue Feb 12 15:59:19 CST 2019] about U+20E6 COMBINING DOUBLE VERTICAL STROKE OVERLAY.

[159-A28] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Review feedback from David Corbett in L2/19-124 [Wed Feb 13 13:48:22 CST 2019] about characters with question marks in BidiMirroring.txt.

[159-A29] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to feedback from David Corbett in L2/19-124 [Thu Feb 14 14:31:50 CST 2019] about inconsistent Bidi_Mirrored for glyph parts, that UTC declines to take action on this issue, due to potential issues with stability.

[159-A30] Action Item for Ken Lunde: Respond to feedback from Robert Ross in L2/19-124 [Thu Feb 21 12:40:47 CST 2019].

[159-A31] Action Item for Mark Davis: Respond to feedback from Sascha Brawer in L2/19-124 [Thu Feb 28 00:19:42 CST 2019].

Meeting adjourned for the day at 5:25 PM.

Wednesday, May 1, 2019.

Meeting opened at 9:35.

9 members represented: Apple, Adobe, Facebook, IBM, Microsoft, Bangladesh, Netflix, UCB, Google(proxy)

C.9.3 Proposal to encode ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH SMALL ARABIC LETTER TAH ABOVE [Evans, et al, L2/19-111R]

[159-C7] Consensus: Accept U+08C7 ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH SMALL ARABIC LETTER TAH ABOVE for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[159-A32] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+08C7 ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH SMALL ARABIC LETTER TAH ABOVE.

[159-A33] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add U+08C7 ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH SMALL ARABIC LETTER TAH ABOVE to document requesting future additions.

[159-A34] Action Item for Lorna Evans: Send font to Michel Suignard for U+08C7 ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH SMALL ARABIC LETTER TAH ABOVE.

[159-A35] Action Item for Lorna Evans: Update L2/19-111 to reflect the code point of U+08C7 ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH SMALL ARABIC LETTER TAH ABOVE.

Roll call adjustment: Google now represented in person.

C.9.4 Proposal to add ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE and ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS BELOW [Patel, et al, L2/19-118]

[159-C8] Consensus: Accept U+08C5 ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE and U+08C6 ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS BELOW, with properties as given in L2/19-118, for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[159-A36] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+08C5 ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE and U+08C6 ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS BELOW.

[159-A37] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add U+08C5 ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE and U+08C6 ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS BELOW to document requesting future additions.

[159-A38] Action Item for Lorna Evans: Send font to Michel Suignard for U+08C5 ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE and U+08C6 ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS BELOW.

[159-A39] Action Item for Lorna Evans, Editorial Committee: Provide text for the core spec regarding the appearance of the three dots in African styles of the Arabic script.

[159-A40] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Check the Arabic shaping properties for U+08C6 and U+08C7.

[159-A41] Action Item for Neil Patel, Deborah Anderson: Update L2/19-118 for change of codepoints, U+08C5 ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE and U+08C6 ARABIC LETTER JEEM WITH THREE DOTS BELOW.

C.9.1 Proposal to include Balti alphabet [Shaikh, L2/19-077]

[159-A42] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Provide the Script Ad-Hoc feedback to the author of L2/19-077.

C.9.2 Proposal to include Shughni/Roshani Alphabet [Zohoori, L2/19-074]

[159-A43] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Provide the Script Ad-Hoc feedback to the author of L2/19-074.

B.4.3 Glyph for U+2F2A KANGXI RADICAL LAME [Jenkins, L2/19-175]

[159-C9] Consensus: Change the glyph for U+2F2A KANGXI RADICAL LAME based on option 1 of document L2/19-175.

[159-A44] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update document L2/19-175 and submit to the IRG to document what UTC is doing with regard to U+2F2A KANGXI RADICAL LAME.

[159-A45] Action Item for Michel Suignard, Editorial Committee: Post a glyph erratum for U+2F2A KANGXI RADICAL LAME. See document L2/19-175.

[159-A46] Action Item for John Jenkins, Editorial Committee: Update information about U+2F2A KANGXI RADICAL LAME in the core spec, for Unicode 13.0.

B.4.2 New kMandarin readings for 148 ideographs [Chung, L2/19-161]

[159-A47] Action Item for Peter Edberg: Send proposed kMandarin changes in document L2/19-161 to CLDR-TC for review. Also coordinate with other pending kMandarin changes.

B.11.3.2 Distributed file to be described in UAX #45 [Jenkins, L2/19-176]

[159-C10] Consensus: Authorize a proposed update of UAX #45 for Unicode 13.0, to include the description of USourceRSChart.pdf.

[159-A48] Action Item for John Jenkins, Editorial Committee: Produce a proposed update of UAX #45 to document USourceRSChart.pdf, for Unicode 13.0.

[159-A49] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Post PRI on UAX #45 for Unicode 13.0, to close July 16, 2019.

Short break.

B.4.4 Unihan Ad Hoc Report on Variant Changes [Jenkins, L2/19-186]

[159-C11] Consensus: Authorize a proposed update of UAX #38 for Unicode 13.0 to document the new field "kSpoofVariant". See document L2/19-186.

[159-A50] Action Item for John Jenkins, Editorial Committee: Produce a proposed update of UAX #38 for Unicode 13.0 to document the new field "kSpoofVariant". See document L2/19-186.

[159-A51] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Post PRI for UAX #38 for Unicode 13.0, to close July 16, 2019.

B.4.5 UAX #38 vs. UAX #42, and Unihan properties [Cook, L2/19-191]

[159-A52] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Add L2/19-191 to the agenda for the July 2019 UTC meeting.

B.4.1 Proposal to add kTGHZ2013 to the Unihan Database [Chung, L2/19-160]

[159-A53] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update the Unihan database with the new provisional field kTGHZ2013 for Unicode 13.0.

[159-A54] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update UAX #38 to document the new kTGHZ2013 field.

[159-A55] Action Item for Ken Lunde: Respond to Jaemin Chung with the status of L2/19-160 and L2/19-161.

B.3.2 Under-specified IRG source references [Cook, L2/19-066]

[159-A56] Action Item for Richard Cook: Work with China (Chen Zhuang) to provide feedback on issues discussed in L2/19-066.

B.3.3 Proposed Horizontal Extension to ISO/IEC 10646 [Jenkins, L2/19-185]

[159-A57] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update document L2/19-185 and re-submit, then forward to IRG.

B.11.3.1 Compatibility ideographs and UAX#45 [Jenkins, L2/19-065]

[159-A58] Action Item for John Jenkins, Editorial Committee: Update UAX #45 based on document L2/19-065, for Unicode 13.0.

B.11.3.3 Proposal to update the U-Source reference for U+2B089 [Chan, et al, L2/19-081]

[159-A59] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update the UAX #45 data file based on option 2 of document L2/19-081, and add to L2/19-185.

B.11.3.4 Proposal to add 4 music-used ideographs to UAX #45 [Chan, Jiang, L2/19-089]

[159-A60] Action Item for John Jenkins: Add the 4 ideographs from document L2/19-089 to UAX #45 with a status of "N".

[159-A61] Action Item for Ken Lunde: Contact the author of L2/19-089 to relay the outcome.

Lunch and ad hocs, 12:30 - 2:00 pm.

E.1.1 ESC Recommendations for 2019Q2 UTC [ESC, L2/19-190]

[159-C12] Consensus: Advance the 55 characters in point 1 of L2/19-190 to draft candidate status for Unicode 13.0.

[159-C13] Consensus: Add 23 emoji ZWJ sequences plus their skin-tone variants, for a total of 138 emoji ZWJ sequences, as draft candidates, as described in document L2/19-189, to Emoji 13.0.

[159-A62] Action Item for Mark Davis: Add the 55 new draft candidate emoji characters and the 138 emoji ZWJ sequences to the draft emoji data files. See document L2/19-190.

[159-A63] Action Item for Mark Davis: Add the 55 new draft candidate emoji characters and the 138 emoji ZWJ sequences to the draft emoji charts. See document L2/19-190.

C.14 Replacement of Adlam reference font [Patel, et al, L2/19-119]

[159-C14] Consensus: Change the chart font for the Adlam script to use the Ebrima font.

[159-C15] Consensus: Post an erratum notice about the Adlam font change.

[159-A64] Action Item for Michel Suignard: Prepare an updated chart for Adlam using the Ebrima font.

[159-A65] Action Item for Rick McGowan, Editorial Committee: Prepare and post an erratum notice for the Adlam font change (using the new font in the notice).

[159-A66] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Generate an updated unversioned Adlam chart, and post it as the "current" code chart for that block on the Unicode site.

[159-A67] Action Item for Lisa Moore, Editorial Committee: Prepare and release a blog posting about the updated Adlam font and chart.

[159-A68] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Respond to the Barry brothers with information about Adlam font update.

E.1.1 ESC Recommendations for 2019Q2 UTC [ESC, L2/19-190]
E.1.6.2 The Curse of Representation by Specificity, or: Why There Should Not Be a Transgender Flag Emoji (L2/19-080]) [Buff, L2/19-084]

[159-C16] Consensus: Accept the transgender flag as a draft candidate ZWJ sequence for Emoji 13.0, with data file additions as in document L2/19-193.

[159-A69] Action Item for Mark Davis: Make data changes and chart changes for adding transgender flag draft candidate, as documented in L2/19-193.

C.5 Proposal for encoding the Yezidi script in the SMP of the UCS [Rovenchak, Pirbari, Karaca, L2/19-051R]

[159-C17] Consensus: Accept 47 Yezidi characters at U+10E80..U+10EB2 in block Yezidi at U+10E80..U+10EBF, with properties as given in L2/19-051R, for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[159-A70] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include 47 Yezidi characters at U+10E80..U+10EB2 in block Yezidi at U+10E80..U+10EBF.

[159-A71] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add 47 Yezidi characters at U+10E80..U+10EB2 in block Yezidi at U+10E80..U+10EBF to document requesting future additions.

[159-A72] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Obtain a font for Yezidi and supply to Michel Suignard.

D.6 Request to change the default behavior of Newa Initial Ra [Scheuren, Maharjan, L2/19-170]

[159-A73] Action Item for Liang Hai: Write a document for UTC about atomically encoded murmured consonants in Newa.

[159-C18] Consensus: Clarify the Newa text model that the representation of repha and eyelash-ra should follow Devanagari practice.

[159-A74] Action Item for Liang Hai, Editorial Committee: Update the core spec in version 13.0 to clarify the Newa text model.

[159-A75] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Respond to author of L2/19-170 about UTC results.

C.19 SBL Hebrew Font User Manual [Hudson, L2/19-183]

[159-A76] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, Chris Chapman: Provide a document to UTC regarding issues about mark-ordering for Hebrew.

Meeting adjourned for the day at 5:20.

Thursday, May 2, 2019.

Meeting opened at 9:30.

9 members represented: Apple, Adobe, Facebook, IBM, Microsoft, Bangladesh, Netflix, UCB, Google

E.3 Proposal to Encode Znamenny Musical Notation in Unicode (Preliminary and Incomplete) [Andreev, et al, L2/19-053]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

D.2.1 Proposal for revision of Unicode Bangla Block [ICT Bangladesh/Kabir, L2/19-079]

Short break.

[159-C19] Consensus: Functional mappings of segmentation for actions such as backspace are needed by many languages. The UTC requests the CLDR-TC to prioritize creating such mappings, starting with Bangla. See CLDR ticket #12033.

[159-A77] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, Manish Goregaokar: Work with Ken Whistler to improve the language in UAX #15 regarding script exclusion, section 5.1.

[159-C20] Consensus: The UTC requests that the CLDR-TC engage with Bangladesh and West Bengal on names, and specifically currency names.

[159-A78] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Communicate the above consensus 159-C20 to UTC representatives for West Bengal.

[159-A79] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, Liang Hai, Peter Constable: Draft a document for UTC about multiple combining marks and spacing combining marks when used on NBSP.

[159-A80] Action Item for Lisa Moore, Editorial Committee: Review the Bengali/Bangla block introduction for potentially more updates to use "Bangla" terminology. See also parts of Chapter 12.

Lunch and ad-hocs, 12:30 - 1:45.

Discussion, reviewed/summarized Bangla issues.

E.1.3 Smileys under consideration for Unicode 13.0 [ESC/Burge, L2/19-085]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

E.1.4 Priorities for Future RGI Emoji Sequences [ESC/Burge, L2/19-101]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.10.1.1 General feedback [L2/19-124

[159-A81] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, Lisa Moore: Investigate feedback from David Corbett on Table 7-1 [Tue Apr 2 10:13:24 CDT 2019] in L2/19-124.

[159-A82] Action Item for Lisa Moore, Editorial Committee: Update the Grantha block description to mention other Tamil characters that Grantha uses.

E.1.5 QID Emoji Proposal [Davis, L2/19-082R]

Short break.

[159-A83] Action Item for Mark Davis, Peter Edberg, Editorial Committee: Prepare a working draft for a proposed update of UTS #51, based on L2/19-082R for the next UTC meeting.

B.10.1.1 General feedback [L2/19-124]

[159-A84] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add feedback from David Corbett in L2/19-124 [Tue Apr 2 10:41:35 CDT 2019] to the next Script Ad-Hoc agenda.

[159-A85] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Update ranges in Table 4-8 of the core spec for Unicode version 13.0. See feedback from David Corbett in L2/19-124 [Tue Apr 2 10:57:11 CDT 2019]

[159-A86] Action Item for Liang Hai: Confirm reported typo in Chakma. See feedback from David Corbett [Tue Apr 2 11:09:51 CDT 2019] in L2/19-124.

[159-A87] Action Item for Roozeh Pournader: Fix IndicPositionalCategory.txt based on feedback from Sridatta A [Tue Apr 2 12:10:23 CDT 2019] in document L2/19-124.

[159-A88] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add feedback from David Corbett [Thu Apr 11 08:54:29 CDT 2019] on Identifier_Type in L2/19-124 to the Script Ad-Hoc agenda.

[159-A89] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Fix Table 11-2 in the core spec based on feedback from David Corbett [Sat Apr 27 21:09:28 CDT 2019] in L2/19-124.

[159-A90] Action Item for Ken Lunde, Editorial Committee: Adjust the wording of UAX #50 regarding Egyptian hieroglyphs. See feedback from David Corbett [Sat Apr 27 21:27:08 CDT 2019] in L2/19-124.

[159-A91] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to the author of Khowar language feedback [Mon, 4 Mar 2019 08:59:39] in L2/19-124 that the report has been forwarded to responsible parties in Microsoft.

C.17.1 Proposal to encode Cantonese Bopomofo Characters [Yang, Chan, L2/19-177]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

C.3.1 Mongolian Working Group Meeting 3 (MWG3) [Moore, L2/19-139]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Short break.

C.17.1 Proposal to encode Cantonese Bopomofo Characters [Yang, Chan, L2/19-177R]

[159-C21] Consensus: Accept four Bopomofo characters:

	U+31BC BOPOMOFO LETTER GW
	U+31BD BOPOMOFO LETTER KW
	U+31BE BOPOMOFO LETTER OE
	U+31BF BOPOMOFO LETTER AH

as described in document L2/19-177R for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[159-A92] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include four Bopomofo characters:

	U+31BC BOPOMOFO LETTER GW
	U+31BD BOPOMOFO LETTER KW
	U+31BE BOPOMOFO LETTER OE
	U+31BF BOPOMOFO LETTER AH

See document L2/19-177R.

[159-A93] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add four Bopomofo characters:

	U+31BC BOPOMOFO LETTER GW
	U+31BD BOPOMOFO LETTER KW
	U+31BE BOPOMOFO LETTER OE
	U+31BF BOPOMOFO LETTER AH

to document requesting future additions. See document L2/19-177R.

[159-A94] Action Item for Ben Yang: Provide a font/images to Michel Suignard for four new Bopomofo charcters. See L2/19-177R.

[159-A95] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Update section 18.3 Bopomofo of the core spec, based on comments in L2/19-177R.

D.5 Proposal to encode CHAKMA LETTER VAA for Pali [Scheuren, L2/19-143]

[159-C22] Consensus: Accept U+11147 CHAKMA LETTER VAA with properties as given in L2/19-143 for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[159-A96] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+11147 CHAKMA LETTER VAA

[159-A97] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add U+11147 CHAKMA LETTER VAA to document requesting future additions.

[159-A98] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Request Zachary Scheuren to provide a font for U+11147 CHAKMA LETTER VAA to Michel Suignard. See document L2/19-143.

E.4 Proposal to encode the Zoroastrian symbol ‘Fravahar’ in Unicode [Pandey, L2/19-067]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

E.7 Proposal to encode a pair of Ascia symbols for Roman epigraphy [West, Everson, L2/19-091]

[159-C23] Consensus: Accept U+1019C ASCIA SYMBOL with properties as given in L2/19-091 for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[159-A99] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+1019C ASCIA SYMBOL.

[159-A100] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add U+1019C ASCIA SYMBOL to document requesting future additions.

E.5 Proposal to add block elements and symbols for software developing [Li, L2/19-068]

[159-A101] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to the author of L2/19-068 and forward the Script Ad-Hoc feedback in L2/19-173, with CC to Doug Ewell.

C.22 A proposal for encoding italics in plain text using Variation Selector 14 [Overington, L2/19-063] C.22.1 Comments on comments about L2/19-063 Italics in Plain Text [Overington, L2/19-195]

[159-C24] Consensus: The UTC declines to accept the proposal to use a variation selector for italics, as documented in L2/19-063.

[159-C25] Consensus: The UTC establishes Consensus 159-C24 as a precedent, according to UTC procedures.

[159-A102] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Add a notice of non-approval reflecting the consensus 159-C24.

Meeting adjourned for the day at 5:45 pm.

Friday, May 3, 2019.

Meeting opened at 9:30.

8 members represented: Apple, Adobe, Facebook, IBM, Microsoft, UCB, Google, Netflix

B.13.8 Supporting string properties in regular expressions [Bynens, L2/19-168]

[159-C26] Consensus: Add "RGI" as a prefix to ED22 in UTS #51, for version 13.0.

[159-A103] Action Item for Mark Davis, Peter Edberg, Editorial Committee: Add "RGI" as a prefix to ED22 in UTS #51, for version 13.0.

[159-C27] Consensus: Add "RGI" prefix to the type field labels corresponding to the emoji sets defined by ED22 through ED25 of UTS #51.

[159-A104] Action Item for Mark Davis: Update emoji data files to add "RGI" prefixes as per consensus 159-C27.

Short break.

B.11.1 Draft for Proposed Update UAX #29, Unicode Text Segmentation [Chapman, L2/19-188]

[159-C28] Consensus: Authorize a proposed update of UAX #29 for Unicode version 13.0.

[159-A105] Action Item for Chris Chapman, Editorial Committee: Prepare a proposed update UAX #29 based on L2/19-188 as amended in discussion.

[159-A106] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Post the PRI for proposed update UAX #29 for Unicode 13.0, to close July 16, 2019.

C.6 Proposal to add six phonetic characters for Scots (WG2 N5036) [Everson, L2/19-075]

[159-C29] Consensus: Accept 6 characters:

	U+1ABF COMBINING LATIN SMALL LETTER W BELOW
	U+1AC0 COMBINING LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED W BELOW
	U+AB68 LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED R WITH MIDDLE TILDE
	U+AB69 MODIFIER LETTER SMALL TURNED W
	U+AB6A MODIFIER LETTER LEFT TACK
	U+AB6B MODIFIER LETTER RIGHT TACK

with properties as given in L2/19-075, for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[159-A107] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include 6 phonetic characters for Scots. See document L2/19-075.

[159-A108] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add 6 phonetic characters for Scots to document requesting future additions. See document L2/19-075.

[159-A109] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Ask Michael Everson to provide a font to Michel Suignard for printing 6 phonetic characters for Scots. See document L2/19-075.

E.2 Proposal to encode three cross symbols (WG2 N5037) [Everson, L2/19-076]

[159-C30] Consensus: Accept U+2E50 CROSS PATTY WITH RIGHT CROSSBAR and U+2E51 CROSS PATTY WITH LEFT CROSSBAR with properties as given in L2/19-076 for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[159-A110] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+2E50 CROSS PATTY WITH RIGHT CROSSBAR and U+2E51 CROSS PATTY WITH LEFT CROSSBAR. See document L2/19-076.

[159-A111] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Add U+2E50 CROSS PATTY WITH RIGHT CROSSBAR and U+2E51 CROSS PATTY WITH LEFT CROSSBAR to document requesting future additions. See document L2/19-076.

[159-A112] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Ask Michael Everson to provide a font to Michel Suignard for printing U+2E50 CROSS PATTY WITH RIGHT CROSSBAR and U+2E51 CROSS PATTY WITH LEFT CROSSBAR. See document L2/19-076.

A.5.1.1 Approve UTC meeting 158 minutes [L2/19-008]

[159-C31] Consensus: Approve the minutes of UTC #158 as documented in L2/19-008.

E.8 Proposal to encode three Christian symbols (WG2 N5040) [West, Everson, L2/19-093]

The UTC declined to take action on L2/19-093. The committee could entertain a proposal to change the script properties for the current symbols, U+101A0 GREEK TAU RHO, U+2CE8 COPTIC SYMBOL TAU RO, U+2CE9 COPTIC SYMBOL KHI RO.

Lunch and ad-hocs 12:30 - 1:45

B.13.8 Supporting string properties in regular expressions [Bynens, L2/19-168] B.14 Ad hoc reports B.14.4 String properties in regular expressions B.14.4.1 String properties in regular expressions UTC 159

[159-A113] Action Item for Mathias Bynens: Find good free letter(s) for what has been called "\q" in discussions. See document L2/19-168.

[159-A114] Action Item for Mark Davis: Create a working draft document of proposed update for UTS #18, based on discussion of string properties in regular expressions. See document L2/19-168.

E.9 Preliminary proposal on encoding Jianzi Musical Notation and Jianzi Format Controls in SMP [Culture and Art Publishing House, Chan, L2/19-107]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

D.3 Encoding Model for Conjuncts with Chillus [Johny, et al, L2/19-086] D.3.1 Comments on L2/19-086: Archaic Malayalam Sequences [Ganesan, L2/19-125]

[159-A115] Action Item for Liang Hai, Editorial Committee: Incorporate text from L2/19-086R on Malayalam chillus into the core spec for Unicode 13.0.

D.4 Request to change Annotation of U+11FEC and U+11FED in Tamil Supplementary Block [Ganesan, L2/19-117] D.4.1 Response to L2/19-117 on Tamil annotations [Sharma, L2/19-184]

[159-A116] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Respond to Naga Ganesan regarding his document L2/19-117.

C.21 Final list of characters and quadrats for Mayan codices [Pallan, L2/19-171]

Oral report by Deborah Anderson.

C.20 Brief report from meeting on Cypro-Minoan, Paris, March 2019 [Anderson, L2/19-166]

Oral report by Deborah Anderson.

C.18 New charts for Northern and Southern Palaeohispanic [Ferrer, L2/19-045]

Oral report by Deborah Anderson.

C.11 Preliminary report on L2/17-337, revised chart of Naxi Dongba characters [Poupard, L2/19-071]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

E.6.1 Feedback on Garay [Rovenchak, Riley, L2/19-163]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

D.7 Response to Script Ad Hoc re: L2/18-319 on Bindi before Bihari in Gurmukhi [Singh, L2/19-167]

[159-A117] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Respond to Manvir Singh on L2/19-167 with Script Ad-Hoc feedback.

B.5 IETF B.5.1 Liaison report [Suignard]

Oral report by Michel Suignard.

B.7 UC Berkeley Department of Linguistics - Script Encoding Initiative B.7.1 Liaison report [Anderson, L2/19-174]

Oral report by Michel Suignard and Deborah Anderson.

B.8 ICU B.8.1 Liaison report [Umaoka, Scherer]

Oral report by Markus Scherer.

B.9 Unicode Locales Project (CLDR) B.9.1 Liaison report [Davis, Edberg]

Oral report by Mark Davis.

[159-A118] Action Item for Lisa Moore, Craig Cummings: Work with Kristi Lee on handling CLDR full day meeting logistics.

B.12.2 Editorial Committee report [Whistler]

Oral report by Ken Whistler. Discussion.

B.15.1 Review of Unicode 2018 Henri Sivonen docs [Scherer, L2/19-192]

[159-A119] Action Item for Markus Scherer: Respond to Henri Sivonen based on L2/19-192, page 4.

[159-A120] Action Item for Markus Scherer: Create a document highlighting proposed changes to the core spec based on document L2/19-192.

B.1.6 Review of document requesting new additions [Anderson, L2/19-198]

Oral report by Deborah Anderson.

[159-A121] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include draft candidate emoji characters for Unicode version 13.0.

[159-A122] Action Item for Mark Davis: Add codepoints for the draft candidate emoji to the draft candidate emoji charts for version 13.0.

G.1 Thanks to the host.

Meeting adjourned for the week at 15:37.

L2 continued.

UTC Attendance

Members Represented

Members not in regular attendance: Huawei, Tamil Nadu, Oracle, SAP, 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