Approved Minutes of UTC Meeting 160
Redmond, WA — July 23-26, 2019
Hosted by Microsoft
UTC #160 Agenda
Revision date: October 07, 2019
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Meeting opened at 10:30 am.
10 Full members, 3 Institutional, 2 supporting.
Full Members in regular attendance: 7
Institutional Members in regular attendance: 2
Supporting Members in regular attendance: 1
Quorum: 5
8 members represented: Adobe, IBM (proxy), Netflix (proxy), UCB, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook
A.5.2.1 Review of open action items [L2/SD2]
[160-C1] Consensus: Approve the minutes of UTC #159, as documented in L2/19-122.
A.6 Calendar
Discussion of calendar and ad-hoc meetings.
UTC Meeting #166: scheduled for January 25-29, 2021, hosted by Google.
Short break.
Temporary segue to L2 meeting, UTC continued at 11:54.
B.13.3 Towards a better documentation of script exemplars [Pournader, L2/19-290]
Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.
Lunch and ad-hocs 12:30 - 14:00.
E.6 Proposal to add additional characters into the Graphics for Legacy Computing block of the UCS [Li, L2/19-068R]
Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.
B.11.1 Unicode Technical Standard #51, Unicode Emoji
B.11.1.1 Working Draft for Proposed Update UTS#51, Unicode Emoji [Davis, Edberg, L2/19-203R2]
Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.
E.1.2 ESC Candidate Recommendations for 2019Q3 UTC [ESC/Davis, L2/19-292]
Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.
E.1.1.1 Recommendations for Gendered Emoji ZWJ Sequences for Unicode 13.0, Phase 2 [ESC/Daniel, L2/19-231]
Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.
E.1.3.5 Alternate ZWJ sequences for women/men holding hands [Edberg, L2/19-275R2]
Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.
Short break.
C.9.1 Proposal to include Balti alphabet ARABIC LETTER GRAF [Shaikh, L2/19-252]
[160-C2] Consensus: Accept U+08C8 ARABIC LETTER GRAF for encoding in a future version of the standard. See document L2/19-252.
[160-A1] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Add U+08C8 ARABIC LETTER GRAF to the pipeline.
[160-A2] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Provide a font to Michel Suignard for printing U+08C8 ARABIC LETTER GRAF. See document L2/19-252.
B.11.1 Unicode Technical Standard #51, Unicode Emoji
B.11.1.1 Working Draft for Proposed Update UTS#51, Unicode Emoji [Davis, Edberg, L2/19-203R2]
B.10.7.1 General feedback [L2/19-272]
Discussion of color variation.
[160-A3] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to William Overington feedback [Tue Jun 4 13:17:54 CDT 2019] in L2/19-272 that UTC discussed L2/18-198 again and decided to take no action.
E.2 Proposal to Encode Znamenny Musical Notation in Unicode (Preliminary and Incomplete) [Andreev, et al, L2/19-053]
[160-C3] Consensus: Accept 186 Znamenny characters U+1CF00..1CFC4 in a new block, Znamenny Musical Notation, at U+1CF00..U+1CFCF, with properties as given in L2/19-053, for encoding in a future version of the standard.
[160-A4] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline and roadmap to include 186 Znamenny characters U+1CF00..1CFC4 in a new block, Znamenny Musical Notation, at U+1CF00..U+1CFCF.
[160-A5] Action Item for Aleksandr Andreev: Send the font for Znamenny notation to Deborah Anderson.
B.13.3 Towards a better documentation of script exemplars [Pournader, L2/19-290]
Long discussion. UTC took no action at this time.
Meeting adjourned for the day at 16:55.
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Meeting opened at 9:56.
8 members represented: Adobe, IBM (proxy), Netflix (proxy), Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, UCB, Google
B.7 UC Berkeley Department of Linguistics - Script Encoding Initiative
B.7.1 Liaison report [Anderson, L2/19-285]
Oral report by Deborah Anderson.
B.7.1.2 Indigenous language report [Cummings]
Oklahoma tornado dodging and language report by Craig Cummings.
B.9 Unicode Locales Project (CLDR)
B.9.1 Liaison report [Davis, Edberg]
Oral report by Mark Davis and others.
B.10.5 Issue 399: Proposed Update UAX #45, U-Source Ideographs
B.10.5.1.1 General feedback [L2/19-272]
[160-A6] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update UAX #45 to note that the UCI is now obsolete, and USAT has been removed, for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A7] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Extend the closing date of PRI #399 to September 30, 2019.
B.10.6 Issue 400: Proposed Update UAX #38, Unicode Han Database (Unihan)
B.10.6.1.1 General feedback [L2/19-272]
[160-A8] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update UAX #38 and the Unihan database based on feedback [Sun Jul 14 20:47:53 CDT 2019] from Jaemin Chung in PRI #400, for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A9] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update UAX #38 and the Unihan database based on feedback [Wed Jul 24 10:47:00 CDT 2019] from William Nelson in PRI #400, for Unicode version 13.0.
B.10.6.1.2 UAX #38 vs. UAX #42, and Unihan properties [Cook, L2/19-191]
[160-A10] Action Item for Richard Cook: Talk with Eric Muller about document L2/19-191. Ask about improving the documentation in UAX #42.
B.10.6.1.3 Proposal to deprecate three fields in the Unihan Database [Jenkins, L2/19-209]
[160-A11] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update the text of UAX #38 to remove fields kRSJapanese, kRSKanWa, and kRSKorean, for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A12] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update the Unihan database to remove fields kRSJapanese, kRSKanWa, and kRSKorean, for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A13] Action Item for Eric Muller: Update UAX #42 to remove fields kRSJapanese, kRSKanWa, and kRSKorean, for Unicode version 13.0.
B.10.6.1.4 Unihan definitions error report [Mariani, L2/19-257]
[160-A14] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update the Unihan database to incorporate the typos in kDefinition field reported in L2/19-257, for Unicode version 13.0.
Short break.
B.10.6.1.5 Proposed contents for kSpoofingVariants field [Jenkins, L2/19-282]
[160-A15] Action Item for John Jenkins: Add the contents of L2/19-282 and other characters as appropriate to the kSpoofingVariants field of the Unihan database for Unicode version 13.0.
B.10.6 Issue 400: Proposed Update UAX #38, Unicode Han Database (Unihan)
B.10.6.2 Document for review [Jenkins, et al]
[160-C4] Consensus: Add two new normative source properties to Unihan for Unicode version 13.0: kIRG_UKSource and kIRG_SSource.
[160-A16] Action Item for John Jenkins, Ken Lunde: Update the contents of Unihan data files based on the latest data from Michel Suignard from the WG2 meeting, including the new kIRG_UKSource and kIRG_SSource, for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A17] Action Item for John Jenkins, Editorial Committee: Add documentation of kIRG_UKSource and kIRG_SSource to UAX #38, for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A18] Action Item for Mark Davis: Update PropertyAliases.txt to add two new Unihan source properties: kIRG_UKSource and kIRG_SSource for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A19] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Update UAX #44 to add two new Unihan source properties: kIRG_UKSource and kIRG_SSource for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A20] Action Item for Eric Muller, Editorial Committee: Update UAX #42 to add two new Unihan source properties: kIRG_UKSource and kIRG_SSource for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A21] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Update Table 24.1 and other locations in the core specification for the addition of two new Unihan source properties: kIRG_UKSource and kIRG_SSource for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A22] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Highlight two new Unihan source properties: kIRG_UKSource and kIRG_SSource as a breaking change in the beta documentation for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A23] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Extend the closing date of PRI #400 to September 30, 2019.
B.3.1 IRG Liaison report [Lunde, Jenkins, L2/19-287]
Oral report by John Jenkins.
Break for lunch and ad-hocs at 12:25. Meeting resumed at 2:00.
E.1.3.5 Alternate ZWJ sequences for women/men holding hands [Edberg, L2/19-275R2]
[160-C5] Consensus: Add the RGI emoji ZWJ sequences documented on page 1 of L2/19-275R2 and make appropriate updates to UTS #51 for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A24] Action Item for Mark Davis, Peter Edberg, Editorial Committee: Add the RGI emoji ZWJ sequences documented on page 1 of L2/19-275R2 and make appropriate updates to UTS #51 for Unicode version 13.0 to reflect the 20 new RGI sequences. See L2/19-275R2.
[160-A25] Action Item for Mark Davis: Update the data files for new RGI emoji ZWJ sequences for Unicode version 13.0.
E.1.1.1 Recommendations for Gendered Emoji ZWJ Sequences for Unicode 13.0, Phase 2 [ESC/Daniel, L2/19-231]
[160-C6] Consensus: Accept 42 new emoji RGI sequences as documented in L2/19-231R for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A26] Action Item for Mark Davis: Add 42 new emoji RGI sequences to data files for Unicode version 13.0. See document L2/19-231R.
[160-A27] Action Item for Mark Davis, Peter Edberg: Make updates to UTS #51 to reflect the 42 new emoji RGI sequences for Unicode version 13.0. See document L2/19-231R.
[160-A28] Action Item for Mark Davis: Make gender image changes for emoj charts, for Unicode version 13.0. See document L2/19-231R.
E.1.1.2 Right Hand Gesturing Right and Right Hand Gesturing Left (+ related ZWJ sequence to create Multi-Skintoned Handshake Emoji) for Unicode 14.0 [ESC/Daniel, L2/19-265]
[160-C7] Consensus: Accept WHITE RIGHTWARDS BACKHAND and WHITE LEFTWARDS HAND as provisional emoji candidates.
[160-A29] Action Item for Mark Davis: Add WHITE RIGHTWARDS BACKHAND and WHITE LEFTWARDS HAND as "emoji modifier base" characters, with the associated sequences, in March 2020 or later, to the provisional emoji charts.
E.1.4.1 ESC Response to WG2 Comments on Draft Emoji Candidates (L2/19-273) [ESC/Lunde, L2/19-279]
[160-C8] Consensus: Change the name of U+1FAC0 from HEART to ANATOMICAL HEART.
[160-A30] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update UnicodeData.txt and other files in the UCD to change the name of U+1FAC0 from HEART to ANATOMICAL HEART.
[160-A31] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to change the name of U+1FAC0 from HEART to ANATOMICAL HEART.
[160-A32] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Send reference to ESC responses to the WG2 email list. See L2/19-273.
[160-A33] Action Item for Mark Davis: Update the name of U+1FAC0 from HEART to ANATOMICAL HEART in the emoji charts.
Short break.
E.1.1 Subcommittee report [ESC/Davis]
Oral report by Mark Davis.
B.8.1 ICU Liaison report [Umaoka, Scherer]
Oral report by Mark Davis, Jeff Genovy.
B.6.1 INFITT Liaison report [Moore]
Brief oral report by Lisa Moore.
B.5.1 IETF Liaison report [Suignard]
Oral report by Michel Suignard.
B.2.2.3.1 TC37/SC2 Liaison report [Constable]
Oral report by Peter Constable.
B.2.1.3 Liaison report from OWG Sort Editor [Whistler]
Oral report by Ken Whistler.
B.1.1.3 IR's meeting report [Anderson, L2/19-267]
Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.
E.1.2 ESC Candidate Recommendations for 2019Q3 UTC [ESC/Davis, L2/19-292R]
[160-A34] Action Item for Mark Davis: Fix the comment version numbers in emoji data files for emoji ZWJ sequences based on feedback from Mike Fabian [Thu May 23 05:27:36 CDT 2019] in L2/19-272, for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A35] Action Item for Mark Davis, Editorial Committee: Make changes to Working Draft for Proposed Update UTS #51 based on recommendations in L2/19-292R2, in response to feedback [Tue May 28 12:07:33 CDT 2019] from William Overington in L2/19-272.
B.1.1.4 WG2 Consent docket [Anderson, et al, L2/19-250]
[160-C9] Consensus: Accept the code point changes for the 7 Gongche characters from U+9FF0..U+9FF6 to U+2A6D7..U+2A6DD in the CJK Extension B block for Unicode 13.0.
[160-A36] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include changes for 7 Gongche characters. See document L2/19-250.
[160-C10] Consensus: Accept the thirteen CJK Unified Ideograph characters at U+9FF0..U+9FFC for Unicode 13.0. See document L2/19-250.
[160-A37] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include thirteen CJK Unified Ideograph characters at U+9FF0..U+9FFC for Unicode 13.0. See document L2/19-250.
Meeting adjourned for the day at 17:24.
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Meeting opened at 9:45.
8 members represented: Adobe, IBM (proxy), Netflix (proxy), Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, UCB, Google
B.1.1.4 WG2 Consent docket [Anderson, et al, L2/19-250]
[160-C11] Consensus: Accept the nine Tangut ideograph characters at U+18D00..U+18D08 in a new block "Tangut Supplement", with range U+18D00..U+18D7F; and six Tangut components at U+18AFA..U+18AFF in the block "Tangut Components", Unicode version 13.0.
[160-C12] Consensus: Accept four Latin letters, with no decompositions:
A7C7 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D WITH SHORT STROKE OVERLAY A7C8 LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH SHORT STROKE OVERLAY A7C9 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH SHORT STROKE OVERLAY A7CA LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH SHORT STROKE OVERLAY
for encoding in Unicode version 13.0. See document L2/19-179.
[160-C13] Consensus: Accept U+2E52 TIRONIAN SIGN CAPITAL ET with general category "Po", for encoding in Unicode version 13.0.
[160-C14] Consensus: Accept the ten characters from U+4DB6..U+4DBF in the CJK Extension A area for encoding in Unicode version 13.0. See document L2/19-250.
B.13.1 Properties that apply to sequences [Freytag, L2/19-262]
Long discussion. UTC took no action at this time.
Short break.
B.13.4 Emoji properties [Whistler]
Discussion.
B.13.2.2.1 Response to L2/19-056 on broadening the scope of "properties" [Bynens, L2/19-235]
Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.
B.11.2.1 Working Draft for Proposed Update UTS #18, Unicode Regular Expressions [Davis, Heninger, L2/19-249R]
[160-A38] Action Item for Mark Davis, Editorial Committee: Add a discussion of the use of code units versus code points in regex to UTS #18.
B.10.7.1 General feedback [L2/19-272]
Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.
Break for lunch at 12:25 - 14:00
[160-A39] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Update section 4.8 of the core specification so that name uniqueness (page 185) contains code point labels, for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A40] Action Item for Asmus Freytag, Editorial Committee: Come up with a name for the elements of the Unicode character name namespace.
B.13.1 Properties that apply to sequences [Freytag, L2/19-262]
[160-A41] Action Item for Asmus Freytag: Prepare a proposal that (A) discusses a preliminary framework for extending the character property model to include properties of strings, et cetera; and (B) does a quick survey of possible additional candidate properties implicit in the Unicode specification.
Brief attendee introductions.
E.1.2 ESC Recommendations for 2019Q3 UTC [ESC/Davis, L2/19-292R2]
[160-A42] Action Item for Mark Davis, Emoji Subcommittee: Consider developing more formal criteria for "success" of an emoji.
[160-A43] Action Item for Mark Davis, Emoji Subcommittee: Continue to consider "white wine" emoji for future addition.
[160-C15] Consensus: Accept the BLACK CAT emoji ZWJ sequence and the POLAR BEAR emoji ZWJ sequence, as described in document L2/19-292R4, as draft candidates for Emoji 13.0.
[160-A44] Action Item for Mark Davis: Add BLACK CAT and POLAR BEAR as ZWJ sequences to emoji-zwj-sequences.txt for Emoji 13.0.
B.11.1.1 Working Draft for Proposed Update UTS#51, Unicode Emoji [Davis, Edberg, L2/19-203R2]
[160-C16] Consensus: Issue a PU UTS #51 based on L2/19-203R2 and as amended in discussion.
[160-A45] Action Item for Mark Davis, Peter Edberg, Editorial Committee: Prepare the text for a proposed update UTS #51.
[160-A46] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Post PRI for PU UTS #51, to close September 30, 2019.
[160-A47] Action Item for Mark Davis: Prepare and post emoji data files for version 13.0 in the UCD for review.
Short break.
B.4.14 Agenda for the 68th Meeting of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 (items 10.4.2, 11.1.1, 11.1.2) [WG2/Suignard, L2/19-295]
[160-C17] Consensus: Update the Unihan database for Unicode version 13.0 to reflect the state of ISO/IEC 10646 CD3.
[160-A48] Action Item for John Jenkins: Synchronize the Unihan database for Unicode version 13.0 with the data files supplied by Michel Suignard.
[160-A49] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Synchronize the CJK font set and configuration files from Michel Suignard for Unicode version 13.0.
B.4.3 U+891D ⿰⻂单 erratum? [Cook, L2/19-204]
Discussion. UTC took no action at this time. The issue will be deferred back to the Unihan experts.
B.1.1.4 WG2 Consent docket [Anderson, et al, L2/19-250]
[160-C18] Consensus: Accept 4939 characters from U+30000..U+3134A in a new CJK Extension G block with the range U+30000..U+3134F for encoding in Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A50] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update the non-normative fields in the Unihan database as appropriate for Extension G, for Unicode version 13.0.
B.4.4 Proposal to change the font for the CJK Radicals Supplement and Kangxi Radicals blocks [Lunde, L2/19-212R]
[160-C19] Consensus: UTC concurs with the font updates for CJK Radicals Supplement and Kangxi Radicals blocks, as described in L2/19-212R.
B.4.5 Proposal to change some cross-references in CJK Radicals Supplement [Chung, L2/19-214R]
[160-A51] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Add new cross references in the CJK Radicals Supplement as documented in L2/19-214R.
[160-A52] Action Item for Ken Lunde: Respond to Jaemin Chung re action on L2/19-214R.
B.4.12 CJK radical sun is a misnomer [Nelson, L2/19-266]
[160-A53] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Add a clarifying note to U+2E9C based on L2/19-266, for Unicode version 13.0.
B.10.7.1 General feedback [L2/19-272]
[160-A54] Action Item for Ken Lunde, Editorial Committee: Add clarifying text to section 18.1 subsection "Kanbun" for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A55] Action Item for Andrew Glass, Editorial Committee: Review the section on Egyptian hieroglyph format controls in the core specification for Unicode version 13.0, with reference on feedback from David Corbett in L2/19-272.
B.11.3.1 Ellipsis in linebreak (142-A23) [Davis, L2/19-293]
[160-A56] Action Item for Mark Davis, Editorial Committee: Produce a proposed update of UAX #14 for Unicode version 13.0 that includes the change documented in L2/19-293, highlighted with a review note that contains the additional classes affected by this change.
[160-A57] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Post PRI for proposed update UAX #14 for Unicode version 13.0, to close September 30, 2019.
B.11.3.2 Apparent Sentence_Break miscategorizations (PRI #372) [Davis, L2/19-294]
[160-A58] Action Item for Mark Davis: Produce a revised version of L2/19-294 that considers (1) having language specific versions of Sentence_Break (2) takes no action on Nubian and (3) comes up with a proposal on vertical forms.
Meeting adjourned for the day at 5:40.
Friday, July 26, 2019
Meeting opened at 9:35.
7 members represented: Adobe, IBM (proxy), Netflix (proxy), Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, UCB
C.3.2.1 Preliminary analysis of L2/19-221 (WG2 N5073), China national body’s comments on Mongolian [Liang, L2/19-297]
[160-C20] Consensus: Improve the representative glyphs of U+1834 MONGOLIAN LETTER CHA and related characters, per Section 3.1 of document L2/19-297. Experts working on the Mongolian UTN should investigate the requests triaged in Section 3.3 and 3.4 of L2/19-297.
[160-A59] Action Item for Liang Hai: Work with Michel Suignard to improve the representative glyphs of U+1834 and related characters. See document L2/19-297.
B.5.1.1 Malayalam chillu LGR issues [Liang Hai]
[160-A60] Action Item for Liang Hai: Investigate the chillu encoding issue in Malayalam label generation rules (LGR).
Roll call adjustment: Google now present.
8 members represented: Adobe, IBM (proxy), Netflix (proxy), Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, UCB, Google
B.10.3 Issue 397: Proposed Draft UTR #54, Unicode Mongolian 12.1 Baseline
B.10.3.2 Document for review [Whistler, L2/19-211]
[160-C21] Consensus: Advance proposed draft UTR #54, Unicode Mongolian 12.1 Baseline to draft status.
[160-A61] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Prepare the text for draft UTR #54 after incorporating the code chart in the PDF.
[160-A62] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Close PRI #397.
[160-A63] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Post a new PRI for draft UTR #54 to close September 30, 2019.
B.13.4 Making Emoji properties a part of the UCD for Unicode 13.0 [Whistler, L2/19-298]
[160-C22] Consensus: Promote the six emoji character properties defined in Annex A of UTS #51 (Emoji, Emoji_Presentation, Emoji_Modifier, Emoji_Modifier_Base, Emoji_Component, Extended_Pictographic) to be formal normative properties and documented as part of the UCD.
[160-A64] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Do the actions related to the UCD in document L2/19-298, for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A65] Action Item for Mark Davis: Update PropertyAliases.txt using values in Annex A of UTS #51, for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A66] Action Item for Eric Muller: Update UAX #42 and the UCD XML processing for Unicode version 13.0. See document L2/19-298.
[160-A67] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Update UAX #44 and data files for the six new normative emoji properties, for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A68] Action Item for Laurențiu Iancu, Rick McGowan, Editorial Committee: Update UAX #41 to refer to the new emoji property data files, for Unicode 13.0.
B.10.4 Issue 398: Proposed Update UAX#44, Unicode Character Database
[160-A69] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Extend the closing date of PRI #398 to September 30, 2019.
B.10.1 Issue 395: Proposed Update UAX #15, Unicode Normalization Forms
[160-A70] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Extend the closing date of PRI #395 to September 30, 2019.
B.10.2 Issue 396: Proposed Update UAX #29, Unicode Text Segmentation
[160-A71] Action Item for Chris Chapman, Mark Davis, Editorial Committee: Exclude "Prepend" from the Control values in UAX #29 for Unicode 13.0. See feedback in PRI #396 from Johan Curcio Lindström [Wed Jul 3 19:10:38 CDT 2019].
[160-A72] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to feedback in PRI #396 from Johan Curcio Lindström [Wed Jul 3 19:10:38 CDT 2019].
B.11.3 General Feedback
[160-A73] Action Item for Mark Davis: Investigate the best way to resolve inconsistencies in text segmentation and linebreak algorithms, and report back to the UTC. See feedback in PRI #396 from Charlotte Buff [Sat Jul 6 16:57:48 CDT 2019].
[160-A74] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Extend the closing date of PRI #396 to September 30, 2019.
[160-A75] Action Item for Mark Davis, Ken Lunde: Investigate feedback from Shinyu Murakami in document L2/19-272 [Wed May 8 07:11:34 CDT 2019] to see if updates need to be made to proposed update UAX #14, for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A76] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to Shinyu Murakami regarding feedback in document L2/19-272 [Wed May 8 07:11:34 CDT 2019]. CC Ken Lunde and Mark Davis.
Short break.
C.2.1 Script Ad Hoc recommendations to the UTC [Anderson, et al, L2/19-286]
[160-A77] Action Item for Mark Davis: Investigate Identifier_Type feedback in L2/19-124 from David Corbett [Thu Apr 11 08:54:29 CDT 2019] and in L2/19-272 from David Corbett [Thu May 9 14:28:21 CDT 2019], and also other feedback, and make updates to UTS #39 as appropriate.
[160-A78] Action Item for Mark Davis, Michel Suignard: Look at aligning Identifier_Type and Identifier_Status in UTS #39 with ICANN and referencing ICANN in the specification.
B.10.7.1 General feedback [L2/19-272]
[160-A79] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to David Corbett regarding his feedback re Pali in L2/19-272 [Thu May 9 15:17:02 CDT 2019], to contact Martin Hosken with questions, and the UTC invites proposals once the situation is better understood.
[160-A80] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, Script Ad-Hoc: Review feedback from David Corbett on Saurashtra in L2/19-272 [Tue May 7 16:29:23 CDT 2019] and on Manichaean [Thu Jul 4 23:01:44 CDT 2019].
Break for lunch and meetings 11:25 - 12:45.
C.9.2 Proposal to encode fourteen Arabic honorifics [Pournader, Jibaly, L2/19-289]
Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.
B.10.7.1 General feedback [L2/19-272]
[160-A81] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Fix the error noted in UAX #24, in feedback from Norbert Lindenberg [Tue Jul 23 14:09:43 CDT 2019] in document L2/19-272, for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A82] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to feedback from Eduardo Marín Silva in L2/19-272, [Tue May 28 18:18:36 CDT 2019], [Tue May 28 19:09:47 CDT 2019], and [Tue May 28 19:58:14 CDT 2019] that UTC and WG2 have already taken decisions on these items.
C.13 Proposal to encode Balinese archaic jnya [Yang, et al, L2/19-259]
[160-C23] Consensus: Accept U+1BAC BALINESE LETTER ARCHAIC JNYA with properties as give in document L2/19-259, for encoding in a future version of the standard.
[160-A83] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+1BAC BALINESE LETTER ARCHAIC JNYA. See document L2/19-259.
[160-A84] Action Item for Ben Yang: Provide a font to Michel Suignard for U+1BAC BALINESE LETTER ARCHAIC JNYA.
[160-A85] Action Item for Ben Yang, Editorial Committee: Update section 17.3 of the core specification for U+1BAC BALINESE LETTER ARCHAIC JNYA.
D.4 The baybayin “ra” its origins and a plea for its formal recognition [Brennan, L2/19-258R]
[160-C24] Consensus: Accept U+170D TAGALOG LETTER RA and U+171F TAGALOG LETTER ARCHAIC RA with properties and glyphs as given in L2/19-258R for encoding in a future version of the standard.
[160-A86] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+170D TAGALOG LETTER RA and U+171F TAGALOG LETTER ARCHAIC RA.
[160-A87] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Get a font to Michel Suignard for U+170D TAGALOG LETTER RA and U+171F TAGALOG LETTER ARCHAIC RA.
C.7.4 Proposal to correct LATIN SMALL LETTER TONE SIX (U+0185) [Zhong, L2/19-201]
C.7.4.1 Proposal to change the representative glyphs for U+0184/U+0185 [Pentzlin, L2/19-256]
[160-A88] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Provide the script ad-hoc feedback to proposer of L2/19-201, and CC Liang Hai.
D.2 Proposal to encode Western Cham [Hosken, L2/19-217R]
[160-A89] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Provide additional script ad-hoc comments to Martin Hosken, based on L2/19-286. See also L2/19-217R.
Short break.
D.9 Proposal to encode ORIYA SIGN OVERLINE [Evans, L2/19-005R2]
[160-A90] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Provide script ad-hoc feedback to David Corbett on ORIYA SIGN OVERLINE comments, based on L2/19-286.
C.12 Hangul
[160-A91] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Provide script ad-hoc feedback in L2/19-286 to the author of proposal L2/19-230R on six new hangul letters.
C.7.1 Komi Latin letters missing Unicode (WG2 N5101) [Reuter, L2/19-224]
[160-A92] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Provide script ad-hoc feedback to author of L2/19-224.
[160-A93] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Create an FAQ on the mixing of scripts for historical transitional orthographies.
[160-A94] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Have the script ad-hoc group review feedback from Karl Pentzlin on Komi in L2/19-261.
C.7.3 Proposal to change the accepted character names for A7F5 and A7F6 [Urupin, L2/19-254]
[160-A95] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Thank the author of L2/19-254 for the feedback, and UTC decided not to make any changes to the names.
C.9.2 Proposal to encode fourteen Arabic honorifics [Pournader, Jibaly, L2/19-289R]
[160-C25] Consensus: Accept 14 Arabic honorific characters within the range U+FD40..U+FDFF:
FD40 ARABIC LIGATURE RAHIMAHU ALLAAH FD41 ARABIC LIGATURE RADI ALLAAHU ANH FD42 ARABIC LIGATURE RADI ALLAAHU ANHAA FD43 ARABIC LIGATURE RADI ALLAAHU ANHUM FD44 ARABIC LIGATURE RADI ALLAAHU ANHUMAA FD45 ARABIC LIGATURE RADI ALLAAHU ANHUNNA FD46 ARABIC LIGATURE SALLALLAAHU ALAYHI WA-AALIH FD47 ARABIC LIGATURE ALAYHI AS-SALAAM FD48 ARABIC LIGATURE ALAYHIM AS-SALAAM FD49 ARABIC LIGATURE ALAYHIMAA AS-SALAAM FD4A ARABIC LIGATURE ALAYHI AS-SALAATU WAS-SALAAM FD4B ARABIC LIGATURE QUDDISA SIRRAH FDFE ARABIC LIGATURE SUBHAANAHU WA TAAALAA FDFF ARABIC LIGATURE AZZA WA JALL
for encoding in a future version of the standard.
[160-A96] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include the 14 new Arabic honorifics.
[160-A97] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Provide a font to Michel Suignard for 14 new Arabic honorifics.
C.7.7 Proposal to add two characters for Middle Scots [Everson, L2/19-180]
[160-A98] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Have the script ad-hoc group review again L2/19-180 based on more recent feedback.
C.7.5 Supplemental proposal on the Latin letter S with short stroke overlay [Pentzlin, L2/19-260]
[160-A99] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Have the script ad-hoc group review L2/19-260.
D.8 Feedback on Gurmukhi BINDI and TIPPI [Anderson, L2/19-283]
[160-A100] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Provide script ad-hoc feedback to authors of documents related to Gurmukhi BINDI and TIPPI, based on L2/19-283. Note that UTC is planning an ad-hoc on this topic during the October 2019 UTC meeting.
D.3 Proposal to improve alternative names in the Chakma block [Chakma, L2/19-218]
[160-A101] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Remove the local name informal aliases from the Chakma names list for Unicode version 13.0.
[160-A102] Action Item for Liang Hai: Work with author of L2/19-218 to create a UTN on Chakma names.
B.13.5 Proposal to define a space character as a group separator [Schneider, L2/19-112]
[160-A103] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Refer Marcel Schneider to the script ad-hoc report L2/19-286.
UTC thanked the host.
Meeting adjourned for the week at 14:55.
L2 continued.
UTC Attendance
| Person | Representing |
| Deborah Anderson | U.C. Berkeley |
| Kumaran Bhakthavachalam | Microsoft |
| Shane Carr | |
| Peter Constable | Microsoft |
| Craig Cummings | VMware |
| Sam Cundall | Microsoft |
| Jennifer Daniel | |
| Mark Davis | |
| Kara Fong | |
| Asmus Freytag | Asmus Inc |
| Jeff Genovy | Microsoft |
| Andrew Glass | Microsoft |
| Liang Hai | Unicode |
| Amanda Hickman | Emojination |
| Ned Holbrook | Apple |
| Mike LaJoie | Microsoft |
| Jennifer 8. Lee | Emojination |
| Kristi Lee | Microsoft |
| Renzhi Li | Microsoft |
| Amy Liu | Microsoft |
| Ken Lunde | Adobe |
| Sergey Malkin | Microsoft |
| Rick McGowan | Unicode |
| Lisa Moore | Unicode |
| Patricia Popp | Microsoft |
| Roozbeh Pournader | |
| Judy Safran-Aasen | Microsoft |
| Jiali Sheng | Microsoft |
| Michel Suignard | Unicode |
| Ken Whistler | Unicode |
| By Phone | |
| Aleksandr Andreev | self |
| Richard Cook | Unicode |
| John Jenkins | Apple |
| George Kiraz | self |
| Kamal Mansour | Monotype |
Members Represented
| Full Member | 7/23/19 | 7/24/19 | 7/25/19 | 7/26/19 |
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1. Adobe |
yes | yes | yes | yes |
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2. Apple Inc. |
yes | yes | yes | yes |
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3. Facebook |
yes | yes | yes | yes |
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4. Google, Inc. |
yes | yes | yes | yes |
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5. Huawei |
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6. IBM Corporation |
yes (proxy) | yes (proxy) | yes (proxy) | yes (proxy) |
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7. Microsoft Corporation |
yes | yes | yes | yes |
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8. Netflix |
yes (proxy) | yes (proxy) | yes (proxy) | yes (proxy) |
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9. Oracle America, Inc. |
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10. SAP AG |
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11. Sultanate of Oman, MARA |
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Institutional Member |
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1. Bangladesh, MSICT |
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2. India, MICT |
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3. Tamil Nadu, TVA |
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4. UCB |
yes | yes | yes | yes |
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Supporting Member |
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1. Emojipedia |
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2. Monotype Imaging Corp |
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Associate Member |
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1. Emojination |
yes | yes | yes | |
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2. SIL |
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Individual Member |
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1. Craig Cummings |
yes | yes | yes | yes |
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2. Jennifer Lee |
yes | yes | yes | |
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3. Liang Hai |
yes | yes | yes | yes |
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4. Amanda Hickman |
yes | yes | yes | |
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Liaison Member |
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Members not in regular attendance: Huawei, Tamil Nadu, Oracle, SAP, Sultanate of Oman
Quorum: 5