L2/20-102

Approved Minutes of UTC Meeting 163
Mountain View, CA — April 28 - May 1, 2020
Hosted virtually on Zoom
UTC #163 Agenda
Revision date: August 5, 2020

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Meeting opened at 9:30 am.

10 Full members, 4 Institutional, 2 Supporting.

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

8.5 members represented: Adobe, Apple, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Netflix, Emojipedia, UC Berkeley, Facebook.

L2 meeting will not be opened until Friday.

A.3 Approval of minutes of prior meeting [L2/20-015]

[163-C1] Consensus: Approve minutes of Meeting #162 as documented in [L2/20-015].

A.5 Action item review [L2/SD2]

Email any updates to Ken Whistler.

A.6 Calendar review [Calendar]

Hold off scheduling any further meetings for now. Discussion of July 2020 meeting logistics. Onsite meeting will probably be cancelled, room remains booked.

A.7 Liaison reports [ISO, IRG, IETF/ICANN, INFITT, SEI, Mongolian, ICU, CLDR]

Next IRG cancelled. WG2 oral report by Michel Suignard. Craig will ask INCITS how the SC2 vote on Michel’s renomination as convenor will be handled.

SEI Liaison report [L2/20-127]. Oral report by Debbie Anderson. Also Unicode, Inc was awarded an NEH grant for Inscriptional Maya Hieroglyphs.

Mongolian, oral report by Lisa Moore [L2/20-138]. There was an ad hoc discussion to provide guidance on the Mongolian implementation direction the prior week with minutes posted in both the Mongolian document register and the L2 document register.

Oral report by Markus Scherer. Recent ICU release for Unicode 13.0. ICU4X, new effort.

New CLDR vice-chair, Kristi Lee. The TC thanks John Emmons for his years of service. Recently released a version focused just on Unicode 13, emoji keywords; then V37.

[163-A1] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Ask the Editorial Committee for an update of the officers page to add Kristi Lee as CLDR Vice-Chair.

Ken Lunde suggests people download the PDF of the Unihan ad-hoc report for upcoming session.

Kristi Lee self-introduction.

Brief break until 10:30 PDT.

7 voting members present. (IBM not represented, Emojipedia not represented.)

C. CJK Ad Hoc Report
C.1 Unihan Ad Hoc Recommendations for UTC #163 Meeting [Lunde, Jenkins, et al, L2/20-106]
C.2 Proposal to Add Two More UTC-Source Ideographs to UAX #45 [Zapryagaev, L2/20-126]

[163-C2] Consensus: UTC accepts the recommendation in section 1 of L2/20-106.

[163-C3] Consensus: Authorize a proposed update of UAX #45 for Unicode 14.0.

[163-A2a] Action Item for John Jenkins, Editorial Committee: Create a proposed update of UAX #45 to update various data files for Unicode Version 14.0.

[163-A2b] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Post the PRI for the proposed update of UAX #45, to close July 9, 2020.

[163-A3a] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update USourceData.txt to change the second field of UTC-00550 from UTC-02637 to UK-02637 per Eiso Chan’s feedback, for Unicode Version 14.0. See document L2/20-106.

[163-A3b] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update USourceData.txt to change the second field of UTC-00749 from W to UK-02870 per Eiso Chan’s feedback, and to change the IDS component U+2ECA ⻊ CJK RADICAL FOOT to U+27FB7 𧾷 in the IDSes for UTC-00051, UTC-00109, UTC-00248, UTC-00383, UTC-00748, UTC-00749, UTC-00750, UTC-00751, UTC-00752, UTC-00753, UTC-00754, and UTC-00810, for Unicode Version 14.0. See document L2/20-106.

[163-A4] Action Item for John Jenkins: Check the IDS in USourceData.txt to make sure that they do not contain CJK radicals if a corresponding CJK Unified Ideograph exists. See document L2/20-106.

[163-A5] Action Item for John Jenkins: update USourceData.txt to change the IDSes for UTC-00475 and UTC-00476 per Eiso Chan’s feedback, for Unicode Version 14.0. See document L2/20-106.

[163-A6] Action Item for Ken Lunde: Thank William Nelson for gathering the evidence for these four existing UTC-Source ideographs in section 2 of L2/20-073, and for uploading them to the Google Drive folder for IRG Working Set 2020 evidence images.

Rollcall adjustment: IBM is now represented.

[163-C4] Consensus: Accept four new UTC source ideographs as UTC-03211, UTC-03212, UTC-03213, and UTC-03214 with a UAX #45 status value of N, based on document L2/20-074 for Unicode 14.0.

[163-A7] Action Item for John Jenkins: Add the appropriate entries to USourceData.txt and their representative glyphs to USourceGlyphs.pdf, based on document L2/20-074, for Unicode Version 14.0.

[163-C5] Consensus: Accept four new UTCSource ideographs as UTC-03215, UTC-03216, UTC-03217, and UTC-03218 with a UAX #45 status value of N, based on L2/20-093, for Unicode Version 14.0.

[163-A8] Action Item for John Jenkins: Add the appropriate entries for four new UTCSource ideographs as UTC-03215, UTC-03216, UTC-03217, and UTC-03218 with a UAX #45 status value of N to USourceData.txt and their representative glyphs to USourceGlyphs.pdf, for Unicode Version 14.0.

[163-C6] Consensus: Accept one new UTC-Source ideograph as UTC-03219 with a UAX #45 status value of N, based on document L2/20-096, for Unicode 14.0.

[163-A9] Action Item for John Jenkins: Add the appropriate entry one new UTC-Source ideograph as UTC-03219 to USourceData.txt and its representative glyph to USourceGlyphs.pdf, for Unicode Version 14.0.

[163-C7] Consensus: Accept feedback from Eiso Chan [Mon Feb 17 07:38:13 CST 2020] in L2/20-104, as discussed in section 3 of L2/20-106.

[163-A10] Action Item for John Jenkins, Michel Suignard: Update the Unihan Database to change the kRSUnicode property value for U+80E7 胧 from 130.5 to 74.5 per feedback from Eiso Chan [Mon Feb 17 07:38:13 CST 2020] in L2/20-104, for Unicode version 14.0.

[163-C8] Consensus: Accept feedback from Eiso Chan [Mon Feb 17 07:38:54 CST 2020], in document L2/20-104, for Unicode version 14.0

[163-A11] Action Item for John Jenkins, Michel Suignard: Update the Unihan Database to add 213.0 as a second kRSUnicode property value for U+4E80 亀 per feedback from Eiso Chan [Mon Feb 17 07:38:54 CST 2020], for Unicode Version 14.0.

[163-A12] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update the Unihan Database to change the kJapaneseKun property value of U+5807 堇 from SUMIRE to NURU NEBATSUCHI WAZUKA, and to add KON and GON to its kJapaneseOn property value, per feedback from Lee Collins [Mon Feb 17 11:34:50 CST 2020] and Japan’s Moji Jōhō Kiban Database, for Unicode Version 14.0.

[163-C9] Consensus: Authorize a proposed update of UAX #38 for Unicode 14.0 to add kStrange as a new provisional property for Unicode version 14.0.

[163-A13] Action Item for John Jenkins, Editorial Committee: Create a proposed update of UAX #38 to add kStrange as a new provisional property per document L2/20-059, for Unicode Version 14.0.

[163-A13b] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Post the PRI for the proposed update of UAX #38, to close July 9, 2020.

[163-A14] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update the Unihan database to add kStrange as a new provisional property per document L2/20-059, for Unicode Version 14.0.

[163-A15] Action Item for Ken Lunde: Produce a draft of a new UTN (Unicode Technical Note) that documents the kStrange property.

Short break until 11:50.

[163-C10] Consensus: Accept feedback from Michel Mariani in L2/20-077 regarding regular expression issues in UAX #38.

[163-A16] Action Item for John Jenkins: Update the Syntax fields of the kIRG_GSource, kIRG_HSource, and kIRG_TSource properties in UAX #38 per L2/20-077, for Unicode Version 14.0, based on document L2/20-077.

[163-A17] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Post an erratum notice about syntax errors in the kIRG_GSource, kIRG_HSource, and kIRG_TSource properties in UAX #38 per L2/20-077, for Unicode Version 14.0, based on document L2/20-077.

[163-A18] Action Item for Ken Lunde: Respond to Jaemin Chung regarding L2/20-082 to recommend adjusting the proposal to include U+39B3 㦳 per the ad hoc comments, along with updating the Syntax and Description fields for the kKoreanName property, then resubmit.

[163-A19] Action Item for Ken Lunde: Respond to Qi Hankun, author of L2/20-094, to point out that 夲 and 本 are considered unified components per IRG’s UCV #126, and that U+4C41 䱁 shall therefore not be disunified.

[163-A20] Action Item for Peter Edberg: Ask the CLDR-TC to check the proposed kMandarin property values then report back to the UTC. See document L2/20-097.

[163-C11] Consensus: Accept the horizontal extension proposed in document L2/20-111.

[163-A21] Action Item for John Jenkins, Michel Suignard: Update the Unihan Database to change three existing kIRG_GSource property values and add 20 new kIRG_GSource property values per L2/20-111, for Unicode Version 14.0

[163-A22] Action Item for William Nelson: Follow up on Unihan ad hoc comments documented in L2/20-106 with Alexander Zapryagaev, the author of L2/20-112, and further recommend that he should consider collaborating to prepare a revised proposal for the July 2020 UTC meeting that takes into account the ad hoc comments.

[163-A23] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update NamesList.txt to add the related CJK Unified Ideographs to the 13 CJK Compatibility ideographs per L2/20-079, for Unicode Version 14.0.

[163-A24] Action Item for Ken Lunde: Request on behalf of the UTC that the deadline for IRG Working Set 2020 submissions be postponed for at least 6 months (until early 2021).

[163-A25] Action Item for Michel Suignard, Rick McGowan, Editorial Committee: Integrate the font provided in document L2/20-058 into the code chart production process for Unicode 14.0, and highlight the results during beta review.

[163-C12] Consensus: Accept the recommendation in L2/20-080 to remove the UCS2003 representative glyphs from the Extension B code chart for Unicode 14.0.

[163-A26] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Update the description of the CJK Extension B chart is Section 24.2 of the core specification. For Unicode 14.0.

Rollcall adjustment: IBM is no longer present.

[163-A27] Action Item for Michel Suignard, Editorial Committee: Produce an archival UCS2003 code chart for Unicode version 14.0.

Break for lunch 13:10 - 14:00.

B.1 Recommendations to UTC #163 April-May 2020 on Script Proposals [Anderson, L2/20-105]

[163-A28] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, Script Ad-Hoc: Forward the comments in section 1a of L2/20-105 to the author of L2/20-116.

[163-A29] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, Script Ad-Hoc: Forward the comments in section 1b of L2/20-105 to the author of L2/20-117.

[163-A30] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, Script Ad-Hoc: Forward the comments in section 1c of L2/20-105 to the author of L2/20-115.

[163-A31] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, Script Ad-Hoc: Forward the comments in section 1d of L2/20-105 to the author of L2/20-125.

[163-A32] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, Script Ad-Hoc: Forward the comments in section 1e of L2/20-105 to the author of L2/20-118.

[163-C13] Consensus: The UTC accepts U+FDCF ARABIC LIGATURE SALAAMUHU ALAYNAA for encoding in a future version of the standard. Reference: L2/20-081.

[163-A33] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+FDCF ARABIC LIGATURE SALAAMUHU ALAYNAA.

[163-A34] Action Item for Lorna Evans: Supply a font to Michel Suignard for printing U+FDCF ARABIC LIGATURE SALAAMUHU ALAYNAA.

[163-C14] Consensus: The UTC accepts the following five characters for encoding in a future version of the standard:

	U+0898 ARABIC SMALL HIGH WORD AL-JUZ
	U+0899 ARABIC SMALL LOW WORD ISHMAAM
	U+089A ARABIC SMALL LOW WORD IMAALA
	U+089B ARABIC SMALL LOW WORD TASHEEL
	U+089C ARABIC MADDA WAAJIB.

Reference: L2/20-089.

[163-A35a] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include five Arabic characters. See above consensus 163-C14

[163-A35] Action Item for Lorna Evans: Supply a font to Michel Suignard for printing five Arabic characters. See above consensus 163-C14 and document L2/20-089.

[163-A36] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Review the proposed annotation for U+0653 ARABIC MADDAH ABOVE on page 3 of L2/20-089 and discussed in section 3c of L2/20-105.

[163-C15] Consensus: The UTC changes the name for U+08D2 from ARABIC ROUND DOT INSIDE LARGE CIRCLE BELOW to ARABIC LARGE ROUND DOT INSIDE CIRCLE BELOW. Reference: Section 3f of L2/20-105.

[163-A37] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include the name change of U+08D2 from ARABIC ROUND DOT INSIDE LARGE CIRCLE BELOW to ARABIC LARGE ROUND DOT INSIDE CIRCLE BELOW. See document L2/20-105.

[163-A38] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Forward Script Ad Hoc feedback regarding item 3F of L2/20-105 to Eduardo Marín Silva.

[163-A39] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Forward Script Ad Hoc feedback regarding item 4 of L2/20-105 to David Corbett.

[163-A40] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Forward the Script Ad Hoc comments in section 7a of L2/20-105 to the author of MWG/4-N5 and MWG/4-N4.

[163-A41] Action Item for Liang Hai: Relay our appreciation to the author of MWG/4-N6 for the contribution and to offer to work with him on creating a revised document with actionable proposals. Reference: Section 7b of L2/20-105

[163-A42] Action Item for Liang Hai: Relay our appreciation to the author of MWG/4-N7 for the 15 contribution and to offer to work with him on creating a revised document with actionable proposals. Reference: Section 7c of L2/20-105

[163-A43] Action Item for Liang Hai: Relay our appreciation to the author of MWG/4-N3 for the contribution and to offer to work with him on creating a revised document with actionable proposals. Reference: Section 7d of L2/20-105.

[163-A44] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Forward the comments in section 8 of L2/20-105 to the author of L2/20-124.

[163-C16] Consensus: The UTC accepts U+0C3C TELUGU SIGN NUKTA for encoding in a future version of the standard. Reference: L2/20-085.

[163-A46] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+0C3C TELUGU SIGN NUKTA.

[163-A47] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Review the proposed annotation for U+0C3C TELUGU SIGN NUKTA on page 4 of L2/20-085 and discussed in section 9a of L2/20-105.

[163-C17] Consensus: The UTC accepts U+0C5D TELUGU LETTER NAKAARA POLLU based on document L2/20-084R for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[163-A48] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+0C5D TELUGU LETTER NAKAARA POLLU.

[163-A49] Action Item for Liang Hai, Editorial Committee: Update the Telugu block introduction in the core specification to include the addition of U+0C5D TELUGU LETTER NAKAARA POLLU.

[163-A50] Action Item for Liang Hai, Editorial Committee: Remove ZWNJ from the first example in the “Rendering Behavior” section of the Telugu block introduction in the core specification (p. 501) and to review all of §12.7 to ensure there is no other reference to the text with the error. Reference: Section 9c of L2/20-105. For Unicode 14.0.

[163-A51] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Forward the comments in section 9d of L2/20-105 to the author of L2/20-083.

[163-A52] Action Item for Liang Hai, Editorial Committee: Review the Telugu and Gurmukhi block introductions of the core specification for any text that refers to fonts. Reference: Section 9d of L2/20-105.

[163-C18] Consensus: The UTC accepts the two characters U+0C5B TELUGU LETTER TAMIL TRANSCRIPTIONAL LLLA and U+0C5C TELUGU LETTER TAMIL TRANSCRIPTIONAL RRA for encoding in a future version of the standard, as documented in L2/20-119.

[163-A53] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+0C5B TELUGU LETTER TAMIL TRANSCRIPTIONAL LLLA and U+0C5C TELUGU LETTER TAMIL TRANSCRIPTIONAL RRA.

[163-A54] Action Item for Liang Hai, Script Ad Hoc: Write a document discussing the architectural issues with the two characters U+0C5B TELUGU LETTER TAMIL TRANSCRIPTIONAL LLLA and U+0C5C TELUGU LETTER TAMIL TRANSCRIPTIONAL RRA and provides recommendations, for the July 2020 UTC meeting.

[163-A55] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Prepare an erratum for the Wancho font, based on document L2/20-121. Reference: Section 10 of L2/20-105.

[163-A56] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Forward the comments in section 11 of L2/20-105 to R.S. Wihananto.

[163-A57] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Forward the comments in section 12 of L2/20-105 to the author of L2/20-061R.

[163-A58] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Prepare an erratum for Nüshu based on document L2/20-075.

[163-A59] Action Item for Ken Whistler, V S Umamaheswaran: Allocate U+1D250..U+1D26F for Kaktovik Numbers. Reference: Section 14 of L2/20-105 and L2/20-070.

[163-A60] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Forward the Script Ad Hoc comments in section 14 of L2/20-105 to Eduardo Marín Silva, author of L2/20-070.

[163-A61] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Forward the Script Ad Hoc comments in section 15 of L2/20-105 to John Cowan.

[163-A62] Action Item for Peter Constable: Forward the comments in section 16 of L2/20-105 to SC2 as a liaison contribution (regarding L2/20-078).

[163-A63] Action Item for Deborah Anderson: Forward the comments in section 18 of L2/20-105 (Script Ad Hoc Recommendations) to Doug Ewell and Martin Hosken.

[163-A64] Action Item for Lisa Moore: Forward the comments in section 19 of L2/20-105 (Script Ad Hoc Recommendations) to Arnim Sauerbier and Jean Larapiere.

[163-C19] Consensus: Make a change Scripts.txt property values for U+16FE3 OLD CHINESE ITERATION MARK from sc=Zyyy (Common) to sc=Han, and U+16FE2 OLD CHINESE HOOK MARK from sc=Zyyy (Common) to sc=Han in Scripts.txt for Unicode 14.0. Reference: L2/20-104.

[163-A65] Action Item for Mark Davis, Markus Scherer: Update Scripts.txt property values for U+16FE3 OLD CHINESE ITERATION MARK from sc=Zyyy (Common) to sc=Han, and U+16FE2 OLD CHINESE HOOK MARK from sc=Zyyy (Common) to sc=Han in Scripts.txt, for Unicode 14.0. Reference: L2/20-104.

[163-A66] Action Item for Liang Hai: Forward the comments in section 21 of L2/20-105 (Script Ad Hoc Recommendations) to Barun Kumar Sahu.

Meeting adjourned for the day at 17:30.

Friday, May 1, 2020

Hosted virtually on Zoom

Meeting opened at 9:30 am.

7 voting members represented: Adobe, Apple, Facebook, Google, IBM, Microsoft, UC Berkeley.

Also VMWare is attending.

D. UCD and Algorithms Ad Hoc Report
D.1 UTC #163 ucd-dev ad hoc feedback & recommendations [Scherer, et al, L2/20-108R]

[163-A67] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to Alex Henrie, informing them that the UTC declines to add composite uppercase Greek letters, including the rationale in L2/20-108 or a link to it.

[163-A68] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Add text to the Greek FAQ and/or the casing FAQ reflecting a summary of the rationale in L2/20-108 for not adding composite uppercase Greek letters.

[163-A69] Action Item for Markus Scherer, UCD Dev Adhoc: Prepare a proposal for including version numbers into the UCD and all specifications with data. See document L2/20-108 section F2.

[163-C20] Consensus: Authorize a proposed update of UAX #14, for Unicode version 14.0.

[163-A70] Action Item for Chris Chapman, Editorial Committee: In UAX #14, remove the redundant rule (JL | JV | JT | H2 | H3) × IN from LB27, for Unicode version 14.0. See document L2/20-108 section F3.

[163-A71] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Post a PRI for proposed update UAX #14 for Unicode version 14.0, to close on July 9, 2020.

[163-C21] Consensus: Authorize a proposed update of UAX #29, for Unicode version 14.0.

[163-A72] Action Item for Chris Chapman, Editorial Committee: In UAX #29 section 6.2 Replacing Ignore Rules, modify the first paragraph as recommended in L2/20-108. See document L2/20-108 section F4.

[163-A73] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Post a PRI for proposed update UAX #29 for Unicode version 14.0, to close on July 9, 2020.

[163-A74] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader: Respond to Elika Etemad informing them that the UTC declines to change the General_Category of U+200B Zero Width Space, including the rationale in L2/20-108 section F5, or a link to it. Prepare a response that goes into more detail. Point out that there is a strong focus on stability for the bidi algorithm, so any proposed changes need to have compelling reasons. The most useful information would be a broad and comprehensive survey of what current applications are doing with ZWSP in applications, including all major word processors and browsers.

Short break.

Rollcall adjustment: Netflix now represented.

D.2 UTC #163 regex feedback & recommendations [Scherer, et al, L2/20-109]

[163-A75] Action Item for Mark Davis, Editorial Committee: In UTS #18 section 0.2 Conformance, leave an empty stub for C3 and keep C4 numbered as is.

[163-A76] Action Item for Mark Davis, Editorial Committee: In UTS #18 Annex D, replace the fourth bulleted character class example as recommended in L2/20-109.

[163-A77] Action Item for Mark Davis, Editorial Committee: Review UTS #18 for use of "allow" and "valid", and resolve any inconsistencies.

[163-A78] Action Item for Mark Davis, Markus Scherer, Editorial Committee: In UTS #18, incorporate editorial feedback from L2/20-109 (item E0 and below) as appropriate.

[163-C22] Consensus: Approve UTS #18, with changes recommended in L2/20-109, for publication as version 21.

[163-A79] Action Item for Mark Davis, Markus Scherer, Editorial Committee: Apply the changes recommended in L2/20-109 to UTS #18.

[163-A80] Action Item for Rick McGowan, Editorial Committee: Close PRI #404. // The specification will be updated with feedback and published.

[163-A81] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Publish UTS #18 version 21 when ready.

[163-A82] Action Item for Markus Scherer: Add document L2/20-054 to the agenda for the next ad-hoc meeting.

H. Other Business
H.1. Virtual Meeting Process

Discussion.

[163-A83] Action Item for Markus Scherer: Establish a new online group for the properties and algorithms ad-hoc.

Short break.

F. Editorial Committee Report
F.1 Editorial Committee Report and Recommendations for UTC #163 Meeting [Whistler, L2/20-107]

[163-A84] Action Item for Michel Suignard: Generate an alpha Pipeline chart for posting, once repertoire for Unicode 14.0 has at least tentatively been decided, with prominent watermarks to identify the charts as alpha drafts.

[163-A85] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Link Michel Suignard's alpha Pipeline chart from the 14.0 section of the Pipeline page, with some contexutalizing explanation.

[163-C23] Consensus: The UTC authorizes preparation of a proposed update of UTR #23, Unicode Character Property Model, based on working draft 6, as reviewed by the Editorial Committee.

[163-A86] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Editorial Committee: Prepare a PRI for a proposed update to UTR #23, based on draft 6 of the working draft.

[163-A87] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Post the PRI for the proposed update of UTR #23, to close July 9, 2020.

[163-A88] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Respond to feedback from Bogdan [Thu Apr 16 00:50:43 CDT 2020] with the disposition from the Editorial Committee noted in L2/20-107, section F.

Lunch break 13:00-14:00.

E. Emoji Subcommittee Report
E.1 Clarifying Emojification Strategies and Strengthening ESC Processes [Daniel/ESC, L2/20-132]
E.2 Recommendations for ZWJ Sequences, Unicode 13.1 [Daniel/ESC, L2/20-133]

[163-C24] Consensus: Authorize the release of Emoji 13.1 based on document L2/20-134, section 2, including ZWJ data files, charts, and update to UTS #51 for the end of October 2020.

[163-C25] Consensus: Authorize a proposed update of UTS #51 for Emoji 13.1.

[163-A89] Action Item for Mark Davis, Peter Edberg, Editorial Committee: Prepare a proposed update for UTS #51, and PRI announcement for Emoji 13.1.

[163-A90] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Post the PRI for the proposed update of UTS #51, to close July 9, 2020.

[163-A91] Action Item for Mark Davis: Prepare Emoji 13.1 data files.

[163-A92] Action Item for Mark Davis: Prepare Emoji 13.1 charts.

[163-A93] Action Item for Jennifer Daniel, Mark Davis: Prepare a blog announcement for the draft candidates for Emoji 13.1.

[163-A94] Action Item for Ned Holbrook, Emoji Subcommittee: Document the updated ESC process. Supersedes actions 154-A10 and 150-A57.

Short break.

E.3 ESC Report for 2020Q2 UTC [Daniel/ESC, L2/20-134]

Discussion.

[163-A95] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Extend the closing date for PRI #408 to July 9, 2020.

[163-A96] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Add references in the feedback for PRI #408 to other documents submitted on the topic. // E.g. L2/20-110.

B.1 Recommendations to UTC #163 April-May 2020 on Script Proposals [Anderson, L2/20-105]

Discussion of section 3b, L2/20-071R.

[163-C26] Consensus: Accept U+088E ARABIC VERTICAL TAIL, with properties as documented in L2/20-074R, for encoding in a future version of the standard.

[163-A97] Action Item for Ken Whistler: Update the pipeline to include U+088E ARABIC VERTICAL TAIL.

H.2 Closing Dates for Public Review Issues

Discussion. Settled on July 9, 2020.

UTC closed for the week at 16:05.

UTC Attendance

Members Represented

Members not in regular attendance: 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