L2/24-061

Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 179
San José, CA — April 23-25, 2024
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UTC #179 Agenda
Revision date: April 30, 2024

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Agenda: https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2024/24060.htm
Logistics: https://www.unicode.org/timesens/logistics-utc179.html

Total full members in good standing = 10 (Adobe, Airbnb, Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Netflix, Salesforce, Translated)

Total supporting members in good standing = 4 (Bangladesh, Bloomberg, Stanford-SILICON, Tamil Nadu)

Voting members in regular attendance = 4: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft.

Quorum for UTC #179 is 2.

Meeting opened at 10:30

4 members represented: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft.

Other full/supporting/associate members present: SIL, UCB.

A.1 Consortium membership; meeting quorum and proxies:

A.2 Agenda review

H.1 Release Management Group Report to UTC #179 [RMG/Peter Constable, L2/24-070]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

H.2 Unicode 16.0 Beta

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.1 ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2
B.1.1 CDAM2.4 to ISO/IEC 10646 6th edition (SC2/4904)

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.1.2 Summary of CD Consultation, ISO/IEC CD 14651 (Ed.7) (SC2/N4905)

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.1.3 DTR 2375

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.1.4 Maintainance of UCS Repertoire via a Maintenance Agency

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.5 ISO TC 37/SC 2

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

[179-A1] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Review references to ISO 639, ISO/IEC 14651 and other standards in https://www.unicode.org/references/ReferencesSSS.html and make updates as appropriate.

B.7 SEI Liaison Report [Anderson, L2/24-069]

Oral report by Deborah Anderson

B.8 INFITT

Oral report by Jan Kučera

Short break 11:50 - 12:00

G.1 Emoji Standard & Research Working Group Report for UTC #179 (2024Q2) [ESC/Jennifer Daniel, L2/24-066]
G.2 PRI #496: Proposed Update UTS #51, Unicode Emoji
G.3 PRI #498: Unicode Emoji 16.0 Alpha Repertoire

[179-A2] Action Item for Rick McGowan, ESR: Forward to the submitter of PRI #496 ReportID [ID20240118175043] the ESR comments in Section 1 of document L2/24-066.

[179-A3] Action Item for Ned Holbrook, ESR: Make appropriate changes to Proposed Update UTS #51 clarifying the expected appearance/behavior for family sequences. For Unicode Version 16.0. See PRI #497 ReportID [ID20240221200045] in Section 2 of document L2/24-066.

[179-A4] Action Item for Rick McGowan, ESR: Forward to the submitter of PRI #497 ReportID [ID20240221200045] the ESR comments in Section 2 of document L2/24-066.

[179-A5] Action Item for Rick McGowan, ESR: Forward to the submitter of PRI #498 ReportID [ID20240118131501] the ESR comments in Section 3.a of document L2/24-066.

[179-A6] Action Item for Rick McGowan, ESR: Forward to the submitter of PRI #498 ReportID [ID20240410074430] the ESR comments in Section 3.b of document L2/24-066.

[179-A7] Action Item for Rick McGowan, ESR: Close PRI #498.

Lunch & dinner break 13:00 - 14:00

Non-agenda item: Working groups and TC procedures discussion.

A.4 Action item review
Recently Closed Action Items [L2/24-062]

Review of stale action items for working groups. Discussion.

Short break.

E.1 CJK & Unihan Group Recommendations for UTC #179 Meeting [Ken Lunde, L2/24-067]

Section 01) ID20240118004124 (PRI #483 Feedback)

[179-A8] Action Item for Sharon Chen, CJK: Ask the CLDR-TC to check the proposed kMandarin property value additions, then report back to the UTC. See PRI #483 feedback [ID20240118004124] and Section 01 of document L2/24-067.

[179-A9] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 01 of document L2/24-067. See PRI #483 feedback [ID20240118004124].

Section 02) ID20240208072227 (PRI #483 Feedback)

[179-C1] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change the informative kRSUnicode property value of U+2010E and the informative kTotalStrokes property values of U+5EF4 and U+2010E, based on PRI #483 feedback [ID20240208072227] and as amended in Section 02 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A10] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Change the kRSUnicode property value of U+2010E and the kTotalStrokes property values of U+5EF4 and U+2010E in ISO/IEC 10646’s CJKSrc.txt data file, based on PRI #483 feedback [ID20240208072227] and as amended in Section 02 of document L2/24-067, and provide to Ken Lunde an updated Unihan16.txt data file, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A11] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Use the updated Unihan16.txt data file to update the Unihan database to change the kRSUnicode property value of U+2010E and the kTotalStrokes property values of U+5EF4 and U+2010E, based on PRI #483 feedback [ID20240208072227] and as amended in Section 02 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

Section 03) ID20240215045359 (PRI #483 Feedback)

[179-A12] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update Proposed Update UAX #38 to revert the Delimiter and Syntax change of the provisional kDefinition property, and to remove the description of the new “semicolon” Delimiter from Section 4.1, based on PRI #483 feedback [ID20240215045359] and Section 03 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A13] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 03 of document L2/24-067. See PRI #483 feedback [ID20240215045359].

[179-A14] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to Mark Davis the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 03 of document L2/24-067. See PRI #483 feedback [ID20231214115907] and [ID20240215045359].

Section 04) ID20240219000809 (PRI #483 Feedback)

[179-A15] Action Item for Sharon Chen, CJK: Ask the CLDR-TC to check the proposed kMandarin property value changes, then report back to the UTC. See PRI #483 feedback [ID20240219000809] and Section 04 of document L2/24-067.

[179-A16] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 04 of document L2/24-067. See PRI #483 feedback [ID20240219000809].

Section 05) ID20240222004423 (PRI #483 Feedback)

[179-A17] Action Item for Sharon Chen, CJK: Ask the CLDR-TC to check the 152 kMandarin property values, then report back to the UTC. See PRI #483 feedback [ID20240222004423] and Section 05 of document L2/24-067.

Section 06) ID20240225211026 (PRI #483 Feedback)

Discussion. No action needed for this section.

Section 07) ID20240311022911 (PRI #483 Feedback)

[179-A18] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to change the kCantonese property value of U+282CD, based on PRI #483 feedback [ID20240311022911] and Section 07 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

Section 08) ID20240315202646 (PRI #483 Feedback)

[179-A19] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 08 of document L2/24-067. See PRI #483 feedback [ID20240315202646].

Section 09) ID20240325190110 (PRI #483 Feedback)

[179-A20] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to add kSemanticVariant property values to U+5729 and U+589F, based on PRI #483 feedback [ID20240325190110] and as amended in Section 09 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A21] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 09 of document L2/24-067. See PRI #483 feedback [ID20240325190110].

Section 10) ID20240328172102 (PRI #483 Feedback)

[179-C2] Consensus: Accept the change to the syntax of the informative kRSUnicode property to accommodate a second non-Chinese simplified radical, the addition to the UCD’s CJKRadicals.txt data file, and the changes to the informative kRSUnicode property values of U+31DE5 and U+31E22, based on PRI #483 feedback [ID20240328172102] and Section 10 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A22] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: Update the UCD’s CJKRadicals.txt data file, based on PRI #483 feedback [ID20240328172102] and Section 10 of document L2/24-067 and its attached CJKRadicals-20240405.txt data file, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A23] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Change the kRSUnicode property values of U+31DE5 and U+31E22 in ISO/IEC 10646’s CJKSrc.txt data file, based on PRI #483 feedback [ID20240328172102] and as amended in Section 10 of document L2/24-067, and provide to Ken Lunde an updated Unihan16.txt data file, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A24] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Use the updated Unihan16.txt data file to update the Unihan database to change the kRSUnicode property values of U+31DE5 and U+31E22, based on PRI #483 feedback [ID20240328172102] and as amended in Section 10 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A25] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update Proposed Update UAX #38 to revise the Syntax and Description of the informative kRSUnicode property, to update the sorting algorithm in Section 2.1.2, and to update Section 3.6 to reflect a second non-Chinese simplified radical, based on PRI #483 feedback [ID20240328172102] and Section 10 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A26] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Draft documentation for the Unicode Version 16.0 Beta and landing pages that specifies that parsers need to be aware of the presence of a second non-Chinese simplified radical in kRSUnicode property values and in the UCD’s CJKRadicals.txt data file, based on PRI #483 feedback [ID20240328172102] and Section 10 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

Section 36) L2/24-057: Proposal of the UNICODE AUTO SPACING

Discussion. No action needed for this section.

Section 11) ID20240402063204 (PRI #483 Feedback)

[179-A27] Action Item for Sharon Chen, CJK: Ask the CLDR-TC to check the proposed kMandarin property value changes, then report back to the UTC. See PRI #483 feedback [ID20240402063204] and Section 11 of document L2/24-067.

[179-A28] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to add a kDefinition property value to U+8034 and to change the kCantonese property values of U+43B2 and U+8034, based on PRI #483 feedback [ID20240402063204] and Section 11 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A29] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 11 of document L2/24-067. See PRI #483 feedback [ID20240402063204].

Section 12) ID20240217105436, ID20240327155804, ID20240328014549 & ID20240403090227 (PRI #497 Feedback)

[179-A30] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitters the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 12 of document L2/24-067. See PRI #497 feedback [ID20240217105436], [ID20240327155804], [ID20240328014549], and [ID20240403090227].

Section 13) ID20240218072351 (PRI #497 Feedback)

[179-C3] Consensus: Accept the normative kIRG_GSource property value changes for U+4E85, U+5570, U+7CA6, and U+8980, based on PRI #497 feedback [ID20240218072351] and Section 13 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A31] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Change the kIRG_GSource property values of U+4E85, U+5570, U+7CA6, and U+8980 in ISO/IEC 10646’s CJKSrc.txt data file, based on PRI #497 feedback [ID20240218072351] and Section 13 of document L2/24-067, and provide to Ken Lunde an updated Unihan16.txt data file, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A32] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Use the updated Unihan16.txt data file to update the Unihan database to change the kIRG_GSource property values of U+4E85, U+5570, U+7CA6, and U+8980, based on PRI #497 feedback [ID20240218072351] and Section 13 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A33] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to change the kGB8 property values of U+4E85, U+5570, U+7CA6, U+8980, and U+9B25, and to remove 150 kGB8 property values, based on PRI #497 feedback [ID20240218072351] and Section 13 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A34] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 13 of document L2/24-067. See PRI #497 feedback [ID20240218072351].

Section 14) ID20240303221223 (PRI #497 Feedback)

[179-A35] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Forward to the Japan NB the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 14 of document L2/24-067, with a request for confirmation that the representative glyphs are intended. See PRI #497 feedback [ID20240303221223].

Section 15) ID20240310045725 (PRI #497 Feedback)

[179-A36] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Work with Vietnam to provide to Michel Suignard and the Charts Working Group an updated V-source font, based on PRI #497 feedback [ID20240310045725] and Section 15 of document L2/24-067 for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A37] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 15 of document L2/24-067. See PRI #497 feedback [ID20240310045725].

Section 16) ID20240112185925 (L2/24-063 Public Feedback)

[179-A38] Action Item for Sharon Chen, CJK: Ask the CLDR-TC to check the proposed kMandarin property value additions, then report back to the UTC. See feedback [ID20240112185925] in document L2/24-063 and as amended in Section 16 of document L2/24-067.

[179-A39] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 16 of document L2/24-067. See feedback [ID20240112185925] in document L2/24-063.

Section 17) ID20240201123549 (L2/24-063 Public Feedback)

[179-A40] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to change the kDefinition property value of U+4AB3, based on feedback [ID20240201123549] in document L2/24-063 and as amended in Section 17 and UTC discussion of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A41] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 17 of document L2/24-067. See feedback [ID20240201123549] in document L2/24-063.

Section 18) ID20240308071114 (L2/24-063 Public Feedback)

[179-A42] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the UAX #45 data file to change various values, based on feedback [ID20240308071114] in document L2/24-063 and as amended in Section 18 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

Section 19) ID20240316075059 (L2/24-063 Public Feedback)

[179-C4] Consensus: Accept the proposal to add UTC-03332 as a new normative kIRG_USource property value for U+2ECAC, based on feedback [ID20240316075059] in document L2/24-063 and Section 19 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A43] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Add UTC-03332 as a new kIRG_USource property value for U+2ECAC in ISO/IEC 10646’s CJKSrc.txt data file, based on feedback [ID20240316075059] in document L2/24-063 and Section 19 of document L2/24-067, and provide to Ken Lunde an updated Unihan16.txt data file, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A44] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Use the updated Unihan16.txt data file to update the Unihan database to add UTC-03332 as a new kIRG_USource property value for U+2ECAC, based on feedback [ID20240316075059] in document L2/24-063 and Section 19 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A45] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the UAX #45 data file to reflect the changes to the record for UTC-03332, based on feedback [ID20240316075059] in document L2/24-063 and Section 19 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A46] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the UAX #45 TrueType font to map U+2ECAC to the glyph for UTC-03332, then provide the updated UAX #45 TrueType font to Michel Suignard and the Charts Working Group, based on feedback [ID20240316075059] in document L2/24-063 and Section 19 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

Section 22) L2/24-086: Update 69 G-Source reference values [IRG N2679]

[179-C5] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change the normative kIRG_GSource property values of 69 ideographs, based on document L2/24-086 (China) and as amended in Section 22 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A47] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Change the kIRG_GSource property values of 69 ideographs in ISO/IEC 10646’s CJKSrc.txt data file, based on document L2/24-086 and as amended in Section 22 of document L2/24-067, and provide to Ken Lunde an updated Unihan16.txt data file, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A48] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Use the updated Unihan16.txt data file to update the Unihan database to change the kIRG_GSource property values of 69 ideographs, based on document L2/24-086 and as amended in Section 22 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A49] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Syntax and Description of the kIRG_GSource property in Proposed Update UAX #38, based on document L2/24-086 and as amended in Section 22 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

Section 20) L2/24-084: Request to confirm one unification for U+2C21C + Feedback [IRG N2636 + Feedback]

[179-C6] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change the normative kIRG_GSource property value of U+2C21C to GIDC-F15C, based on document L2/24-084 (Chan & Tao) and Section 20 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A50] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Change the kIRG_GSource property value of U+2C21C to GIDC-F15C in ISO/IEC 10646’s CJKSrc.txt data file, based on document L2/24-084 and Section 20 of document L2/24-067, and provide to Ken Lunde an updated Unihan16.txt data file, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A51] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Use the updated Unihan16.txt data file to update the Unihan database to change the kIRG_GSource property value for U+2C21C to GIDC-F15C, based on document L2/24-084 and Section 20 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

Section 21) L2/24-085: Request to change the radical for U+2ECAB to 130 from 74 [IRG N2674]

[179-C7] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change the informative kRSUnicode property value of U+2ECAB to 130.6, based on document L2/24-085 (Chan) and Section 21 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A52] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Change the kRSUnicode property value of U+2ECAB to 130.6 in ISO/IEC 10646’s CJKSrc.txt data file, based on document L2/24-085 and Section 21 of document L2/24-067, and provide to Ken Lunde an updated Unihan16.txt data file, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A53] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Use the updated Unihan16.txt data file to update the Unihan database to change the kRSUnicode property value of U+2ECAB to 130.6, based on document L2/24-085 and Section 21 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

Section 23) L2/24-089: Proposal to add kZhuang to Unihan [IRG N2677]

[179-C8] Consensus: Accept the new provisional Unihan database property, kZhuang, based on document L2/24-089 (Knightley) and Section 23 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A54] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Document the kZhuang property in Proposed Update UAX #38, based on document L2/24-089 and Section 23 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A55] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Populate the kZhuang property in the Unihan database with the property values as provided in document L2/24-089, based on Section 23 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A56] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the author of document L2/24-089 the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 23 of document L2/24-067.

Section 24) L2/24-041: Proposal to add 10 characters used in Putian-Xianyou Puxianxi Opera to UAX #45

[179-C9] Consensus: Accept 10 new U-source ideographs as UTC-03399 through UTC-03408 with a UAX #45 status value of FutureWS, based on document L2/24-041 (Jiang) and Section 24 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A57] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Add 10 new records to the UAX #45 USourceData.txt data file and their representative glyphs to USourceGlyphs.pdf, based on document L2/24-041 and Section 24 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

Section 25) L2/24-047: Proposal to add 34 characters related to fish and fish product in Chinese to UAX #45

[179-C10] Consensus: Accept 34 new U-source ideographs as UTC-03409 through UTC-03442 with a UAX #45 status value of FutureWS, based on document L2/24-047 (Chan) and Section 25 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A58] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Add 34 new records to the UAX #45 USourceData.txt data file and their representative glyphs to USourceGlyphs.pdf, based on document L2/24-047 and Section 25 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

Section 26) L2/24-056: Proposal to add three characters used for Cantonese education to UAX #45

[179-C11] Consensus: Accept three new U-source ideographs as UTC-03443 through UTC-03445 with a UAX #45 status value of FutureWS, based on document L2/24-056 (Chan & Liang) and Section 26 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A59] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Add three new records to the UAX #45 USourceData.txt data file and their representative glyphs to USourceGlyphs.pdf, based on document L2/24-056 and Section 26 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

Section 27) L2/24-075: Proposal to add one character used for Cantonese particle to UAX #45

[179-C12] Consensus: Accept one new U-source ideograph as UTC-03446 with a UAX #45 status value of FutureWS, based on document L2/24-075 (Ng) and Section 27 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A60] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Add one new record to the UAX #45 USourceData.txt data file and its representative glyph to USourceGlyphs.pdf, based on document L2/24-075 and Section 27 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A61] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the author of document L2/24-075 the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 27 of document L2/24-067.

Section 28) L2/24-076: Proposal to add three characters to UAX #45

[179-C13] Consensus: Accept three new U-source ideographs as UTC-03447 through UTC-03449 with a UAX #45 status value of FutureWS, based on document L2/24-076 (Ren) and as amended in Section 28 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A62] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Add three new records to the UAX #45 USourceData.txt data file and their representative glyphs to USourceGlyphs.pdf, based on document L2/24-076 and as amended in Section 28 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A63] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the author of document L2/24-076 the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 28 of document L2/24-067.

Section 29) L2/24-092: Proposal to add 28 ideographs used in All Men Are Brothers and Classic of Mountains and Rivers to UAX#45

[179-C14] Consensus: Accept 27 new U-source ideographs as UTC-03450 through UTC-03476 with a UAX #45 status value of FutureWS, based on document L2/24-092 (Wang & He) and as amended in Section 29 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A64] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Add 27 new records to the UAX #45 USourceData.txt data file and their representative glyphs to USourceGlyphs.pdf, based on document L2/24-092 and as amended in Section 29 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

Section 30) L2/24-095: Proposal to add one character used for Chinese ancient books arrangement to UAX #45

[179-C15] Consensus: Accept one new U-source ideograph as UTC-03477 with a UAX #45 status value of FutureWS, based on document L2/24-095 (Zhao) and as amended in Section 30 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A65] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Add one new record to the UAX #45 USourceData.txt data file and its representative glyph to USourceGlyphs.pdf, based on document L2/24-095 and as amended in Section 30 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A66] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the author of document L2/24-095 the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 30 of document L2/24-067.

Section 31) L2/24-099: Proposal to add 10 ideographs used in the Secret History of the Mongols

[179-C16] Consensus: Accept 10 new U-source ideographs as UTC-03478 through UTC-03487 with a UAX #45 status value of FutureWS, based on document L2/24-099 (Yehenara & Sim) and Section 31 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A67] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Add 10 new records to the UAX #45 USourceData.txt data file and their representative glyphs to USourceGlyphs.pdf, based on document L2/24-099 and Section 31 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A68] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the author of document L2/24-099 the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 31 of document L2/24-067.

Section 32) L2/24-044: Correcting the proposed name of new character U+31E4 in Unicode 16.0

[179-C17] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change the name of U+31E4, from CJK STROKE HZXG to CJK STROKE HXG, based on document L2/24-044 (Koo) and Section 32 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A69] Action Item for Ken Whistler, UTC: Update the Pipeline to change the character name of U+31E4 to CJK STROKE HXG, based on document L2/24-044 and Section 32 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A70] Action Item for Debbie Anderson, UTC: Add to WG2 ballot comments the character name change of U+31E4, from CJK STROKE HZXG to CJK STROKE HXG, based on document L2/24-044 and as amended in Section 32 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A71] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: Update the UCD’s EquivalentUnifiedIdeograph.txt data file to append two lines for U+31E4 and U+31E5, based on document L2/24-044 and Section 32 of document L2/24-067 and its attached EquivalentUnifiedIdeograph-20240405.txt data file, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A72] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Update UnicodeData.txt to change the character name of U+31E4 to CJK STROKE HXG, based on document L2/24-044 and Section 32 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A73] Action Item for Ken Lunde, EDC: Add to Editorial Working Group GitHub Issue #65 the updated SVG file for U+31E4, based on document L2/24-044 and as amended in Section 32 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A74] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the author of document L2/24-044 the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 32 of document L2/24-067.

Section 33) L2/24-053R: US/Unicode Activity Report for IRG #62 Meeting [IRG N2667R]

Discussion. No action needed for this section.

Section 34) L2/24-082: IRG Meeting #62 Recommendations and Action Items [IRG N2670]

Discussion. No action needed for this section.

Section 35) L2/24-083: Editorial Report on Miscellaneous Issues [IRG N2671]

Discussion. No action needed for this section.

Section 37) L2/24-059: Proposal to change the East_Asian_Width property of the Yijing symbols L2/24-072: Proposal to change the East_Asian_Width property of East Asian numeric characters

[179-C18] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change the East_Asian_Width property values of 188 characters from N to W, based on documents L2/24-059 and L2/24-072 (Bertholet) and Section 37 of document L2/24-067, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A75] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: Update the UCD’s EastAsianWidth.txt data file to change the East_Asian_Width property values of 188 characters from N to W, based on documents L2/24-059 and L2/24-072 and Section 37 of document L2/24-067.

[179-A76] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Prepare a new PRI for a Proposed Update of UAX #11 that records the East_Asian_Width property value changes for 188 characters from N to W, based on documents L2/24-059 and L2/24-072 and Section 37 of document L2/24-067.

[179-A77] Action Item for Rick McGowan, UTC: Post a new PRI for the Proposed Update of UAX #11 with a closing date of 2024-07-02.

[179-A78] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the author of documents L2/24-059 and L2/24-072 the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 37 of document L2/24-067.

Section 38) L2/24-071R2: Proposal to encode three stable extended Suzhou Numeral–like letters for Cantonese Music

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Section 39) L2/24-078: Preliminary Proposal to Add Standardised Variation Sequences for CJK Strokes [IRG N2681]

[179-A79] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the author of document L2/24-078 the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 39 of document L2/24-067.

Section 40) L2/24-096: Proposal to add Sichuan Yi (ii) indexing to Unicode

Discussion. No action needed for this section.

Section 41) New Working Group Name

Discussion. No action needed for this section.

Section 42) Stale UTC Action Items

Discussion. No action needed for this section.

Section 43) IRG Working Set 2024 Submission Status

Discussion. No action needed for this section.

Section 44) Updated Provisional Unihan Database Properties

Discussion. No action needed for this section.

Meeting adjourned for the day at 17:45.

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Meeting opened at 09:30.

4 members represented: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft.

Other full/supporting/associate members present: SIL, UCB.

A.3 Review of UTC #178 minutes

[179-C19] Consensus: Approve minutes of UTC #178.

[179-A80] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Post approved minutes of UTC #178.

A.5 Calendar review

Added UTC meeting #183, tentatively April 22-24, 2025. Tentatively hosted by Adobe.

C.1 Editorial Working Group Report and Recommendations for UTC #179 Meeting [EDC, L2/24-065]

Oral report by Ken Whistler, Liang Hai. Demo of core spec updates.

E1. Feedback from L2/24-063

[179-A81] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Adjust the subheaders and annotations in NamesList.txt accordingly, For Unicode Version 16.0. See ReportID: ID20240207011813 in L2/24-063 and L2/24-065 item E1.

E2. Feedback from PRI 497

[179-A82] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Provide updated text in the core spec addressing this issue for 16.0. See ReportID: ID20240209143055 in L2/24-063 and L2/24-065 item E2.

[179-A83] Action Item for Liang Hai, EDC: Make a CLDR issue for E2. Feedback from PRI 497 (https://www.unicode.org/review/pri497/feedback.html#ID20240209143055).

[179-A84] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Make the appropriate adjustments in the core spec for 16.0. See ReportID: ID20240229102019 in L2/24-065 item E2.

[179-C20] Consensus: Add two formal name aliases of type 'correction' for Unicode Version 16.0:

	1E899 MENDE KIKAKUI SYLLABLE M172 MBO
	1E89A MENDE KIKAKUI SYLLABLE M174 MBOO

[179-A85] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: Update NameAliases.txt for Unicode Version 16.0. See Report ID ID20240310104250 in document L2/24-065 item E2.

[179-A86] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Add an annotation for U+1E899 and U+1E89A to the names list explaining the formal aliases, for Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-065 item E2.

[179-A87] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Fix the punctuation in NamesList.txt to a single space before the colon, and add an explanatory note to NamesList.txt . See ReportID ID20240402044338 in document L2/24-065 item E2.

Short break until 10:50.

F.1 PAG: UTC #179 properties feedback & recommendations [Markus Scherer, et al, L2/24-064]

Section 1.1 Toward Clarifying the Rules of the Character Name Namespace

[179-A88] Action Item for Asmus Freytag, Ken Whistler, PAG: Review L2/24-073 and propose clarifications in TUS docs about the character name namespace, and possibly changes to the restrictions for assigning new character names. For Unicode Version 17.0. See document L2/24-064 item 1.1.

Section 2.1 Are abbreviation marks Terminal_Punctuation? (No.)

[179-C21] Consensus: Remove the Terminal_Punctuation property from U+0836 SAMARITAN ABBREVIATION MARK. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 2.1.

[179-A89] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In PropList.txt, remove the Terminal_Punctuation property from U+0836 SAMARITAN ABBREVIATION MARK. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 2.1.

Section 2.2 Bidi class of Nabla variants

[179-C22] Consensus: Change the Bidi_Class of the five ∇ mathematical variants, U+1D6C1 (BOLD), U+1D6FB (ITALIC), U+1D735 (BOLD ITALIC), U+1D76F (SANS-SERIF BOLD), and U+1D7A9 (SANS-SERIF BOLD ITALIC), from Left_To_Right (L) to Other_Neutral (ON). For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 2.2.

[179-A90] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In UnicodeData.txt and derived files, change the Bidi_Class of the five ∇ mathematical variants, U+1D6C1 (BOLD), U+1D6FB (ITALIC), U+1D735 (BOLD ITALIC), U+1D76F (SANS-SERIF BOLD), and U+1D7A9 (SANS-SERIF BOLD ITALIC), from Left_To_Right (L) to Other_Neutral (ON). For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 2.2.

Section 2.3 Defective decision on ScriptExtensions at UTC-178

[179-C23] Consensus: Add all 53 entries to ScriptExtensions.txt as proposed in document L2/23-280, including U+0300 and U+0308, for Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 2.3. This decision supersedes consensus 178-C39.

Section 2.4 Ideographic property value of U+18CFF

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Section 2.5 Kirat Rai InSC and InPC data

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Section 2.6 Missing @missing for ArabicShaping.txt

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Lunch break 11:33 - 12:50.

B.11.1 ISO TC46 liaison report
B.11.2 2024 Report of the ISO 15924 Registration Authority [Markus Scherer, L2/24-097]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

F.7 Text Terminal Working Group report [Fraser Gordon]

Oral report by Fraser Gordon.

Section 2.7 PAG considerations on L2/24-059

[179-A91] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Inform ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22/WG 21/SG 16 of the UTC’s dispositions on document L2/24-059. Inquire about the need for treating non-Emoji_Presentation characters as if they had East_Asian_Width=Wide in [format.string.std] (13.3) and (13.4). See document L2/24-064 item 2.7.

Section 2.8 PAG review of L2/23-284 Proposal to encode two small form CJK characters for Chinese

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Section 2.9 Schematic name of U+1878

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Section 2.10 Should ScriptExtensions.txt be grouped by value? (No.)

[179-N1] Note: The UCD file ScriptExtensions.txt is changing the order of lines (but not the format) from grouping by value to simple code point order. The 16.0 beta PRI will include a version of 15.1 scx data for comparison with 16.0 data.

[179-C24] Consensus: Authorize a proposed update of UAX #24, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A92] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: Adjust the example for ScriptExtensions.txt in UAX #24 section 4.2 for the listing by code point order starting with Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 section 2.10.

[179-A93] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Post the PRI for proposed update UAX #24.

Section 2.11 UAX #44 clarify that a duplicate property (value) alias can be changed

[179-A94] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: In UAX #44 section 5.8 Property and Property Value Aliases, clarify that the duplicate listing of property or value aliases on the same line in the aliases file establishes only one alias, and that either one of the duplicate listings may be replaced when adding a new, unique alias. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 2.11.

Section 2.12 [PRI-486] Feedback on proposed stabilization of UAX #42 from asmus: stable aliases

[179-A95] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: In UAX #44 section 5.8 Property and Property Value Aliases, document that the spelling of aliases is stable, but not their order, and point to the stability policy. For Unicode version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 2.12.

Section 3. New Scripts & Characters

[179-N2] Note: L2/22-289R “Final Proposal to encode the Tai Yo Script” includes the following one-character typo: In the proposed UnicodeData.txt lines, TAI YO LETTER PHO is listed with the code point U+1E5D3 rather than U+1E6D3 which fits with the adjacent characters. This has been corrected in draft data for Tai Yo.

Section 4. Bidi

[179-A96] Action Item for Manish Goregaokar, PAG: Reword the first paragraph of UAX #9 section 3.3.3 referring to the following two subsections instead of using “soon”. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 4.1.

Section 5.1 Ancient UAX #14 errors found relatively recently by Charlotte Buff

[179-A97] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In UAX #14, correct the description of the behaviour of line breaking classes PO and PR when separated from numbers by spaces, so that the description matches the rules. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.1.

Section 5.2 Ancient feedback from David Corbett and Asmus on Hebrew linebreaking

[179-C25] Consensus: In UAX #14, change rule LB21a from HL (HY | BA) × to HL (HY | BA) × [^HL] (do not break after the hyphen in Hebrew-hyphen-non-Hebrew) to match the rationale for adding LB21a given in L2/11-141R. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.2.

[179-A98] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In UAX #14, change rule LB21a from HL (HY | BA) × to HL (HY | BA) × [^HL]. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.2.

Section 5.3 Error in the derivation of InCB

[179-C26] Consensus: Change the derivation of Indic_Conjunct_Break = Extend to exclude only those characters that are Indic_Conjunct_Break=Linker or Indic_Conjunct_Break=Consonant from the set of nonstarters with Grapheme_Cluster_Break=Extend. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.3.

[179-A99] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: Change the statement of the derivation of Indic_Conjunct_Break = Extend in UAX #44 to exclude only those characters that are Indic_Conjunct_Break=Linker or Indic_Conjunct_Break=Consonant from the set of nonstarters with Grapheme_Cluster_Break=Extend. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.3.

[179-A100] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In DerivedCoreProperties.txt, update the Indic_Conjunct_Break assignments according to the corrected derivation. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.3.

Section 5.4 L2/24-058R Required conjunct forms in extended grapheme clusters

[179-C27] Consensus: Change the derivation of Indic_Conjunct_Break according to L2/24-058R. For Unicode Version 17.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.4.

[179-A100a]Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: In UAX #44, change the derivation of Indic_Conjunct_Break according to L2/24-058R. For Unicode Version 17.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.4.

[179-A101] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Update DerivedCoreProperties.txt according to the new derivation of Indic_Conjunct_Break from L2/24-058R. For Unicode Version 17.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.4.

Section 5.5 Line breaking of U+2019 et al. in zh-Hans contexts

[179-C28] Consensus: In Unicode Standard Annex #14, change rule LB19 and add LB19a to treat gc=Pi as opening and gc=Pf as closing when surrounded by characters with East Asian Width F, W, or H, as described in document L2/24-064 item 5.5. For Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A102] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In Unicode Standard Annex #14, change rule LB19 and add LB19a to treat gc=Pi as opening and gc=Pf as closing when surrounded by characters with East Asian Width F, W, or H, as described in document L2/24-064 item 5.5. Consider using a macro throughout the rules for [\p{ea=F}\p{ea=W}\p{ea=H}]. For Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A103] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In LineBreakTest.txt, Change rule LB19 and add LB19a as described in L2/24-064 item 5.5, and add realistic handwritten test cases. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.5.

Short break until 14:40.

Section 5.6 Line breaking of combining left half marks and continuous lining marks

[179-C29] Consensus: Change the Line_Break property of nine characters from Line_Break=Combining_Mark to Line_Break=Glue: U+FE20, U+FE22, U+FE24, U+FE27, U+FE29, U+FE2B, and U+FE2E (seven combining left half marks), as well as U+FE26 COMBINING CONJOINING MACRON and U+FE2D COMBINING CONJOINING MACRON BELOW. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.6.

[179-A104] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In LineBreak.txt and derived files, change the Line_Break property of the following nine characters from Line_Break=Combining_Mark to Line_Break=Glue: U+FE20, U+FE22, U+FE24, U+FE27, U+FE29, U+FE2B, U+FE2E, U+FE26, and U+FE2D. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.6.

[179-A105] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In UAX #14, for the description of lb=GL add text about the combining left half marks and continuous lining marks, For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.6.

Section 5.7 On the Line_Break assignment of three vertical presentation forms

[179-C30] Consensus: Change the Line_Break assignment of U+FE10 ︐ PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL COMMA to Close_Punctuation (CL), and that of U+FE13 ︓ PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL COLON and U+FE14 ︔ PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL SEMICOLON to Nonstarter (NS), to match their FULLWIDTH counterparts U+FF0C, U+FF1A, and U+FF1B. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.7.

[179-A106] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In LineBreak.txt and derived files, Change the Line_Break assignment of U+FE10 ︐ PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL COMMA to Close_Punctuation (CL), and that of U+FE13 ︓ PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL COLON and U+FE14 ︔ PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL SEMICOLON to Nonstarter (NS). For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.7.

[179-A107] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In UAX #14, update the descriptions of line breaking classes IS, CL, and NS to reflect the change of Line_Break assignment of U+FE10, U+FE13, and U+FE14. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.7.

Section 5.8 On the exclusion of CCC=0 from InCB=Extend

[179-C31] Consensus: Change the derivation of InCB=Extend to [\p{gcb=Extend}\p{gcb=ZWJ}-\p{InCB=Linker}-\p{InCB=Consonant}-[\u200c]]. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.8.

[179-A108] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Change the derivation of InCB=Extend to [\p{gcb=Extend}\p{gcb=ZWJ}-\p{InCB=Linker}-\p{InCB=Consonant}-[\u200c]], and update DerivedCoreProperties.txt accordingly. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.8.

[179-A109] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: In Unicode Standard Annex #44, Unicode Character Database, change the derivation of InCB=Extend to [\p{gcb=Extend}\p{gcb=ZWJ}-\p{InCB=Linker}-\p{InCB=Consonant}-[\u200c]]. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.8.

Section 5.9 Proposal to add a property for auto inter-script spacing

[179-N3] Note: PAG has assembled a group of experts that are discussing approaches for auto spacing in East Asian text based on document L2/24-057.

Section 5.10 Remove ancient UAX #14 labels

[179-A110] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In UAX #14, remove the parenthetical labels (A), (B), (P), (XA), (XB), (XP) from the the descriptions of line breaking classes. Consider replacing them with links to relevant line breaking rules. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.10.

Section 5.11 UAX #29: Request to add pointer to Table 1c from note after rule GB999

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Section 5.12 UAX #29 remove colons from word break MidLetter

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Section 5.13 Upstream the ICU/CLDR hyphen line breaking tailoring

[179-C32] Consensus: In Unicode Standard Annex #14, Unicode Line Breaking Algorithm, add a rule LB20a as described in L2/24-064 item 5.13. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.13.

[179-A111] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In Unicode Standard Annex #14, Unicode Line Breaking Algorithm, add rule LB20a as described in document L2/24-064 item 5.13. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.13.

[179-A112] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In LineBreakTest.txt, add rule LB20a as described in document L2/24-064 item 5.13, and add realistic handwritten test cases. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.13.

Section 5.14 recommendations for Apparent Sentence_Break miscategorizations

[179-C33] Consensus: Update Table 4, Sentence_Break Property Values of UAX #29, categorizing Semicolons and Greek Question Mark as SContinue, U+2CF9..U+2CFB as STerm, and Vertical Forms punctuation (U+FE10..U+FE19) in the same categories as their compatibility equivalents, and make corresponding changes in SentenceBreakProperty.txt. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.14.

[179-A113] Action Item for Josh Hadley, PAG: Update Table 4, Sentence_Break Property Values of UAX #29, categorizing Semicolons and Greek Question Mark as SContinue, U+2CF9..U+2CFB as STerm, and Vertical Forms punctuation (U+FE10..U+FE19) in the same categories as their compatibility equivalents. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.14.

[179-A114] Action Item for Josh Hadley, PAG: Update SentenceBreakProperty.txt, categorizing Semicolons and Greek Question Mark as SContinue, U+2CF9..U+2CFB as STerm, and Vertical Forms punctuation (U+FE10..U+FE19) in the same categories as their compatibility equivalents. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.14.

[179-C34] Consensus: Give U+2CF9..U+2CFB the Sentence_Terminal property. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.14.

[179-A115] Action Item for Josh Hadley, PAG: In PropList.txt, add U+2CF9..U+2CFB to Sentence_Terminal. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.14.

Section 5.15 unexpected line break within abc.123

[179-C35] Consensus: In Unicode Standard Annex #14, Unicode Line Breaking Algorithm, Change rules LB13 and LB25, and add rules LB15c and LB15d, and make changes to the regular expression for numbers and to the examples, as described in document L2/24-064 item 5.15. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.15.

[179-A116] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In Unicode Standard Annex #14, Unicode Line Breaking Algorithm, Change rules LB13 and LB25, and add rules LB15c and LB15d, and make changes to the regular expression for numbers and to the examples, as described in L2/24-064 item 5.15. Add realistic examples to LB15c in UAX #14. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.15.

[179-A117] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In LineBreakTest.txt, Change rules LB13 and LB25, and add rules LB15c and LB15d, and make changes to the regular expression for numbers and to the examples, as described in L2/24-064 item 5.15. Add test cases that exercise the rule changes. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 5.15.

Section 6.1 Proposals to modify CheckBidi handling (UTS #46)

[179-A118] Action Item for Markus Scherer, Mark Davis, PAG: For UTS #46: Review the WhatWG request from Feb 13 07:41:09 CST 2023 for relaxing the CheckBidi validity criterion and recommend a disposition. For Unicode Version 17.0. See document L2/24-064 item 6.1.

Section 6.2 UTS #46 5 Han characters allowed directly but not in Punycode

[179-C36] Consensus: In UTS #46, the base exclusion set has been derived from differences between IDNA2003 data and UTS #46 principles. Replace this base exclusion set with a smaller set. This will change the IdnaMappingTable.txt Status for some characters from disallowed to ignored/mapped/valid. For details see the proposal in document L2/24-064 item 6.2. For Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A119] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: In the UTS #46 spec, the base exclusion set has been derived from differences between IDNA2003 data and UTS #46 principles. Replace this base exclusion set with a smaller set. For details see the proposal in document L2/24-064 item 6.2. For Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A120] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: In the UTS #46 tools code, the base exclusion set has been derived from differences between IDNA2003 data and UTS #46 principles. Replace this base exclusion set with a smaller set. This will change the IdnaMappingTable.txt Status for some characters from disallowed to ignored/mapped/valid. For details see the proposal in document L2/24-064 item 6.2. For Unicode Version 16.0.

Section 6.3 UTS #46 VerifyDnsLength vs. the empty root label

[179-A121] Action Item for Mark Davis, PAG: Review IdnaTestV2.txt and its generator code for setting appropriate error codes for VerifyDnsLength=true. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 6.3.

Section 7.1 DUCET and UCD disagree on the size of the Tangut_Supplement block

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Section 7.2 The sorting order of Bopomofo ㄒ (U+3112) and ㄬ (U+312C) is the wrong way around

[179-C37] Consensus: In the DUCET, change U+312C ㄬ to sort before U+3112 ㄒ. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 7.2.

[179-A122] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: In the DUCET, change U+312C ㄬ to sort before U+3112 ㄒ. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 7.2.

Section 7.3 UCA 16: virama variants primary vs. tertiary

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Section 7.4 re-align the DUCET & CLDR: order of groups below letters

[179-C38] Consensus: In the UCA DUCET, move the non-decimal-digit numerics to sort right after decimal digits. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 7.4.

[179-A123] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: In the UCA DUCET, move the non-decimal-digit numerics to sort right after decimal digits. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 7.4.

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Section 8.1 Strange Identifier_Type combinations

[179-C39] Consensus: Change the Identifier_Type of U+A9CF JAVANESE PANGRANGKEP to Limited_Use Uncommon_Use, removing Exclusion. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 8.1.

[179-A124] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: Change the Identifier_Type of U+A9CF JAVANESE PANGRANGKEP to only Limited_Use Uncommon_Use, removing Exclusion. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 8.1.

[179-A125] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: In UTS #39, add a sentence to the Uncommon_Use description along the lines of “May be combined with Exclusion or Limited_Use for characters that are less common than the main characters of their scripts.” For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 8.1.

Section 8.2 UTR #36 has been dead for a decade and should be mothballed

[179-C40] Consensus: Stabilize UTR #36. See document L2/24-064 item 8.2.

[179-A126] Action Item for Mark Davis, PAG: Stabilize UTR #36 with a cover page that points out that some material may still be useful while other material has been superseded by UTS #39 and UTS #55. See document L2/24-064 item 8.2.

Section 8.3 short names for Identifier_Status & Identifier_Type

[179-C41] Consensus: In UTS #39 and its data files, define & document short property aliases ID_Status for Identifier_Status and ID_Type for Identifier_Type. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 8.3.

[179-A127] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: In UTS #39 and its data files, define & document short property aliases ID_Status for Identifier_Status and ID_Type for Identifier_Type. For Unicode Version 16.0. See document L2/24-064 item 8.3.

Section 9. Authorize proposed updates

[179-C42] Consensus: Authorize proposed updates of UAX #9 and UTS #46, for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A128] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Post PRI for proposed update UAX #9.

[179-A129] Action Item for Rick McGowan: Post PRI for proposed update UTS #46.

F.2.2 Linkification of URLs [Mark Davis, L2/24-122]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

B.3 ICU / ICU4X liaison report

Oral report by Markus Scherer, Manish Goregaokar.

B.4 CLDR liaison report

Oral report by Mark Davis.

B.10 JTC 1/SC 22 liaison report

Oral report by Robin Leroy.

Meeting adjourned for the day at 17:11.

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Meeting opened at 09:33.

A.1 Quorum

4 members represented: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft.

Other full/supporting/associate members present: SIL, UCB.

B.1.1 CDAM2.4 to ISO/IEC 10646 6th edition (SC2/4904)

[179-C43] Consensus: Revert approval of U+0CDC KANNADA ARCHAIC SHRII and U+0C5C TELUGU ARCHAIC SHRII for Unicode Version 16.0 and set the status of these code points to provisionally assigned.

[179-A130] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the pipeline to reflect the change of status for U+0CDC KANNADA ARCHAIC SHRII and U+0C5C TELUGU ARCHAIC SHRII.

[179-A131] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Update Unicode 16.0 beta property data to reflect the change of status of U+0CDC KANNADA ARCHAIC SHRII and U+0C5C TELUGU ARCHAIC SHRII.

[179-A132] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Verify that the delta charts index page is updated for Unicode 16.0 beta review to reflect the change of status of U+0CDC KANNADA ARCHAIC SHRII and U+0C5C TELUGU ARCHAIC SHRII.

B.11.1 ISO TC46 liaison report

Oral report by Jan Kučera. Discussion of ISO 15924/RA-JAC.

B.13 Unicode Administration / Infrastructure

Oral report by Peter Constable, Rick McGowan.

I.2 Tracking issues [Lindenberg, L2/24-123]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Short break 11:00 - 11:10.

E.1 Section 38 of L2/24-067

Section 38) L2/24-071R2: Proposal to encode three stable extended Suzhou Numeral–like letters for Cantonese Music

[179-C44] Consensus: Accept the proposal to provisionally assign U+16FF4 YANGQIN SIGN SLOW TWO, U+16FF5 YANGQIN SIGN SLOW THREE, and U+16FF6 YANGQIN SIGN SLOW FOUR in the Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation block, based on document L2/24-071R2 (Chan) and Section 38 of document L2/24-067.

[179-A133] Action Item for Ken Whistler, UTC: Update the Pipeline to add the three provisionally assigned characters U+16FF4 YANGQIN SIGN SLOW TWO, U+16FF5 YANGQIN SIGN SLOW THREE, and U+16FF6 YANGQIN SIGN SLOW FOUR, based on document L2/24-071R2 and Section 38 of document L2/24-067.

[179-A134] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Provide a TrueType font for U+16FF4 YANGQIN SIGN SLOW TWO, U+16FF5 YANGQIN SIGN SLOW THREE, and U+16FF6 YANGQIN SIGN SLOW FOUR to Michel Suignard and the Charts Working Group, based on document L2/24-071R2 and Section 38 of document L2/24-067.

[179-A135] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Prepare text for the Core Specification that describes U+16FF4 YANGQIN SIGN SLOW TWO, U+16FF5 YANGQIN SIGN SLOW THREE, and U+16FF6 YANGQIN SIGN SLOW FOUR, based on document L2/24-071R2 and Section 38 of document L2/24-067.

D.1 Recommendations to UTC #179 April 2024 on Script Proposals [Anderson, et al, L2/24-068]

Section A. Proposals Requiring UTC Action
I. African Scripts
1. Beria Erfe

[179-C45] Consensus: Provisionally assign 50 code points U+16EA0..U+16EB8, U+16EBB..U+16ED3 in a new Beria Erfe block U+16EA0..U+16EDF for 50 Beria Erfe characters as described in document L2/24-004R.

[179-A136] Action Item for Ken Whistler, UTC: Update the Pipeline to include 50 Beria Erfe characters U+16EA0..U+16EB8, U+16EBB..U+16ED3 in a new Beria Erfe block U+16EA0..U+16EDF. [Ref. Section 1 of L2/24-068]

[179-A137] Action Item for Lorna Evans, SAH: Send a Beria Erfe font to Michel Suignard. [Ref. Section 1 of L2/24-068]

II. European Scripts 2. Armenian

[179-C46] Consensus: Provisionally assign 3 Armenian superscript code points U+0558, U+058B, U+058C in the Armenian block as described in document L2/24-107 [Ref. Section 2 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A138] Action Item for Ken Whistler, UTC: Update the Pipeline to include 3 Armenian superscript code points U+0558, U+058B, U+058C in the Armenian block as described in document L2/24-107 [Ref. Section 2 of document L2/24-068]

Section 3. Cyrillic

[179-A139] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Consider adding the cross-reference and annotation to U+050F CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER KOMI TJE and U+1C8A CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER TJE (or their capital forms) in the names list as described in document L2/24-104, for Unicode 16.0 [Ref. Section 3 of document L2/24-068]

III. Middle Eastern Scripts
4. Arabic
4a ARABIC LETTER NOON WITH RING ABOVE

[179-C47] Consensus: Provisionally assign U+088F ARABIC LETTER NOON WITH RING ABOVE in the Arabic Extended-B block as described in document L2/24-046 [Ref. Section 4a of document L2/24-068]

[179-A140] Action Item for Ken Whistler, UTC: Update the Pipeline to include U+088F ARABIC LETTER NOON WITH RING ABOVE in the Arabic Extended-B block as described in document L2/24-046 [Ref. Section 4a of document L2/24-068]

[179-A141] Action Item for Lorna Evans, SAH: Send a font to Michel Suignard with U+088F ARABIC LETTER NOON WITH RING ABOVE. [Ref. Section 4a of document L2/24-068]

Section 4b Arabic letter for Swahili

[179-C48] Consensus: Provisionally assign U+10EC7 ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH FOUR DOTS BELOW in the Arabic Extended-C block as described in document L2/24-055. [Ref. Section 4a of document L2/24-068]

[179-A142] Action Item for Ken Whistler, UTC: Update the Pipeline to include U+10EC7 ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH FOUR DOTS BELOW in the Arabic Extended-C block as described in document L2/24-055. [Ref. Section 4a of document L2/24-068]

[179-A143] Action Item for Lorna Evans, SAH: Send a font with ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH FOUR DOTS BELOW to Michel Suignard. [Ref. Section 4a of document L2/24-068]

Section 4c Twenty-five more honorifics

[179-C49] Consensus: Provisionally assign 25 Arabic code points U+FBC3..U+FBD2 and U+FD91 in the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, and U+10ED1..U+10ED8 in the Arabic Extended-C block, as described in document L2/24-077 [Ref. Section 4b of document L2/24-068].

[179-A144] Action Item for Ken Whistler, UTC: Update the Pipeline to include 25 Arabic code points U+FBC3..U+FBD2 and U+FD91 in Arabic Presentation Forms-A, and U+10ED1..U+10ED8 in Arabic Extended-C, as described in document L2/24-077 [Ref. Section 4b of document L2/24-068].

[179-A145] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, SAH: Send a font to Michel Suignard for 25 honorifics in Arabic. [Ref. Section 4b of document L2/24-068]

5. Cuneiform
Section 5a Additions and Corrections

[179-C50] Consensus: Create a formal name alias CUNEIFORM SIGN KALAM of type “correction” for U+12327 CUNEIFORM SIGN UN GUNU. For Unicode Version 16.0. [Ref. L2/24-074 and Section 5a of document L2/24-068].

[179-C51] Consensus: Swap the reference glyphs for U+12326 CUNEIFORM SIGN UN and U+12327 CUNEIFORM SIGN UN GUNU, for Unicode Version 16.0. [Ref. L2/24-074 and Section 5a of document L2/24-068].

[179-A146] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In NameAliases.txt, add a formal alias CUNEIFORM SIGN KALAM of type “correction” for U+12327 CUNEIFORM SIGN UN GUNU. For Unicode Version 16.0. [Ref. L2/24-074 and Section 5a of document L2/24-068]

[179-A147] Action Item for Robin Leroy, SAH: Create a glyph erratum for U+12326 CUNEIFORM SIGN UN and U+12327 CUNEIFORM SIGN UN GUNU, based on L2/24-074. [Ref. Section 5a of document L2/24-068]

[179-A148] Action Item for Robin Leroy, Ken Whistler, EDC: Update Unicode Technical Note #27, Known anomalies in Unicode character names, to mention U+12327. [Ref. L2/24-074 and Section 5a of document L2/24-068].

[179-A149] Action Item for Robin Leroy, SAH: Work with Steve Tinney to ensure that the distinction between signs UN and KALAM is documented in the Oracc Sign List, and that the correct code points are used for them. [Ref. L2/24-074 and Section 5a of document L2/24-068]

[179-A150] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, UTC: Ensure that a comment is made at the next possible stage of ISO/IEC 10646:2020/Amd 2 requesting the glyph change for U+12326 CUNEIFORM SIGN UN and U+12327 CUNEIFORM SIGN UN GUNU and a formal alias of type “correction” for U+12327 CUNEIFORM SIGN UN GUNU with the value CUNEIFORM SIGN KALAM, based on L2/24-074. [Ref. Section 5a of document L2/24-068]

Section 5b Proposed UTR Unicode Cuneiform Sign Lists

[179-C52] Consensus: Approve Draft UTR #56 for publication as Unicode Technical Report #56, Unicode Cuneiform Sign Lists. [Ref. Section 5b of document L2/24-068]

[179-A151] Action Item for Rick McGowan, UTC: Close PRI #485. [Ref. Section 5b of document L2/24-068]

[179-A152] Action Item for Robin Leroy, EDC: Shepherd the publication of UTR #56. [Ref. Section 5b of document L2/24-068]

Lunch break 12:00-13:00.

IV. East Asian Scripts
Section 6. Tangut components

[179-C53] Consensus: Revise the decision of the earlier consensus 177-C27, removing the current Tangut Component-783 (U+18D8E) from provisional assignment, and moving Tangut Component-784 – Tangut Component-884 from U+18D8F..U+18DF3 to U+18D8E..U+18DF2 with names Tangut Component-783 – Tangut Component-883 as described in document L2/24-048. [Ref. Section 6 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A153] Action Item for Ken Whistler, UTC: Update the pipeline to remove Tangut Component-884 (U+18DF3) to reflect the "removal" of Tangut Component-783 as described in document L2/24-048. [Ref. Section 6 of document L2/24-068]

V. South and Central Asian Scripts
Section 7. Kannada

[179-A154] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, EDC: Update the core spec to mention alternate glyph forms for the four Kannada VOCALIC L/LL characters, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. Section 7 of document L2/24-068]

Section 8. Oriya

[179-C54] Consensus: Provisionally assign 2 Oriya code points U+0B53 ORIYA SIGN DOT ABOVE and U+0B54 ORIYA SIGN DOUBLE DOT ABOVE in the Oriya block as described in document L2/24-106. [Ref. Section 8 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A155] Action Item for Ken Whistler, UTC: Update the Pipeline to include 2 Oriya code points U+0B53 ORIYA SIGN DOT ABOVE and U+0B54 ORIYA SIGN DOUBLE DOT ABOVE in the Oriya block as described in document L2/24-106. [Ref. Section 8 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A156] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Add annotations to U+0B35 ORIYA LETTER VA, U+0B55 ORIYA SIGN OVERLINE as described in document L2/24-106. [Ref. Section 8 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A157] Action Item for Lorna Evans, SAH: Send a font to Michel Suignard with glyphs for U+0B35 ORIYA LETTER VA and U+0B55 ORIYA SIGN OVERLINE. [Ref. Section 8 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A158] Action Item for Lorna Evans, EDC: Prepare text for the core spec describing the behaviour of Oriya marks U+0B53 ORIYA SIGN DOT ABOVE and U+0B54 ORIYA SIGN DOUBLE DOT ABOVE, for a future version of the Unicode Standard.

9. Tulu (modern)

[179-A159] Action Item for Jan Kučera, SAH: Send comments to the author of document L2/23-021. [Ref. Section 9 of document L2/24-068]

VI. Phonetic Characters
10. Affricate ligatures

[179-C55] Consensus: Provisionally assign 8 code points U+1DF1F..U+1DF24 and U+1DF2B..U+1DF2C for Latin affricate ligatures in the Latin Extended-G block as described in document L2/24-051. [Ref. Section 10 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A160] Action Item for Ken Whistler, UTC: Update the Pipeline to include 8 Latin code points U+1DF1F..U+1DF24 and U+1DF2B..U+1DF2C in Latin Extended-G block as described in document L2/24-051. [Ref. Section 10 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A161] Action Item for Kirk Miller, SAH: Send a font to Michel Suignard for the 8 Latin affricate ligatures. [Ref. Section 10 of document L2/24-068]

11. Annotation for U+A71D

[179-A162] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Consider adding annotations to U+01C3 LATIN LETTER RETROFLEX CLICK, U+A71D MODIFIER LETTER RAISED EXCLAMATION MARK, and U+107B9 MODIFIER LETTER RETROFLEX CLICK WITH RETROFLEX HOOK as detailed in document L2/24-087, for Unicode Version 16.0. [Ref. Section 11 of document L2/24-068]

12. COMBINING DOT ABOVE LEFT (U+1DF8) usage in Latin

[179-C56] Consensus: Add Latn to the Script_Extensions property of U+1DF8 in the ScriptExtensions.txt file as documented in document L2/24-091 for Unicode Version 16.0. [Ref. Section 12 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A163] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Add Latn to scx of U+1DF8, for Unicode Version 16.0. [Ref. Section 12 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A164] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Consider adding an annotation for U+1DF8 describing usage in Latin script, as described in document L2/24-091.

13. Combining Double Caron

[179-C57] Consensus: Provisionally assign U+1ACF COMBINING DOUBLE CARON in the Combining Diacritical Marks Extended block as described in document L2/24-105. [Ref. Section 13 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A165] Action Item for Ken Whistler, UTC: Update the Pipeline to include U+1ACF for COMBINING DOUBLE CARON in the Combining Diacritical Marks Extended block as described in document L2/24-105. [Ref. Section 13 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A166] Action Item for Kirk Miller, SAH: Send a font to Michel Suignard with U+1ACF COMBINING DOUBLE CARON. [Ref. Section 13 of document L2/24-068]

Section 14. IPA diacritics above and one below

[179-C58] Consensus: Provisionally assign 12 combining diacritical marks U+1AE0..U+1AEB in the Combining Diacritical Marks Extended block as described in document L2/24-080. [Ref. Section 14 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A167] Action Item for Ken Whistler, UTC: Update the Pipeline to include 12 combining diacritical marks U+1AE0..U+1AEB in the Combining Diacritical Marks Extended block as described in document L2/24-080. [Ref. Section 14 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A168] Action Item for Kirk Miller, SAH: Send a font to Michel Suignard with the 12 combining diacritic characters. [Ref. Section 14 of document L2/24-068]

Section 15. Letters with palatal hook

[179-C59] Consensus: Provisionally assign 14 Latin code points U+1DF2D..U+1DF3A for letters with palatal hooks in the Latin Extended-G block as described in document L2/24-050. [Ref. Section 15 of document L2/24-068].

[179-A169] Action Item for Ken Whistler, UTC: Update the Pipeline to include 14 Latin code points U+1DF2D..U+1DF3A for letters with palatal hooks in the Latin Extended-G block as described in document L2/24-050. [Ref. Section 15 of document L2/24-068].

[179-A170] Action Item for Kirk Miller, SAH: Send a font to Michel Suignard for 14 Latin letters with palatal hook. [Ref. Section 15 of document L2/24-068].

Section 16. Modifier click letters

[179-C60] Consensus: Provisionally assign 5 code points U+107BB..U+107BF for Latin modifier click characters in the Latin Extended-F block as described in document L2/24-052R. [Ref. Section 16 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A171] Action Item for Ken Whistler, UTC: Update the Pipeline to include 5 Latin code points U+107BB..U+107BF in the Latin Extended-F block as described in document L2/24-052R. [Ref. Section 16 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A172] Action Item for Kirk Miller, SAH: Send a font to Michel Suignard for the 5 Latin modifier click letters. [Ref. Section 16 of document L2/24-068]

Section 17. Modifier letter capital S

[179-C61] Consensus: Provisionally assign U+A7F1 MODIFIER LETTER CAPITAL S in Latin Extended-D as described in document L2/24-081. [Ref. Section 17 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A173] Action Item for Ken Whistler, UTC: Update the Pipeline to include U+A7F1 MODIFIER LETTER CAPITAL S in Latin Extended-D as described in document L2/24-081. [Ref. Section 17 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A174] Action Item for Kirk Miller, SAH: Send a font for U+A7F1 MODIFIER LETTER CAPITAL S to Michel Suignard. [Ref. Section 17 of document L2/24-068]

VII. Symbols
Section 18. Musical Symbols: Request for new block

[179-A175] Action Item for V.S. Umamaheswaran, RMP: Allocate a block in the roadmap at U+1D250..U+1D28F called Musical Symbols Supplement. [Ref. Section 18 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A176] Action Item for V.S. Umamaheswaran, RMP: Reallocate the currently allocated Flute (L2/17-312) and Pipa (L2/17-311) blocks in the roadmap at U+1D250..U+1D26F and U+1D280..U+1D2AF to a new consolidated allocation at U+1D290..U+1D2BF, labeled "(Flute) and (Pipa)". [Ref. Section 18 of document L2/24-068]

VIII. Feedback
Section 19. Balinese Core Spec technical change request

[179-A177] Action Item for Norbert Lindenberg, EDC: Mention in the description of the Sasak characters in section 17.3 of the Core Specification that these characters have seen little use, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. Section 19 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A178] Action Item for Norbert Lindenberg, EDC: Add a reference to UTN 51 for more information on musical symbols to the description of musical symbols in section 17.3 of the Core Specification. [Ref. Section 19 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A179] Action Item for Debbie Anderson, SAH: Contact Michael Everson to ask for sources or evidence for the Sasak characters proposed in document L2/05-008, especially their conjunct forms. [Ref. Section 19 of document L2/24-068]

Section 20. Feedback On Asteroid Flora and on Name for one Harrington Diacritic

[179-C62] Consensus: Approve the name change for provisionally assigned character U+1ADC COMBINING FALLING DIAGONAL DIAERESIS to COMBINING DIAERESIS WITH RAISED LEFT DOT. [Ref. Section 20 of document L2/24-068]

[179-A180] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: Update the Pipeline with the name change for U+1ADC from COMBINING FALLING DIAGONAL DIAERESIS to COMBINING DIAERESIS WITH RAISED LEFT DOT. [Ref. Section 20 of document L2/24-068]

B. Documents not requiring UTC Action
C. FYI Documents
D. In Process

Discussion continued with other items in document L2/24-068.

D.2 PRI #487: Proposed Update UAX #53, Unicode Arabic Mark Rendering

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

D.3 PRI #485: Draft UTR #56, Unicode Cuneiform Sign Lists

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

D.4 PRI #493: Proposed Draft UAX #57, Unicode Egyptian Hieroglyph Database (Unikemet)

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

Short break 14:55-15:10.

I. Other business
I.1 Other feedback
Comments on Public Review Issues (January 8, 2024 – April 3, 2024) [Rick McGowan, L2/24-063]

Discussion. UTC took no action at this time.

H.1 Release Management Group Report to UTC #179 [RMG/Peter Constable, L2/24-070]
H.2 Unicode 16.0 Beta

[179-C63] Consensus: The UTC authorizes starting the beta review for Unicode Version 16.0.

[179-A181] Action Item for Peter Constable, RMG: Coordinate the publication of the Unicode Version 16.0 beta review.

[179-A182] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Prepare a background document for a PRI on the Unicode Version 16.0 beta review.

[179-A183] Action Item for Rick McGowan, UTC: Post the PRI for the Unicode Version 16.0 beta review, to close July 2, 2024.

A.6 PRI closing dates for Public Review Issues

[179-A184] Action Item for Rick McGowan, UTC: Extend the relevant open PRIs for the Unicode Version 16.0 beta to close July 2, 2024.

A.7 INCITS/CS&I representatives

Discussion.

Thanks to the host.

Meeting adjourned for the week at 15:45.

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