L2/24-221

Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 181
Cupertino, California, United States — November 6-8, 2024
Hosted by Apple in Cupertino and virtually
UTC #181 Agenda
Revision date: November 11, 2024

Logistics: https://www.unicode.org/timesens/logistics-utc181.html

Total full members in good standing = 9 (Adobe, Airbnb, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Netflix, Salesforce, Translated)

Total supporting members in good standing = 5 (Bangladesh, Bloomberg, Stanford-SILICON, Tamil Nadu, UCB)

Voting members in regular attendance = 4.5: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, UCB.

Quorum for UTC #181 is 2.25.

Day 1 — Tuesday Nov 6, 2024

Meeting opened at 10:30 UTC-8.

A.1 Consortium membership; meeting quorum and proxies

4.5 voting members represented: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, UCB.

No associate members present.

A.2. Agenda review.

Peter Constable presented the agenda L2/24-220R1.

A.3 Review of prior meeting minutes.

[181-C1] Consensus: Approve minutes of UTC meeting #180 as amended in discussion.

[181-C2] Consensus: Amend the UTC 90 minutes in L2/02-070 changing the second occurrence of “[90-A30]” to “[90-A30a]”.

[181-C3] Consensus: Amend the UTC 120 minutes in L2/09-225 and the UTC 122 minutes in L2/10-015 replacing in each the line beginning “[118-C1] Consensus:…” with the following: “(A decision to approve prior meeting minutes was not correctly recorded.)”

[181-C4] Consensus: Amend the UTC 170 minutes in L2/22-016 changing the second occurrence of “[170-C36]” to “[170-C36a]”.

[181-A1] Action Item for Robin Leroy, UTC: Revise minutes from UTC 90, UTC 120, UTC 122 and UTC 170 as described in 181-C2 – 181-C4, including notes that the minutes were revised using a change date but not the new consensus references, keeping an archival copy in the document register.

A.4 Review of UTC action items.

Peter Constable presented Standing Document 2 “Open Action Items” and L2/24-222 “Recently Closed Action Items (since 2024-07-23)”.

Discussion of old action items.

C.1 Editorial Working Group report.

Liang Hai and Louka Ménard Blondin presented L2/24-225 “Editorial Working Group Report and Recommendations for UTC #181 Meeting”.

Discussion of the production of French charts for Egyptian hieroglyphs.

C.1 E PRI Topics & Other Feedback

Ken Whistler presented this section of the report.

[181-A2] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Update the NamesList.txt with pitch modifiers subhead at 1D132 for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. Section E1 of L2/24-225]

[181-A3] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Consider adding annotations to NamesList.txt for the case pairs 1E10/1E11, 0136/0137, 013B/013C, 0145/0146, 0156/0157, such as “Despite the name, this pair of characters should normally be displayed with a comma below”, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. Section E1 of L2/24-225]

[181-A4] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: In NamesList.txt, drop the aliases from characters from U+2135 to U+2138, changing “These are left-to-right characters.” to “These are left-to-right characters. They are used in notations of transfinite cardinals.” For Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. Section E1 of L2/24-225]

[181-A5] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Respond to Ivan Panchenko regarding feedback L2/24-223 ID20240911051422 as discussed in the meeting. [Ref. Section E1 of L2/24-225]

[181-A6] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Respond to Ben Harris regarding feedback L2/24-223 ID20240924061131. [Ref. Section E1 of L2/24-225]

C.2 Charts Working Group report.

Liang Hai presented L2/24-230 “Charts WG Report to UTC #181”.

Break 12:05–12:13 UTC-8 (21:05–21:13 UTC+1)

B.1 Liaisons: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2

B.1.1 DAmd2 to ISO/IEC 10646 6th edition (SC 2/N4930)

Oral report by Michel Suignard, Peter Constable, and Jan Kučera.

B.1.2 ISO/IEC 10646 7th Edition CD1 (SC 2/N4940)

Oral report by Michel Suignard.

Discussion of alignment of the répertoires of Unicode Version 17.0 and ISO/IEC 10646 7th Edition CD1.

B.1.3 ISO/IEC DIS 14651 (Ed.7) (SC 2/N4939)

Oral report by Michel Suignard.

B.1.4 Maintenance of UCS Repertoire via a Maintenance Agency

Oral report by Peter Constable

Lunch 12:44–13:34 UTC-8 (21:44–22:34 UTC+1)

Roll call adjustment: SIL Global (associate member) now present (4.5 voting members represented).

G.1 Emoji.

Jennifer Daniel presented L2/24-226R.

[181-C5] Consensus: Accept 8 new emoji characters with the following code points and character names, based on Section 2 of document L2/24-226R, for Unicode Version 17.0:

        U+1FAEA DISTORTED FACE
        U+1FAEF FIGHT CLOUD
        U+1FADD APPLE CORE
        U+1FACD ORCA
        U+1FAC8 HAIRY CREATURE
        U+1FA8A TROMBONE
        U+1F6D8 LANDSLIDE
        U+1FA8E TREASURE CHEST

[181-A7] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the pipeline to add the 8 new emoji characters in Section 2 of document L2/24-226R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A8] Action Item for Jennifer Daniel, ESC: Provide to Michel Suignard black/white images for the 8 new emoji characters, based on Section 2 of document L2/24-226R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-C6] Consensus: Accept 150 new RGI emoji ZWJ sequences, as listed in Section VII of document L2/24-252 and per Section 2 of document L2/24-226R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-C7] Consensus: Accept the following 6 new RGI emoji ZWJ sequences, based on Section 2 of document L2/24-226R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

        1F9D1 200D 1FA70; RGI_Emoji_ZWJ_Sequence; ballet dancer
        1F9D1 1F3FB 200D 1FA70; RGI_Emoji_ZWJ_Sequence; ballet dancer: light skin tone
        1F9D1 1F3FC 200D 1FA70; RGI_Emoji_ZWJ_Sequence; ballet dancer: medium-light skin tone
        1F9D1 1F3FD 200D 1FA70; RGI_Emoji_ZWJ_Sequence; ballet dancer: medium
        1F9D1 1F3FE 200D 1FA70; RGI_Emoji_ZWJ_Sequence; ballet dancer: medium-dark skin tone
        1F9D1 1F3FF 200D 1FA70; RGI_Emoji_ZWJ_Sequence; ballet dancer: dark skin tone

D.1 Scripts

Jan Kučera presented L2/24-228.

D.1 1 New Scripts

D.1 1.1 Koré Sébèli

[181-A9] Action Item for V.S. Umamaheswaran, RMP: Add Kore Sebeli to the Roadmap at the following location: U+15B00..U+15B6F. [Ref. Section 1.1 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 2 New Characters

D.1 2.1 Cyrillic for Romanian Transitional Script

[181-A10] Action Item for Denis Moyogo Jacquerye, SAH: Respond to the authors of L2/24-215, and point them to the FAQ on Latin and Cyrillic scripts. [Ref. Section 2.1 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A11] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, SAH: Update the FAQ on Latin and Cyrillic script to apply to experimental orthographies. [Ref. Section 2.1 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 2.2 Latin Capital R with Long Leg

[181-C8] Consensus: Provisionally assign one code point U+A7E2 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R WITH LONG LEG as described in L2/24-237. [Ref. Section 2.2 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A12] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include one provisionally assigned code point U+A7E2 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R WITH LONG LEG as described in L2/24-237. [Ref. Section 2.2 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A13] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Add annotations for U+A7E2 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R WITH LONG LEG and for U+0194, U+027C, U+A784, U+A785 as described in L2/24-237. [Ref. Section 2.2 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A14] Action Item for Mark Davis, PAG: In UTS #39 data files, consider adding entries taking into account the confusability of U+A7E2 with U+0393 Γ.

D.1 2.3 Latin Script R Glyphs and Capitals

[181-C9] Consensus: Change the glyphs of U+AB4B LATIN SMALL LETTER SCRIPT R and U+AB4C LATIN SMALL LETTER SCRIPT R WITH RING as described in L2/24-243. [Ref. Section 2.3 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A15] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Create a glyph erratum for and U+AB4B LATIN SMALL LETTER SCRIPT R and U+AB4C LATIN SMALL LETTER SCRIPT R WITH RING based on L2/24-243. [Ref. Section 2.3 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A16] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, Denis Moyogo Jacquerye, SAH: Send a font with updated glyphs for U+AB4B LATIN SMALL LETTER SCRIPT R and U+AB4C LATIN SMALL LETTER SCRIPT R WITH RING to Michel Suignard. [Ref. Section 2.3 of document L2/24-228]

[181-C10] Consensus: Provisionally assign 2 code points U+AB6C LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SCRIPT R and U+AB6D LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SCRIPT R WITH RING as described in L2/24-243. [Ref. Section 2.3 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A17] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 2 provisionally assigned code points U+AB6C LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SCRIPT R and U+AB6D LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SCRIPT R WITH RING as described in L2/24-243. [Ref. Section 2.3 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A18] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Add annotations for U+AB6C LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SCRIPT R and U+218A TURNED DIGIT TWO as described in L2/24-243. [Ref. Section 2.3 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A19] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, Denis Moyogo Jacquerye, SAH: Send a font for U+AB6C LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SCRIPT R and U+AB6D LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SCRIPT R WITH RING to Michel Suignard. [Ref. Section 2.3 of document L2/24-228]

Break 14:56–15:05 UTC-8 (23:56–00:05 UTC+1)

E.1 Extension J removals

[181-C11] Consensus: Accept the proposal to remove U+32E11 (kIRG_TSource = TE-2725) and U+33281 (kIRG_UKSource = UK-20710) from the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension J block, based on UTC discussion of US NB ballot comments on ISO/IEC 10646 7th Edition CD1, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A20] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Remove U+32E11 and U+33281 from ISO/IEC 10646’s CJKSrc.txt data file and resequence the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension J block accordingly, and provide to Ken Lunde an updated Unihan17.txt data file, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A21] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Use the updated Unihan17.txt data file to update the Unihan database, to remove U+32E11 and U+33281 from the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension J block, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A22] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the pipeline to change the range of the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension J block to 323B0..33479, for Unicode Version 17.0.

Roll call adjustment: SIL Global (associate member) no longer present (4.5 voting members represented).

E.1 CJK & Unihan Group Recommendations for UTC #181 Meeting

Ken Lunde presented L2/24-227R.

E.1 Section 01) ID20240922052148 & ID20240923225059 (PRI #508 Feedback)

[181-A23] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 01 of document L2/24-227R. See PRI #508 feedback [ID20240922052148] and [ID20240923225059].

E.1 Section 02) ID20240923035256 (PRI #508 Feedback)

[181-C12] Consensus: Accept the proposal to add “61.6” to the informative kRSUnicode property value of U+2BB7B, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20240923035256] and Section 02 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A24] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Add “61.6” to the kRSUnicode property value of U+2BB7B in ISO/IEC 10646’s CJKSrc.txt data file, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20240923035256] and Section 02 of document L2/24-227R, and provide to Ken Lunde an updated Unihan17.txt data file, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A25] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Use the updated Unihan17.txt data file to update the Unihan database, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20240923035256] and Section 02 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A26] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 02 of document L2/24-227R. See PRI #508 feedback [ID20240923035256].

E.1 Section 03) ID20240928135436 (PRI #508 Feedback)

[181-C13] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change informative kRSUnicode and kTotalStrokes property values, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20240928135436] and Section 03 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A27] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Change the kRSUnicode and kTotalStrokes property values in ISO/IEC 10646’s CJKSrc.txt data file, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20240928135436] and Section 03 of document L2/24-227R, and provide to Ken Lunde an updated Unihan17.txt data file, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A28] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Use the updated Unihan17.txt data file to update the Unihan database, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20240928135436] and Section 03 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A29] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to add the kSimplifiedVariant and kTraditionalVariant property values, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20240928135436] and Section 03 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

E.1 Section 04) ID20241015223221 (PRI #508 Feedback)

[181-A30] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to change the kHanYu property values of U+34A8 and U+20457, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20241015223221] and Section 04 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A31] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 04 of document L2/24-227R. See PRI #508 feedback [ID20241015223221].

E.1 Section 05) ID20241015224536 (PRI #508 Feedback)

[181-C14] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change the G-source representative glyph for U+20057, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20241015224536] and Section 05 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A32] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Apply the G-source representative glyph change for U+20057 to the code charts for the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B block with an updated TrueType font provided by China, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20241015224536] and Section 05 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A33] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 05 of document L2/24-227R. See PRI #508 feedback [ID20241015224536].

E.1 Section 06) ID20241016031210 (PRI #508 Feedback)

[181-C15] Consensus: Accept the proposal to correct the T-source representative glyph for U+277B0, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20241016031210] and Section 06 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A34] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Apply the T-source representative glyph correction for U+277B0 to the code charts for the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B block, with an updated TrueType font provided by TCA, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20241016031210] and Section 06 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A35] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Draft and post an erratum notice about the correction of the representative glyph for U+277B0, based on PRI #508 feedback [ID20241016031210] and Section 06 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A36] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 06 of document L2/24-227R. See PRI #508 feedback [ID20241016031210].

E.1 Section 07) ID20241016034011 (PRI #508 Feedback)

[181-A37] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 07 of document L2/24-227R. See PRI #508 feedback [ID20241016034011].

E.1 Section 08) ID20240707180108, ID20240707214435 & ID20240708191405 (L2/24-223 Public Feedback)

[181-A38] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Discuss with the stakeholders of the kSimplifiedVariant and kTraditionalVariant properties the issues pointed out in feedback [ID20240707180108], [ID20240707214435], and [ID20240708191405] in document L2/24-223, as recommended in Section 08 of document L2/24-227R.

E.1 Section 09) ID20240808231455 (L2/24-223 Public Feedback)

[181-A39] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 09 of document L2/24-227R. See feedback [ID20240808231455] in document L2/24-223.

E.1 Section 10) ID20240810135155 (L2/24-223 Public Feedback)

[181-C16] Consensus: Remove the provisional kGB7 property, based on feedback [ID20240810135155] in document L2/24-223, and as amended in Section 10 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A40] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Remove the provisional kGB7 property from UAX #38, based on feedback [ID20240810135155] in document L2/24-223, and as amended in Section 10 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A41] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Remove the provisional kGB7 property from the Unihan database, based on feedback [ID20240810135155] in document L2/24-223, and as amended in Section 10 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A42] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 10 of document L2/24-227R. See feedback [ID20240810135155] in document L2/24-223.

[181-A43] Action Item for John Wilcock, PAG: In UCDXML, consider the proper course of action following the removal of provisional property kGB7. See Section 10 of document L2/24-227R. For Unicode Version 17.0

E.1 Section 11) ID20240826145902 (L2/24-223 Public Feedback)

[181-C17] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change the informative kRSUnicode and kTotalStrokes property values of U+23D92, based on feedback [ID20240826145902] in document L2/24-223, and as amended in Section 11 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A44] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Change the kRSUnicode and kTotalStrokes property values of U+23D92 in ISO/IEC 10646’s CJKSrc.txt data file, based on feedback [ID20240826145902] in document L2/24-223, and as amended in Section 11 of document L2/24-227R, and provide to Ken Lunde an updated Unihan17.txt data file, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A45] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Use the updated Unihan17.txt data file to update the Unihan database to change the kRSUnicode and kTotalStrokes property values of U+23D92, based on feedback [ID20240826145902] in document L2/24-223, and as amended in Section 11 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

E.1 Section 12) ID20240911183502 (L2/24-223 Public Feedback)

[181-C18] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change the normative kIRG_JSource property values of U+2D0B2, U+2D4F1, and U+2EA41, based on feedback [ID20240911183502] in document L2/24-223, and as amended in Section 12 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A46] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Change the kIRG_JSource property values of U+2D0B2, U+2D4F1, and U+2EA4 in ISO/IEC 10646’s CJKSrc.txt data file, based on feedback [ID20240911183502] in document L2/24-223, and as amended in Section 12 of document L2/24-227R, and provide to Ken Lunde an updated Unihan17.txt data file, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A47] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Use the updated Unihan17.txt data file to update the Unihan database, based on feedback [ID20240911183502] in document L2/24-223, and as amended in Section 12 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A48] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 12 of document L2/24-227R. See feedback [ID20240911183502] in document L2/24-223.

E.1 Section 13) ID20240921064245 (L2/24-223 Public Feedback)

[181-A49] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to remove, change, or add kSimplifiedVariant, kSemanticVariant, and kTraditionalVariant property values, based on feedback [ID20240921064245] in document L2/24-223 and Section 13 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A50] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 13 of document L2/24-227R. See feedback [ID20240921064245] in document L2/24-223.

E.1 Section 14) ID20240921070719 (L2/24-223 Public Feedback)

[181-A51] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to remove, change, or add kSimplifiedVariant and kTraditionalVariant property values, based on feedback [ID20240921070719] in document L2/24-223 and Section 14 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A52] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 14 of document L2/24-227R. See feedback [ID20240921070719] in document L2/24-223.

E.1 Section 15) L2/24-209: Feedback on year-2022 proposed kMandarin additions for 2556 characters (per UTC action 170-A97)

[181-C19] Consensus: Accept the informative kMandarin property value additions as reviewed and amended by the CLDR-TC, based on document L2/24-209 (Chen) and Section 15 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A53] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to add the kMandarin property values, based on document L2/24-209 and Section 15 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A54] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the author of document L2/24-209 the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 15 of document L2/24-227R.

E.1 UAX #45 / U-Source Documents

Ken Lunde recalled the function of UAX #45.

E.1 Section 16) L2/24-181: Proposal to Encode a Variant of 歲

[181-C20] Consensus: Accept one new U-source ideograph as UTC-03512 with a UAX #45 status value of FutureWS, based on document L2/24-181 (Yuan), and as amended in Section 16 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A55] 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 L2/24-181, and as amended in Section 16 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A56] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the author of document L2/24-181 the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 16 of document L2/24-227R.

E.1 Section 17) L2/24-206: Proposal to add one ideograph used in High School History Textbook Elective 1 (People’s Education Press)

[181-C21] Consensus: Accept one new U-source ideograph as UTC-03513 with a UAX #45 status value of FutureWS, based on document L2/24-206 (Fang & Junko) and Section 17 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A57] 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 L2/24-206 and Section 17 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A58] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the author of document L2/24-206 the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 17 of document L2/24-227R.

E.1 Section 18) L2/24-212: Proposal to add 6 characters used in Korean old maps to UAX #45

[181-C22] Consensus: Accept six new U-source ideographs as UTC-03514 through UTC-03519 with a UAX #45 status value of FutureWS, based on document L2/24-212 (Dong) and Section 18 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A59] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Add six new records to the UAX #45 USourceData.txt data file and their representative glyphs to USourceGlyphs.pdf, based on document L2/24-212 and Section 18 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A60] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the author of document L2/24-212 the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 18 of document L2/24-227R.

E.1 Section 19) L2/24-208: Proposal to add 47 ideographs

[181-C23] Consensus: Accept 46 new U-source ideographs as UTC-03520 through UTC-03565 with a UAX #45 status value of FutureWS, based on document L2/24-208 (Junko et al.) and Section 19 of document L2/24-227R, and as amended by the UTC to remove the 46th ideograph in document L2/24-208, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A61] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Add 46 new records to the UAX #45 USourceData.txt data file and their representative glyphs to USourceGlyphs.pdf, based on document L2/24-208 and Section 19 of document L2/24-227R, and as amended by the UTC to remove the 46th ideograph in document L2/24-208, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A62] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the author of document L2/24-208 the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 19 of document L2/24-227R.

Break 16:13–16:18 UTC-8 (01:13–01:18 UTC+1)

E.1 Section 20) L2/24-201: Proposal to add a new Script-Hybrid CJK Ideographs block

Discussion. No action needed for this section.

E.1 and B.2 Section 21) L2/24-207: US/Unicode Activity Report for IRG #63 Meeting [IRG N2700]

Discussion. No action needed for this section.

E.1 and B.2 Section 22) IRG N2702: IRG Meeting #63 Recommendations and Action Items

Discussion. No action needed for this section.

Ken Lunde provided an update on IRG N2711 (related to feedback ID20240208072227 on PRI #483). Per the Editorial Report on Miscellaneous Issues (IRG N2704), Section 5, this proposal will be discussed at IRG Meeting #64.

E.1 Section 23) IRG N2643R2: A proposal requesting a Horizontal Extension of 306 Hanja chars

[181-C24] Consensus: Accept the 306-ideograph horizontal extension, based on document IRG N2643R2 (Shin et al.) and Section 23 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A63] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Add the 306 new kIRG_KSource property values to ISO/IEC 10646’s CJKSrc.txt data file, based on document IRG N2643R2 and Section 23 of document L2/24-227R, and provide to Ken Lunde an updated Unihan17.txt data file, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A64] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Use the updated Unihan17.txt data file to update the Unihan database, based on document IRG N2643R2 and Section 23 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

E.1 Section 24) IRG N2745: A request to modify the glyph for U+2E23A/KC-06640

[181-C25] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change the K-source representative glyph for U+2E23A, based on document IRG N2745 (Kim et al.) and Section 24 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A65] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Apply the K-source representative glyph change for U+2E23A to the code charts for the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension F block, with a TrueType font provided by ROK, based on document IRG N2745 and Section 24 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

E.1 Section 25) IRG N2747: Revised Glyphs of 11 G-Source Characters

[181-C26] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change 11 G-source representative glyphs, based on document IRG N2747 (Tao) and Section 25 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A66] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Apply the 11 G-source representative glyph changes, with a TrueType font provided by China, based on document IRG N2747 and Section 25 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

E.1 Section 26) IRG N2748: Update of V-Source Representative Glyphs

[181-C27] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change three V-source representative glyphs in the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension J block, based on document IRG N2748 (Collins) and as amended in Section 26 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A67] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Apply the three V-source representative glyph changes to the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension J block, with a TrueType font provided by Vietnam, based on document IRG N2748 and as amended in Section 26 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

E.1 Section 27) IRG N2691: UNC proposal for ethnic musical instruments of Yunnan Province

[181-C28] Consensus: Accept the urgently-needed G-source ideograph with code point U+2B73B at the end of the Extension C block, and all of the associated property value additions, based on document IRG N2691 (Tao et al.) and Section 27 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A68] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Add the property values for U+2B73B to ISO/IEC 10646’s CJKSrc.txt data file, based on document IRG N2691 and Section 27 of document L2/24-227R, and provide to Ken Lunde an updated Unihan17.txt data file, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A69] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Use the Unihan17.txt data file to update the Unihan database, based on document IRG N2691 and Section 27 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A70] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Add “GCA” as a new source prefix to the kIRG_GSource property in UAX #38.

[181-A71] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the pipeline to add U+2B73B, based on document IRG N2691 and Section 27 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

E.1 Section 28) IRG N2709: UNC proposal for 2 TCA’s UNC Characters

[181-C29] Consensus: Accept the two urgently-needed T-source ideographs with code point U+2B73C and U+2B73D at the end of the Extension C block, and all of the associated property value additions, based on document IRG N2709 (TCA) and Section 28 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A72] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Add the property values for U+2B73C and U+2B73D to ISO/IEC 10646’s CJKSrc.txt data file, based on document IRG N2709 and Section 28 of document L2/24-227R, and provide to Ken Lunde an updated Unihan17.txt data file, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A73] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Use the Unihan17.txt data file to update the Unihan database, based on document IRG N2709 and Section 28 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A74] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the pipeline to add U+2B73C and U+2B73D, based on document IRG N2709 and Section 28 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

E.1 Section 29) IRG N2771: Disunification of U+2F980 and U+2335F

[181-C30] Consensus: Accept the disunification of U+2335F, encoding its disunified form at U+2B73E at the end of the Extension C block, and all of the associated property value changes and additions, based on document IRG N2771 (TCA) and Section 29 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A75] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CJK: Add the property values for U+2B73E and adjust the kIRG_TSource property value of U+2F980 to ISO/IEC 10646’s CJKSrc.txt data file, based on document IRG N2771 and Section 29 of document L2/24-227R, and provide to Ken Lunde an updated Unihan17.txt data file, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A76] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Use the Unihan17.txt data file to update the Unihan database, based on document IRG N2771 and Section 29 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A77] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the pipeline to add U+2B73E, based on document IRG N2771 and Section 29 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A78] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Add mention of the range extension of the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension C block to the Alpha review notes for Unicode Version 17.0, based on document IRG N2771 and Sections 27–29 of document L2/24-27.

[181-A79] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Document the range extension of the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension C block in the Core Specification, based on document IRG N2771 and Sections 27–29 of document L2/24-227R, for Unicode Version 17.0.

E.1 Section 30) Updated Provisional Unihan Database Properties

Discussion. No action needed for this section.

Meeting adjourned for the day at 17:37 UTC-8 (02:37 UTC+1)

Day 2 — Thursday Nov 7, 2024

Meeting opened at 09:33 UTC-8 (18:33 UTC+1).

A.1 Consortium membership; meeting quorum and proxies

4.5 voting members represented: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, UCB.

Associate members present: SIL Global.

B.1.3 ISO/IEC DIS 14651 (Ed. 7) (SC 2/N4939)

Discussion of dated vs. undated references.

B.8 INFITT Liaison report

Short oral report from Jan Kučera.

D.1 2 New Characters (continued)

D.1 2.4 Archaic Cuneiform Numerals

[181-C31] Consensus: Provisionally assign 311 code points U+12550..U+12686 in a new Archaic Cuneiform Numerals block at U+12550..U+1268F, as described in L2/24-210R. [Ref. Section 2.4 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A80] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 311 provisionally assigned code points U+12550..U+12686 in a new Archaic Cuneiform Numerals block at U+12550..U+1268F, as described in L2/24-210R. [Ref. Section 2.4 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A81] Action Item for Robin Leroy, EDC: Improve the documentation of the existing characters and their properties in section 11.1.2 (Cuneiform Numerals) of the Core Specification as suggested in L2/24-210R, section 2.1, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. Section 2.4 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A82] Action Item for V.S. Umamaheswaran, RMP: Add Archaic Cuneiform Numerals to the Roadmap at the following location: U+12550..U+1268F. [Ref. Section 2.4 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 2.5 Two Tangut Ideographs

[181-C32] Consensus: Provisionally assign 2 code points U+18D1D TANGUT IDEOGRAPH-18D1D and U+18D1E TANGUT IDEOGRAPH-18D1E as described in L2/24-236. [Ref. Section 2.5 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A83] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 2 provisionally assigned code points U+18D1D TANGUT IDEOGRAPH-18D1D and U+18D1E TANGUT IDEOGRAPH-18D1E as described in L2/24-236. [Ref. Section 2.5 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A84] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, SAH: Work with the proposal author to send a font for U+18D1D TANGUT IDEOGRAPH-18D1D and U+18D1E TANGUT IDEOGRAPH-18D1E to Michel Suignard. [Ref. Section 2.5 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 2.6 Phonetic: Barred Letters

[181-C33] Consensus: Provisionally assign 23 code points U+1DF40..U+1DF56 to barred letters and 6 code points U+1DFD2..U+1DFD7 to modifier letters as described in L2/24-234. [Ref. Section 2.6 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A85] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 29 provisionally assigned code points U+1DF40..U+1DF56 for barred letters and U+1DFD2..U+1DFD7 for modifier letters as described in L2/24-234. [Ref. Section 2.6 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A86] Action Item for Kirk Miller, SAH: Send a font for U+1DF40..U+1DF56 and U+1DFD2..U+1DFD7 (barred letters) to Michel Suignard. [Ref. Section 2.6 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 2.7 Phonetic: Compound Tone Diacritics

[181-C34] Consensus: Provisionally assign 7 code points U+1ADE..U+1ADF and U+1AEC..U+1AF0 to combining diacritical marks as described in L2/24-232. [Ref. Section 2.7 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A87] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 7 provisionally assigned code points U+1ADE..U+1ADF and U+1AEC..U+1AF0 for combining diacritical marks as described in L2/24-232. [Ref. Section 2.7 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A88] Action Item for Kirk Miller, SAH: Send a font for U+1ADE..U+1ADF and U+1AEC..U+1AF0 (compound tone diacritics III) to Michel Suignard. [Ref. Section 2.7 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 2.8 Phonetic: Subscript w y z and ɣ

[181-C35] Consensus: Provisionally assign 4 code points U+209D..U+209F and U+1DFD0 to Latin subscript letters as described in L2/24-219. [Ref. Section 2.8 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A89] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 4 provisionally assigned code points U+209D..U+209F and U+1DFD0 for Latin subscript letters as described in L2/24-219. [Ref. Section 2.8 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A90] Action Item for Kirk Miller, SAH: Send a font for U+209D..U+209F and U+1DFD0 (w y z and gamma) to Michel Suignard. [Ref. Section 2.8 of document L2/24-228].

D.1 2.9 Phonetic: Modifier Small Capital P

[181-C36] Consensus: Provisionally assign one code point U+1DFD1 MODIFIER LETTER SMALL CAPITAL P as described in L2/24-231. [Ref. Section 2.9 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A91] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include one provisionally assigned code point U+1DFD1 MODIFIER LETTER SMALL CAPITAL P as described in L2/24-231. [Ref. Section 2.9 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A92] Action Item for Kirk Miller, SAH: Send a font for U+1DFD1 MODIFIER LETTER SMALL CAPITAL P to Michel Suignard. [Ref. Section 2.9 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 3. New Symbols

D.1 3.1 Currency: Pridnestrovian Ruble

[181-C37] Consensus: Provisionally assign one code point for U+20C1 RUBLE SIGN WITH DOUBLE VERTICAL STEM as described in L2/24-134R. [Ref. Section 3.1 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A93] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include one provisionally assigned code point U+20C1 RUBLE SIGN WITH DOUBLE VERTICAL STEM as described in L2/24-134R. [Ref. Section 3.1 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A94] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, SAH: Work with the proposal author to send a font for U+20C1 RUBLE SIGN WITH DOUBLE VERTICAL STEM to Michel Suignard. [Ref. Section 3.1 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 3.2 Music: Triple and Quadruple Flat

[181-C38] Consensus: Provisionally assign one code point U+1D260 MUSICAL SYMBOL TRIPLE FLAT as described in L2/24-214. [Ref. Section 3.2 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A95] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include one provisionally assigned code point U+1D260 MUSICAL SYMBOL TRIPLE FLAT as described in L2/24-214. [Ref. Section 3.2 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A96] Action Item for Kirk Miller, SAH: Send a font for U+1D260 MUSICAL SYMBOL TRIPLE FLAT to Michel Suignard. [Ref. Section 3.2 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 3.3 Music: Additional Tremoli

[181-C39] Consensus: Provisionally assign 5 code points U+1D25B..U+1D25F to musical symbols as described in L2/24-213. [Ref. Section 3.3 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A97] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 5 provisionally assigned code points U+1D25B..U+1D25F for musical symbols as described in L2/24-213. [Ref. Section 3.3 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A98] Action Item for Kirk Miller, SAH: Send a font for U+1D25B..U+1D25F (additional tremoli) to Michel Suignard. [Ref. Section 3.3 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 3.4 Japanese traditional calendar symbols

[181-C40] Consensus: Provisionally assign 2 code points U+1F1AE TOMOBIKI SYMBOL and U+1F7DA BLACK CIRCLE WITH WHITE VERTICAL BAR as described in L2/24-151. [Ref. Section 3.4 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A99] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 2 provisionally assigned code points U+1F1AE TOMOBIKI SYMBOL and U+1F7DA BLACK CIRCLE WITH WHITE VERTICAL BAR as described in L2/24-151. [Ref. Section 3.4 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A100] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Annotate all six rokuyō symbols with their names as documented in L2/24-151. Furthermore, document that U+1F1AE TOMOBIKI SYMBOL may occasionally take on a Y shape. [Ref. Section 3.4 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A101] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, SAH: Work with the proposal author to send a font for U+1F1AE TOMOBIKI SYMBOL and U+1F7DA BLACK CIRCLE WITH WHITE VERTICAL BAR to Michel Suignard. [Ref. Section 3.4 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 3.5 Cossic characters

[181-A102] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, Robin Leroy, SAH: Send comments to the authors of the cossic characters proposal L2/24-244. [Ref. Section 3.5 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 4. Changes to Characters

D.1 4.1 Adlam Glyphs Updates

[181-C41] Consensus: Change the chart font for the Adlam script to a new version of the Ebrima font as shown in L2/24-205, for Unicode Version 17.0 [Ref. Section 4.1 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A103] Action Item for Michel Suignard, Charts: Update the reference glyphs in the Adlam charts using a new font for Unicode Version 17.0 as per L2/24-205. [Ref. Section 4.1 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A104] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, SAH: Create a glyph erratum for the Adlam script for Unicode Version 17.0, pointing to UTN 58 for details, based on L2/24-205. [Ref. Section 4.1 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A105] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, Lawrence Wolf-Sonkin, SAH: Clarify the behavior of the Adlam Alif Lengthener in the Core Specification. [Ref. Section 4.1 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 4.2 Tifinagh and Combining Diacritics

[181-C42] Consensus: Revise entries in ScriptExtensions.txt file to add Tfng to U+0306, U+0308, and U+0323, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. Section 4.2 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A106] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Revise entries in ScriptExtensions.txt file to add Tfng to U+0306, U+0308, and U+0323, for Unicode Version 17.0 [Ref. Section 4.2 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 4.3 Vietnamese Apex Annotation

[181-A107] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Annotate U+1DC4 COMBINING MACRON-ACUTE to mention that it can be used for the Middle Vietnamese Apex, as documented in L2/24-111, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. Section 4.3 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A108] Action Item for Robin Leroy, EDC: Propose text for sections 7.1 (Latin) and 7.2 (Greek) of the Core Specification briefly summarizing the diachrony of tildes in Greek, Vietnamese, and Portuguese, and documenting appropriate encoding of these marks in diplomatic editions of historical documents. [Ref. Section 4.3 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 4.4 Tulu-Tigalari Conjoiner Glyph

[181-C43] Consensus: Update the reference glyph for U+113D0 TULU-TIGALARI CONJOINER to have the plus element underneath the dotted circle, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. Section 4.4 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 4.5 Alchemical Symbols Annotations

[181-A109] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Consider updating annotations for U+26E2, U+1F71E, U+1F75D, U+1F761, U+1F765, and U+1F768 as described in L2/24-218, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. Section 4.5 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 4.6 Indic_Syllabic_Category of vowel carriers

[181-C44] Consensus: Change the Indic_Syllabic_Category of U+11A50 SOYOMBO LETTER A and U+11A00 ZANABAZAR SQUARE LETTER A from Vowel_Independent to Consonant, and that of U+1900 LIMBU VOWEL-CARRIER LETTER from Consonant_Placeholder to Consonant, for Unicode Version 17.0 [Ref. Section 4.6 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A110] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Change the Indic_Syllabic_Category of U+11A50 SOYOMBO LETTER A and U+11A00 ZANABAZAR SQUARE LETTER A from Vowel_Independent to Consonant, and that of U+1900 LIMBU VOWEL-CARRIER LETTER from Consonant_Placeholder to Consonant, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. Section 4.6 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A111] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Propose text for comments on IndicSyllabicCategory.txt in the description of InSC=Consonant and InSC=Consonant_Placeholder to clarify the classification of the group of characters mentioned in L2/24-203, including a specific mention of U+0F68 TIBETAN LETTER A, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. Section 4.6 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 4.7 Greek letters with palatal hook

[181-C45] Consensus: Change the name of characters provisionally assigned (by decision 180-C35) from U+1DF3B GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA WITH PALATAL HOOK, U+1DF3C GREEK SMALL LETTER THETA WITH PALATAL HOOK, U+1DF3D GREEK SMALL LETTER CHI WITH PALATAL HOOK to U+1DF3B LATIN SMALL LETTER BETA WITH PALATAL HOOK, U+1DF3C LATIN SMALL LETTER THETA WITH PALATAL HOOK, U+1DF3D LATIN SMALL LETTER CHI WITH PALATAL HOOK with a new script property of Latn. [Ref. Section 4.7 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A112] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to reflect the renaming of provisionally assigned characters U+1DF3B..U+1DF3D from GREEK to LATIN. [Ref. Section 4.7 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A113] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Update draft data to change the name of provisionally assigned characters U+1DF3B..U+1DF3D from GREEK to LATIN. [Ref. Section 4.7 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A114] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Update draft data to change the Script property of provisionally assigned characters U+1DF3B..U+1DF3D from Greek to Latin. [Ref. Section 4.7 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 5. Other

D.1 5.1 Egyptian Hieroglyphs rotations

[181-C46] Consensus: Accept the variation sequences for Egyptian hieroglyph rotations as described in L2/24-238, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. Section 5.1 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A115] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: Add the variation sequences for Egyptian hieroglyph rotations to StandardizedVariants.txt as described in L2/24-238 for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. Section 5.1 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A116] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, SAH: Propose additions to Unikemet for equivalent sequences for legacy characters and send to Michel Suignard. [Ref. Section 5.1 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A117] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include variation sequences for Egyptian hieroglyph rotations as described in L2/24-238. [Ref. Section 4.7 of document L2/24-228]

Brief break 11:24–11:32 UTC-8 (20:24–20:32 UTC+1)

D.1 5.2 Mandaic Letter Kad

[181-A118] Action Item for Ben Yang, Robin Leroy, SAH: Clarify the guidance regarding the use of KAD vs. AK + DUSHENNA in the Core Specification, section 9.5 (Mandaic). [Ref. Section 5.2 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 5.3 Consonant_With_Stacker vs. Consonant_Prefixed

[181-A119] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, SAH: Update comments in IndicSyllabicCategory.txt to better reflect the meaning of InSC values Consonant_With_Stacker, Consonant_Prefixed, Consonant_Preceding_Repha, Consonant_Initial_Postfixed, and Consonant_Succeeding_Repha, for Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. Section 5.3 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 6 Public Feedback

D.1 6.1 Tulu-Tigalari

[181-A120] Action Item for Manish Goragaokar, SAH: Respond to Guru Prasad regarding their feedback dated Mon Jul 01 11:45:31 CDT 2024 with comments from SEW report. [Ref. Section 6.1 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 6.2 Khitan Small Script Glyph U+18CFF

[181-A121] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, SAH: Respond to Philippe Verdy regarding their feedback dated Fri Jul 19 09:48:15 CDT 2024 with comments from SEW report. [Ref. Section 6.2 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 6.3 ExtIPA cartouche

Jan Kučera presented this topic; no action was needed for this section.

D.1 6.4 Hiragana ligature

[181-A122] Action Item for Manish Goragaokar, SAH: Respond to Eduardo Marín Silva regarding their feedback dated Fri Aug 09 15:54:24 CDT 2024 with comments from SEW report. [Ref. Section 6.4 of document L2/24-228]

D.1. 6.5 Greek Letters and Modifiers in Latin Block

[181-A123] Action Item for Manish Goragaokar, SAH: Respond to Eduardo Marin Silva regarding their feedback dated Fri Aug 09 15:44:45 CDT 2024 with comments from SEW report. [Ref. Section 6.5 of document L2/24-228]

D.1 6.6 Name of IPA diacritic COMBINING LEFT ANGLE CENTERED ABOVE

[181-C47] Consensus: Change the name of provisionally assigned character U+1AE9 COMBINING LEFT ANGLE CENTERED ABOVE to COMBINING LEFT ANGLE CENTRED ABOVE. [Ref. Section 6.6 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A124] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to change the name of provisionally assigned character U+1AE9 COMBINING LEFT ANGLE CENTERED ABOVE to COMBINING LEFT ANGLE CENTRED ABOVE. [Ref. Section 6.6 of document L2/24-228]

[181-A125] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Update the draft data to change the name of provisionally assigned character U+1AE9 COMBINING LEFT ANGLE CENTERED ABOVE to COMBINING LEFT ANGLE CENTRED ABOVE. [Ref. Section 6.6 of document L2/24-228]

F.4 Text Terminal Working Group report

Fraser Gordon presented L2/24-264.

Long discussion.

D.1 7 No Action Required

Jan Kučera presented this section of L2/24-228. No action was needed.

D.1 8 In Process.

Jan Kučera briefly presented this section of L2/24-228. No action was needed.

D.2 Other script-related documents

Peter Constable inquired about the status of L2/24-204. The Script Encoding Working Group will consider this document.

Lunch 12:36–13:38 UTC-8 (21:36–22:38 UTC+1)

B.7 Liaison report from SEI

Anushah Hossain presented L2/24-229.

Discussion.

Anushah Hossain mentioned that her talk at the Unicode Technical Workshop was recorded and that the recording would be available online.

F.1 UTC #181 properties feedback & recommendations

Markus Scherer presented L2/24-224.

UTC #181 PAG recommendations

F.1 1. Core Spec

F.1 1.1 bad advice about composing custom vulgar fractions [#327]

[181-C48] Consensus: Re-word the Core Spec, Chapter 6, Section 6.2.9 Other Punctuation – Fraction Slash from “If the fraction is to be separated from a previous number, then a space can be used [...]” to indicate that a separator must be used in this situation and add a table of options for separators with description of their behavior. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/24-224 item 1.1.

[181-A126] Action Item for Josh Hadley, PAG: Re-word the Core Spec, Chapter 6, Section 6.2.9 Other Punctuation – Fraction Slash from "If the fraction is to be separated from a previous number, then a space can be used[...]" to indicate that a separator must be used in this situation and add a table of options for separators with description of their behavior. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/24-224 item 1.1.

F.1 2. UCD

F.1 2.1 Supply more guidance on whitespace [#210]

[181-A127] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: Add disambiguating NamesList annotations to U+00A0 No-Break Space, U+2007 Figure Space, U+2008 Punctuation Space, U+2009 Thin Space, U+200A Hair Space, U+202F Narrow No-Break Space. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/24-224 item 2.1.

F.1 2.2 Linkification of URLs [#281]

Discussion.

[181-C49] Consensus: Authorize a Proposed Draft Unicode Technical Standard #58, Unicode Linkification, based on the working draft in document L2/24-217. See L2/24-224 item 2.2.

[181-A128] Action Item for Mark Davis, Robin Leroy, PAG: Provide the text of Proposed Draft Unicode Technical Standard #58. See L2/24-224 item 2.2.

[181-A129] Action Item for Michelle Perham, PAG: Post the PRI for Proposed Draft Unicode Technical Standard #58. See L2/24-224 item 2.2.

F.1 2.3 Should the modifier letters from the Phonetic Extensions Supplement have the Diacritic property? (Yes.) [#315]

Discussion of U+2071 and U+207F.

[181-C50] Consensus: Assign the Diacritic property to the modifier letters from the Phonetic Extensions Supplement block, namely U+1D9B..U+1DBE [ᶛᶜᶝᶞᶟᶠᶡᶢᶣᶤᶥᶦᶧᶨᶩᶪᶫᶬᶭᶮᶯᶰᶱᶲᶳᶴᶵᶶᶷᶸᶹᶺᶻᶼᶽᶾ], for Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/24-224 item 2.3.

[181-A130] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In PropList.txt, assign the Diacritic property to the modifier letters from the Phonetic Extensions Supplement block, namely U+1D9B..U+1DBE [ᶛᶜᶝᶞᶟᶠᶡᶢᶣᶤᶥᶦᶧᶨᶩᶪᶫᶬᶭᶮᶯᶰᶱᶲᶳᶴᶵᶶᶷᶸᶹᶺᶻᶼᶽᶾ], for Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/24-224 item 2.3.

F.1 2.4 UAX #42 Name properties "control" option [#328]

[181-A131] Action Item for John Wilcock, PAG: In UAX #42 section 4.4.2 Name properties, remove the long-obsolete alternative <control> from the character-name regex. Adjust the syntax example in section 12 accordingly. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/24-224 item 2.4.

F.1 2.5 Correction to CJKRadicals.txt [#337]

[181-A132] Action Item for Josh Hadley, PAG: Update the description of CJK radical numbers in CJKRadicals.txt to be consistent with the use of apostrophes per the kRSUnicode property. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/24-224 item 2.5.

F.1 2.6 Proposed update to UAX #42 UCDXML [#338]

[181-C51] Consensus: Authorize a Proposed Update of UAX #42 UCDXML and its associated data files. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/24-224 item 2.6.

[181-A133] Action Item for John Wilcock, PAG: Provide a Proposed Update of UAX #42 UCDXML and its associated data files. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/24-224 item 2.6.

[181-A134] Action Item for Michelle Perham, UTC: Publish a PRI for the Proposed Update of UAX #42 UCDXML to close 2025-xx-xx. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/24-224 item 2.6.

F.1 2.7 Numeric annotations and properties for cuneiform signs [#341]

[181-C52] Consensus: Assign Numeric_Value=1/2 to U+12226 𒈦 CUNEIFORM SIGN MASH; Numeric_Value=1 to U+12038 𒀸 CUNEIFORM SIGN ASH, U+12039 𒀹 CUNEIFORM SIGN ASH ZIDA TENU, U+12079 𒁹 CUNEIFORM SIGN DISH, U+1230B 𒌋 CUNEIFORM SIGN U; Numeric_Value=2 to U+1222B 𒈫 CUNEIFORM SIGN MIN and U+12399 𒎙 CUNEIFORM SIGN U U; Numeric_Value=3 to U+1230D 𒌍 CUNEIFORM SIGN U U U, and assign Numeric_Type=Numeric to all of these characters, as described in L2/24-239. See L2/24-224 item 2.7.

[181-A135] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In UCD file UnicodeData.txt and derived files, assign Numeric_Value=1/2 to U+12226 𒈦 CUNEIFORM SIGN MASH; Numeric_Value=1 to U+12038 𒀸 CUNEIFORM SIGN ASH, U+12039 𒀹 CUNEIFORM SIGN ASH ZIDA TENU, U+12079 𒁹 CUNEIFORM SIGN DISH, U+1230B 𒌋 CUNEIFORM SIGN U; Numeric_Value=2 to U+1222B 𒈫 CUNEIFORM SIGN MIN and U+12399 𒎙 CUNEIFORM SIGN U U; Numeric_Value=3 to U+1230D 𒌍 CUNEIFORM SIGN U U U, and assign Numeric_Type=Numeric to all of these characters, as described in L2/24-239. See L2/24-224 item 2.7.

[181-A136] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Consider the names list annotations proposed in L2/24-239, §3.1. For Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A137] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Consider the names list annotations proposed in L2/24-239, §3.2, when the characters proposed in L2/24-210R are incorporated into the standard.

F.1 3. Characters

F.1 3.1 Proposal to add a new Script-Hybrid CJK Ideographs block

Discussion. No action was needed for this section.

F.1 3.2 PAG review of draft properties for Hiragana and katakana digraphs (1B123..1B125) [#326]

No action was needed for this section.

F.1 4. Proposed new scripts & characters

No action was needed for this section.

F.1 6. Line Break

Roll call adjustment: SIL Global (associate member) no longer present (4.5 voting members represented).

F.1 6.1 Hyphens and Hebrew again: further adjustments to LB21a and LB20a [#308]

[181-C53] Consensus: Add a new Line_Break property value Unambiguous_Hyphen (short alias: HH) and assign this value to the eleven characters that have General_Category=Pd and Line_Break=Break_After in Unicode Version 16.0, listed below. Amend rules LB12a and LB21 of the Unicode Line Breaking Algorithm to treat HH like BA, and amend rules LB20a and LB21a to refer to the set of characters with lb=HH instead of singling out a single character or doing set arithmetic on the set of characters with lb=BA. In addition, amend rule LB20a to treat HL like AL. See L2/24-224 item 6.1. For Unicode Version 17.0.

        U+058A ֊ ARMENIAN HYPHEN
        U+05BE ‎־‎ HEBREW PUNCTUATION MAQAF
        U+1400 ᐀ CANADIAN SYLLABICS HYPHEN
        U+2010 ‐ HYPHEN
        U+2012 ‒ FIGURE DASH
        U+2013 – EN DASH
        U+2E17 ⸗ DOUBLE OBLIQUE HYPHEN
        U+2E40 ⹀ DOUBLE HYPHEN
        U+2E5D ⹝ OBLIQUE HYPHEN
        U+10EAD 𐺭 YEZIDI HYPHENATION MARK
        U+10D6E 𐵮 GARAY HYPHEN

[181-A138] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In UCD file PropertyValueAliases.txt, add a new Line_Break property value Unambiguous_Hyphen (short alias: HH). For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/24-224 item 6.1.

[181-A139] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In UCD file LineBreak.txt and derived files, assign Line_Break=Unambiguous_Hyphen to the eleven characters that have General_Category=Pd and Line_Break=Break_After in Unicode Version 16.0. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/24-224 item 6.1.

[181-A140] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In Unicode Standard Annex #14, add a description for line breaking class HH, and update rules LB12a, LB20a, LB21, and LB21a as described in L2/24-224 item 6.1. For Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A141] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In UCD files LineBreakTest.txt and LineBreakTest.html, update rules LB12a, LB20a, LB21, and LB21a as described in L2/24-224 item 6.1. For Unicode Version 17.0.

[181-A142] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In UCD files LineBreakTest.txt and LineBreakTest.html, add realistic tests exercising the changes to the behaviour of rules LB20a and LB21. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/24-224 item 6.1.

[181-A143] Action Item for Mark Davis, PAG: In Unicode Technical Standard #18, Unicode Regular Expressions, clarify the impact of changing property values on regular expressions. See L2/24-224 item 6.1.

F.1 6.2.

Markus Scherer presented this section, for which no further action was needed.

F.1 6.3 UAX #14 CGJ should not break a combining character sequence [#317]

[181-C54] Consensus: Change the Line_Break assignment of U+034F COMBINING GRAPHEME JOINER from Line_Break=GL (Glue) to Line_Break=CM (Combining_Mark). For Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. Section 6.3 of document L2/24-224]

[181-A144] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In LineBreak.txt and derived files, change the Line_Break assignment of U+034F COMBINING GRAPHEME JOINER from Line_Break=GL (Glue) to Line_Break=CM (Combining_Mark). For Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. Section 6.3 of document L2/24-224]

[181-A145] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In UAX #14, Unicode Line Breaking Algorithm, update the description of line breaking classes GL and CM to reflect the change in Line_Break property from GL to CM. Note in a migration section of the spec that lb=GL was a mistake. For Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. Section 6.3 of document L2/24-224]

[181-A146] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In the core spec, section 23.2.4 Combining Grapheme Joiner, clarify that CGJ does not join graphemes. For Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. Section 6.3 of document L2/24-224]

[181-A147] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: In NamesList.txt, express that CGJ is used to affect the collation of adjacent characters for purposes of language-sensitive collation and searching, and also used to distinguish sequences that would otherwise be canonically equivalent. For Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. Section 6.3 of document L2/24-224]

F.1 6.4 UAX #14 WJ and SY in LB15b but not in LB15a [#320]

Markus Scherer presented this section, for which no action was needed.

F.1 6.5 UAX #14 line break via grapheme breaks & lb of first char: does not work [#322]

[181-N1] Note: The PAG should consider feedback ID20240805055322 as part of prior action item 160-A73 and the umbrella action item 170-A69a.

F.1 6.6 Incoherent documentation of the LB assignment of U+FE10 [#331]

Markus Scherer presented this section, for which no further action was needed.

F.1 7. Collation

F.1 7.1 merge CollationTest.html contents into UTS #10 [#324]

[181-C55] Consensus: Merge the contents of CollationTest.html into UTS #10 and omit CollationTest.html from /Public/UCA/. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/24-224 item 7.1.

[181-A148] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: Merge the contents of CollationTest.html into UTS #10 and omit CollationTest.html from /Public/UCA/. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/24-224 item 7.1.

F.1 8. Regex

F.1 8.1 UTS #18 misleading about Any/Assigned/ASCII vs. General_Category [#340]

[181-A49] Action Item for Mark Davis, PAG: In UTS #18, change the discussion of Any/Assigned/ASCII to clarify that these are not General_Category values. See L2/24-224 item 8.1.

F.1 9. Emoji

F.1 9.1 Is “component” a value of the RGI_Emoji_Qualification property? [#336]

[181-C56] Consensus: In UTS #51 ED-28, add a new property value with long name "Standalone_Component" and short name "component" corresponding to the "component" field value in the associated data file. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/24-224 item 9.1.

[181-A150] Action Item for Mark Davis, ESC: In UTS #51 ED-28, add a new property value with long name "Standalone_Component" and short name "component" corresponding to the "component" field value in the associated data file. For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/24-224 item 9.1.

[181-A151] Action Item for Mark Davis, ESC: In the emoji-test.txt header comments, make the appropriate changes for the new property value Standalone_Component (= component). For Unicode Version 17.0. See L2/24-224 item 9.1.

F.1 10. Math

F.1 10.1 MathClass of U+22A5 ⊥ UP TACK is R=Relation, should be N=Normal [#334]

Markus Scherer presented this section, for which no action was needed at this time.

F.1 11. Authorize proposed updates

[181-C57] Consensus: Authorize proposed updates of UAX #14, UTS #10, and UTS #51, for Unicode Version 17.0.

Break 15:46–16:08 UTC-8 (00:46–01:08 UTC+1)

B.3 Liaison report from ICU.

B.3.1 Liaison report from ICU-TC.

Oral report by Markus Scherer.

Discussion.

B.3.2 Liaison report from ICU4X-TC.

Oral report by Markus Scherer.

Discussion.

B.44 Liaison report from CLDR-TC.

Oral report by Mark Davis.

Discussion.

Mark Davis mentioned that a talk on MessageFormat 2.0 at the Unicode Technical Workshop was recorded and that the recording was available online.

B.5 Liaison report from ISO TC 37/SC 2.

Oral report by Peter Constable.

Discussion.

B.6 Liaison report from ICANN.

Short oral report by Michel Suignard.

B.10 Liaison report from ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22

Oral report by Robin Leroy.

F.1 5. East Asian Text

F.1 5.1 Working Draft UTR East Asian Spacing [#343]

Long discussion.

[181-C58] Consensus: Authorize a Proposed Draft Unicode Technical Report #59, East Asian Spacing, based on the working draft in document L2/24-259. See L2/24-224 item 5.1.

[181-A152] Action Item for Koji Ishii, Markus Scherer, PAG: Provide the text of Proposed Draft Unicode Technical Report #59. See L2/24-224 item 5.1.

[181-A153] Action Item for Michelle Perham, PAG: Post the PRI for Proposed Draft Unicode Technical Report #59. See L2/24-224 item 5.1.

B.11 Liaison report from ISO/TC 46.

Short oral report from Markus Scherer.

Meeting adjourned for the day at 17:20 UTC-8 (02:20 UTC+1).

Day 3 — Friday, November 8, 2024

Meeting opened at 9:33 UTC-8 (18:33 UTC+1).

A.1 Consortium membership; meeting quorum and proxies

4.5 voting members represented: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, UCB

Associate members present: SIL Global.

D.4 Data for Other Ideographic Scripts

Discussion.

[181-A154] Action Item for Michel Suignard, SAH: Prepare a working draft for a proposed UAX on sources and other ancillary data for other ideographic scripts, including Nushu, Tangut and Jurchen.

B.11 Liaison report from ISO/TC 46 (continued)

Oral report from Markus Scherer on ISO 15924/RA.

Oral report from Jan Kučera on transliteration.

G.1 Emoji.

Jennifer Daniel thanked Ken Lunde for his service as vice-chair of the Emoji Standard and Research Working Group.

B.13 Liaison report from the Unicode Administration and Infrastructure Group.

Oral report from Toral Cowieson.

Toral Cowieson introduced Gregg Lechner.

Peter Constable thanked Rick McGowan for his 25 years of service as part of Unicode staff.

A.5 Calendar review.

Long discussion.

UTC #184 will be hosted by the University of New Hampshire in Manchester, New Hampshire on July 22–24, 2025.

UTC #185 will tentatively be hosted by Apple in Cupertino, California on October 27–29, 2025 (Monday through Wednesday).

Attendees are reminded that UTC meeting #182 is Wednesday through Friday.

H.1 Release Management Group report.

Peter Constable presented L2/24-258R2.

Long discussion of the report and of alignment of the répertoires Unicode Versions 17.0 and 18.0 with ISO/IEC 10646 7th Edition CD1 and ISO/IEC 10646 7th Edition.

[181-C59] Consensus: UTC approves the proposed timeline and plan for Unicode Version 17.0 outlined in document L2/24-258R2.

[181-C60] Consensus: UTC accepts for encoding in Unicode Version 17.0 the following 297 Arabic, Bengali, Han, Kannada, Latin, Oriya, phonetic, Sharada, Tangut, Telugu, and symbol characters for which the code points have previously been provisionally assigned:

        Arabic (40 characters): 088F, FBC3..FBD2, FD90..FD91, FDC8..FDCE, 10EC5..10EC7, 10ED0..10ED8, 10EFA..10EFB
        Bengali (1 character): 09FF
        Han (5 characters): 16FF2..16FF6
        Kannada (1 character): 0CDC
        Latin (2 characters): A7D2, A7D4
        Oriya (2 characters): 0B53..0B54
        Phonetic (30 characters): 1ACF, 1AD0..1ADD, 1AE0..1AEB, A7CE..A7CF, A7F1
        Sharada (8 characters): 11B60..11B67
        Tangut (145 characters): 187F8..187FF, 18D09..18D1E, 18D80..18DF2
        Telugu (1 character): 0C5C
        Symbols (62 characters): 2B96, 1CCFA..1CCFC, 1CEBA..1CED0, 1CEE0..1CEF0, 1F777..1F77A, 1F8D0..1F8D8, 1FA54..1FA57, 1FBFA

[181-C61] Consensus: UTC accepts for encoding in Unicode Version 17.0 the following 228 characters for new scripts for which code points have previously been provisionally assigned: 50 characters for Beria Erfe script, 40 characters for Chisoi script, 29 characters for Sidetic script, 55 characters for Tai Yo script, and 54 characters for Tolong Siki script.

[181-A155] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the pipeline to reflect the approval of provisionally assigned code points for encoding in Unicode Version 17.0. [Ref. consensus 181-C60, 181-C61]

[181-A156] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: Update the relevant UCD data files in preparation for Unicode Version 17.0 to include additional characters approved for encoding. [Ref. consensus 181-C60, 181-C61]

[181-A157] Action Item for Peter Constable, UTC: Prepare a liaison contribution to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 regarding the provisionally assigned code point U+20C1 RUBLE SIGN WITH DOUBLE VERTICAL STEM.

A.6 PRI closing dates

The closing date of record is January 2nd, 2025.

[181-A158] Action Item for Michelle Perham, UTC: Extend closing dates on open PRIs to January 2nd, 2025.

UTC thanked the host, Apple.

UTC adjourned for the week at 12:07 UTC-8 (21:07 UTC+1).

The new recording secretary of the UTC, Robin Leroy, thanks his predecessor, Rick McGowan, for his guidance.

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