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Earlier UTC Meetings
This page provides information about the earlier Unicode Technical Committee meetings, prior to UTC #132 in mid-2012. The roster of meeting information is divided into three tables, to reflect three distinct historical phases in meeting and document management.
- Co-located UTC/L2 Meetings (1997–2012)
- UTC and X3L2 Meetings (1991–1996)
- UWG and Related Meetings (1989–1990)
1997–2012: Era of Coordinated UTC and L2 Registers and Meetings
From 1997 through 2012, the Unicode Technical Committee and the U.S. Tag to JTC1/SC2, the INCITS L2 committee, systematically coordinated their document registers and meeting schedules. There was a high degree of overlap among the participants in these two committees, and this coordination proved the most efficient way to advance the synchronized work on the Unicode Standard and ISO/IEC 10646.
During most of this period, the UTC and L2 maintained a single document register, for their mutual convenience. Nearly all documents used the "L2/YY-NNN" numbering convention, regardless of their status. For more information about the document registers, see the UTC Document Registry.
Some unofficial meeting notes taken by various participants are listed in the "Minutes" column, when they are available. While unofficial, these records can help provide context for some of the decisions taken at a meeting.
1991–1996: Era of Distinct UTC and X3L2 Registers and Meetings
Before 1997, the situation was rather distinct. The U.S. Tag to JTC1/SC2 was then known as ANSI X3L2. It maintained its own document register, using the "X3L2/YY-NNN" document numbering convention. The UTC had its separate document register. The document numbering conventions for the UTC varied somewhat over the years, but for ease of reference are regularized in the table to the predominant "UTC/YYYY-NNN" convention.
The Unicode Consortium was incorporated on January 3, 1991. The initial meeting of the Unicode Board of Directors on January 25, 1991 established the Unicode Technical Committee and its processes. The formal agenda documents, minutes, and the UTC document register itself commenced as of UTC #44, held on February 1, 1991.
Prior to 1994, the UTC and X3L2 meetings were not mutually coordinated. The years 1994 and 1995 saw the first limited attempts at scheduling coordination, when UTC #61 and X3L2 #163 were scheduled on adjacent days in Cupertino in June, 1994, and when UTC #65 and X3L2 #165 were scheduled on adjacent days in Sunnyvale in June, 1995. The period from December 1995 through 1996 was a time of transition, when X3L2 meetings started to be formally co-located with UTC meetings; however, during 1996 not all of the UTC meetings were held jointly with X3L2, and the document register merger had not yet occurred.
1989–1990: Era of the Unicode Working Group (UWG)
The UTC can trace its committee origins back to the first informal "Unicode meeting" held at Xerox on February 9, 1989. The term "Unicode Working Group" was coined later, but was then applied retroactively to the numbered sequence of meetings from the earliest records, in which they are identified as "UWG #1", and so on. When the Unicode Consortium was incorporated and formally created the Unicode Technical Committee, it inherited the meeting numbering and the accumulated decisions of the Unicode Working Group as of January, 1991.
Notes were taken during the UWG meetings and those notes were referred to at the time as "minutes" and distributed to participants. Much of this material is available in the paper archives, but there was no document register maintained during this early period. Some commentary regarding decisions also survives in archived email records. Some of the recovered material is listed in the UWG Meeting Notes, for historical reference. Further early meeting minutes and notes will be made available as they can be scanned and posted.
A list of participation by company at the UWG meetings survives, and this information has been added to the list of UWG meetings below.
For completeness, the table of UWG meetings includes other important non-UWG meetings during 1989 and 1990 which had a bearing on the early drafting of the Unicode Standard, but which are not part of the UWG numbered sequence.
The very earliest meetings were rather ad hoc, and often were held for just a couple hours on a Friday afternoon. It was not until 1990 that UWG meetings became full-day meetings and were more formally organized.
For more information about the very early history of Unicode, see the interviews and narratives collected at Early Years of Unicode covering events from 1985 through 1988.
Co-located UTC/L2 Meetings (1997–2012)
UTC and X3L2 Meetings (1991–1996)
Meeting Dates Location Host Agenda Action Items Motions Minutes before after UTC #71 December 5-6, 1996 San Diego, CA NCR X3L2/96-117 UTC #71-38 X3L2/SD-2 X3L2/96-123 X3L2 #168 X3L2/96-116 X3L2/96-124 UTC #70 September 7, 1996 San José, CA Unicode UTC #70-29 AI-70 Motions-70 UTC #69 June 6-7, 1996 Redmond, WA Microsoft UTC/1996-020,
(txt)UTC/1996-029 UTC/1996-027.1, UTC/1996-027.2 X3L2 #167 X3L2/SD-2 X3L2/96-105 UTC #68 March 8, 1996 Palo Alto, CA IBM UTC/1996-001 UTC/1996-008 UTC/1996-022 UTC/1996-021 UTC #67 December 8, 1995 Cupertino, CA X3L2/95-081R X3L2/SD-2 UTC/1996-002 X3L2 #166 X3L2/96-031 UTC #66 September 29, 1995 Cambridge, MA UTC/1995-054 X3L2 #165 June 5-7, 1995 Sunnyvale, CA X3L2/95-041 X3L2/95-049 X3L2/95-047 UTC #65 June 2, 1995 Sunnyvale, CA Novell Minutes-65 UTC #64 March 9-10, 1995 Cupertino, CA Microsoft UTC/1995-001 UTC/1995-021A X3L2 #164 Nov 30, Dec 2, 1994 Cupertino, CA X3L2/95-010 UTC #63 December 1, 1994 Cupertino, CA Apple UTC/1994-031 AI-63 Minutes-63 UTC #62 September 30, 1994 Toronto, Canada IBM UTC/1994-020 AI-62 UTC/1994-032 X3L2 #163 June 3, 1994 Cupertino, CA Apple X3L2/94-041 X3L2/94-112 UTC #61 June 2, 1994 Cupertino, CA Apple UTC/1994-004 UTC/1994-021 Minutes-61 UTC #60 March 3-4, 1994 Redmond, WA Microsoft UTC/1994-000 Minutes-60 X3L2 #162 January 17-18, 1994 Salt Lake City, UT X3L2/94-034 UTC #59 December 2-3, 1993 Cupertino, CA Taligent UTC/1993-022 X3L2 #161 September 22-25, 1993 Dallas, TX X3L2/93-161 X3L2/93-185 UTC #58 September 9-10, 1993 Symantec UTC/1993-015 UTC/1993-023B UTC #57 June 28-29, 1993 Provo, UT Novell UTC/1993-009 UTC/1993-016 X3L2 #160 June 14-17, 1993 Rochester, NY X3L2/93-130 X3L2/93-168 UTC #56 April 1-2, 1993 Mountain View, CA Metaphor UTC/1993-001 X3L2 #159 January 18-22, 1993 Cupertino, CA X3L2/92-193R X3L2/93-129 UTC #55 November 19-20, 1992 Cupertino, CA HP UTC/1992-049 UTC/1993-003 UTC #54 September 11, 1992 Redmond, WA Microsoft UTC/1992-042 UTC/1992-050 UTC #53 July 16-17, 1992 Cupertino, CA Apple UTC/1992-035 UTC/1992-045M X3L2 #158 June 16-19, 1992 Columbia, MD X3L2/92-096R X3L2/92-150 UTC #52 May 8, 1992 Palo Alto, CA Xerox UTC/1992-015 Minutes-52 X3L2 Special April 13, 1992 [phone] --- X3L2/92-077R X3L2/92-083R UTC #51 March 6, 1992 Seattle, WA Aldus UTC/1992-007 X3L2 #157 February 26-28, 1992 Los Angeles, CA Xerox X3L2/92-040 X3L2/92-051R UTC #50 January 14, 1992 Cupertino, CA Apple UTC/1992-001 UTC/1992-011 UTC #49 Oct 31 - Nov 1, 1991 Toronto, Canada IBM UTC/1991-090 UTC/1992-005 X3L2 #156 September 16-20, 1991 Redmond, WA X3L2/91-97 X3L2/91-123 UTC #48 September 12-13, 1991 Palo Alto, CA Sun UTC/1991-076 UTC/1991-087, 108 UTC #47 June 6-7, 1991 Palo Alto, CA Sun UTC/1991-063 UTC/1991-078 X3L2 #155 April 16-19, 1991 Nashua, NH DEC X3L2/91-41 X3L2/91-62 UTC #46 March 26-27, 1991 Cupertino, CA Apple UTC/1991-034 UTC/1991-048A, 048B UTC #45 Feb 28 - March 1, 1991 Palo Alto, CA Sun UTC/1991-023 UTC/1991-018 UTC/1991-037 UTC #44 February 1, 1991 Mountain View, CA RLG UTC/1991-001 UTC/1991-024 UTC/1991-024 Unicode BOD #1 January 25, 1991 Cupertino, CA Apple X3L2 #154 January 14-16, 1991 Cupertino, CA X3L2/90-126 X3L2/91-18R UWG and Related Meetings (1989–1990)
Meeting Dates Location Host Participants Agenda Minutes UWG #43 January 11, 1991 Mountain View, CA RLG Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, Microsoft, IBM, HP, Adobe, Aldus, NeXT, RLG, GO, PacRim, Far Eastern Library (Stockholm), Symantec Milestone: Unicode, Inc. incorporated January 3, 1991. Indic Ad Hoc December 21, 1990 Cupertino, CA Apple Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, NeXT UWG #42 December 14, 1990 Mountain View, CA RLG Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, Microsoft, IBM, HP, Adobe, Aldus, NeXT, RLG, SHARE, GO, PacRim, Far Eastern Library (Stockholm) Milestone: Unicode 1.0 Final Review document distributed 12/90. UWG #41 November 30, 1990 Mountain View, CA RLG Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, NeXT, RLG, PacRim UWG #40 November 16, 1990 Mountain View, CA RLG Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, NeXT, Microsoft, Kodak, RLG, Aldus, PacRim, Shanghai University Legal Ad Hoc November 15, 1990 Palo Alto, CA Sun UWG #39 November 2, 1990 Mountain View, CA RLG Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, Microsoft, IBM, NeXT, HP, RLG, GO, Aldus, Quintus, Adobe, PacRim Milestone: Unicode 0.9 Preview document distributed 10/90. UWG #38 October 12, 1990 Cupertino, CA Apple Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, Microsoft, IBM, NeXT, RLG, SHARE, PacRim, GO X3L2 #153 Rochester, NY X3L2/90-115 X3L2/90-150R UWG #37 September 28, 1990 Mountain View, CA RLG Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, Microsoft, IBM, NeXT, RLG, SHARE, PacRim UWG #36 September 14, 1990 Mountain View, CA Metaphor Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, NeXT, Microsoft, IBM, PacRim UWG #35-A August 31, 1990 Mountain View, CA RLG Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, NeXT, Microsoft, IBM, RLG, PacRim, Claris, SHARE, HP UWG #35 August 17, 1990 Mountain View, CA RLG Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, Microsoft, IBM, Sun, Cayenne Milestone: Formal editing of Unicode 1.0 documents begins 8/90. Bylaws Ad Hoc August 8, 1990 Mountain View, CA Metaphor Metaphor, Sun, PacRim UWG #34 July 27, 1990 Mountain View, CA RLG Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, Microsoft, RLG, IBM, HP, Claris, SHARE UWG #33 June 15, 1990 Mountain View, CA RLG Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, RLG, Microsoft, PacRim X3L2 #152 June 4-6, 1990 Nashua, NH DEC X3L2/90-100 UWG #32 June 1, 1990 Mountain View, CA RLG Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, Microsoft, RLG, IBM, Claris, PacRim Unicode Study #3 May 21, 1990 Tokyo, Japan Microsoft email 1990-06-05 UWG #31 May 18, 1990 Palo Alto, CA Sun Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, Microsoft, RLG, NeXT, Claris, PacRim Unicode Study #2 May 10, 1990 Tokyo, Japan Apple email 1990-05-14 UWG #30 May 4, 1990 Mountain View, CA RLG Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, RLG, Microsoft, PacRim UWG #29 April 20, 1990 Mountain View, CA RLG Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun Claris, RLG, PacRim, SHARE UWG #28 March 23, 1990 Mountain View, CA RLG Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, Microsoft, Claris, HP, RLG, PacRim, SHARE Unicode Study #1 March 19, 1990 Tokyo, Japan Unix Pacific Architecture Ad Hoc March 19, 1990 Mountain View, CA Metaphor Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, NeXT, Claris Symbols Ad Hoc March 9, 1990 Mountain View, CA Metaphor X3L2 #151 March 5-7, 1990 Raleigh, NC X3L2/90-1A X3L2/90-98 UWG #27 February 20, 1990 Mountain View, CA RLG Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, RLG, Microsoft ??? February 15, 1990 Palo Alto, CA Sun UWG #26 January 29, 1990 Santa Clara, CA Claris Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, NeXT, Canon UWG #25 January 26, 1990 Mountain View, CA RLG Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, RLG, Microsoft, HP, PacRim Indic Ad Hoc January 19, 1990 Mountain View, CA Mumtaj UWG #24 December 18, 1989 Mountain View, CA Metaphor Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, NeXT, Adobe, PacRim UWG #23 December 12, 1989 Mountain View, CA RLG Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, RLG, Claris X3L2 #150 December 4-7, 1989 El Segundo, CA Xerox X3L2/89-201A X3L2/89-201B UWG #22 November 27, 1989 Palo Alto, CA Sun Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, NeXT, PacRim, RLG, Claris, Microsoft UWG #21 November 16, 1989 Redwood Shores, CA NeXT Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, NeXT, PacRim, HP, Claris UWG #20 November 9, 1989 Mountain View, CA Metaphor Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, NeXT, PacRim UWG #19 November 2, 1989 Mountain View, CA Metaphor Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, NeXT, RLG, Adobe, PacRim UWG #18 October 9, 1989 Palo Alto, CA Sun Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, NeXT UWG #17 September 21, 1989 Mountain View, CA Metaphor Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, NeXT, Claris X3L2 #149 September 11-15, 1989 Cupertino, CA Apple X3L2/89-120A X3L2/89-120B Milestone: Unicode draft presented at X3L2 #149 meeting. UWG #16 September 7, 1989 Palo Alto, CA Sun Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, Claris UWG #15 August 31, 1989 Mountain View, CA Metaphor Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun UWG #14 August 17, 1989 Palo Alto, CA HP Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, HP, NeXT UWG #13 July 27, 1989 Mountain View, CA Metaphor Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, HP, Adobe UWG #12 July 13, 1989 Cupertino, CA Apple Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, HP, Adobe, RLG UWG #11 June 29, 1989 Mountain View, CA Metaphor Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun UWG #10 June 15, 1989 Mountain View, CA Metaphor Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, RLG X3L2 #148 June 5-9, 1989 Minneapolis, MN X3L2/89-97A X3L2/89-97B UWG #9 May 5, 1989 Palo Alto, CA Sun Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun UWG #8 April 25, 1989 Palo Alto, CA Sun Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, RLG UWG #7 April 13, 1989 Mountain View, CA Metaphor Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, NeXT UWG #6 March 30, 1989 Mountain View, CA Metaphor Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun IPA Ad Hoc March 30, 1989 Santa Cruz, CA UCSC (DoLx) Xerox, Metaphor, UCSC UWG #5 March 16, 1989 Mountain View, CA Metaphor Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun X3L2 #147 March 13 - 17, 1989 Washington, DC X3L2/89-1A X3L2/89-1B UWG #4 March 9, 1989 Palo Alto, CA Xerox Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, Sun, NeXT UWG #3 March 2, 1989 Palo Alto, CA Xerox Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, NeXT, ILA UWG #2 February 16, 1989 Palo Alto, CA Xerox Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, RLG UWG #1 February 9, 1989 Palo Alto, CA Xerox Xerox, Apple, Metaphor, NeXT Early X3L2 Meetings (1985–1988)
Meeting Dates Location Agenda Minutes X3L2 #146 December, 1988 X3L2/88-328A X3L2 #145 September 12-16, 1988 Raleigh, NC X3L2/88-228A X3L2/88-228B X3L2 #144 June 10-14, 1988 Nashua, NH X3L2/88-104B X3L2/88-104A X3L2 #143 February 29-March 4, 1988 Dallas, TX X3L2/88-1A X3L2/88-1B X3L2 #142 December 7-11, 1987 Oak Ridge, TN X3L2/87-331 X3L2/87-331A X3L2 #141 September 14-18, 1987 Minneapolis, MN X3L2/87-217 X3L2/87-217A X3L2 #140 June 22-26, 1987 Parsippany, NJ X3L2/87-038 X3L2/87-038A X3L2 #139 February 2-6, 1987 Tampa, FL X3L2/87-2B X3L2/87-2D X3L2 #138 December, 1986 X3L2 #137 September 22-26, 1986 Gaithersburg, MD X3L2/86-11B X3L2/86-11C X3L2 #136 May 27-30, 1986 Foxborough, MA X3L2/86-56C X3L2 #135 March 3-7, 1986 Anaheim, CA X3L2/86-9B X3L2/86-9C X3L2 #134 December 9-13, 1985 Miami, FL X3L2/85-155B X3L2/85-155C X3L2 #133 September 9-13, 1985 Minneapolis, MN X3L2/85-103B X3L2/85-103C X3L2 #132 June 24-28, 1985 Parsippany, NJ X3L2/85-61B X3L2/85-61C X3L2 #131 March 25-28, 1985 Washington, DC X3L2/85-1B X3L2/85-1C
