Unicode 13.0 Beta Review

U13 beta imageThe beta review period for Unicode 13.0 has started. The
Unicode Standard is the foundation for all modern software and
communications around the world, including all modern operating systems,
browsers, laptops, and smart phones—plus the Internet and Web (URLs,
HTML, XML, CSS, JSON, etc.). The Unicode Standard, its associated
standards, and data form the foundation for CLDR and ICU releases. Thus
it is important to ensure a smooth transition to each new version of the
standard.

Unicode 13.0 includes a number of changes and 5,930 new characters. Some
of the Unicode Standard Annexes have modifications for Unicode 13.0,
often in coordination with changes to character properties. For the
first time, a CJK extension has been encoded in plane 3, the Tertiary
Ideographic Plane. Four new scripts have been added in Unicode 13.0.
There are also 55 additional emoji characters and many other new emoji,
including the transgender flag and polar bear.

Please review the documentation, adjust your code, test the data files,
and report errors and other issues to the Unicode Consortium by January
6, 2020. Feedback instructions are on the beta page.

See http://unicode.org/versions/beta-13.0.0.html for more information
about testing the 13.0.0 beta.

See http://unicode.org/versions/Unicode13.0.0/ for the current draft
summary of Unicode 13.0.0.

      About the Unicode Consortium

The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit organization founded to develop,
extend and promote use of the Unicode Standard and related globalization
standards.

The membership of the consortium represents a broad spectrum of
corporations and organizations, many in the computer and information
processing industry. Members include: Adobe, Apple, Emojipedia,
Facebook, Google, Government of Bangladesh, Government of India, Huawei,
IBM, Microsoft, Monotype Imaging, Netflix, Sultanate of Oman MARA,
Oracle, SAP, Tamil Virtual University, The University of California
(Berkeley), plus well over a hundred Associate, Liaison, and Individual
members. For a complete member list go to
https://home.unicode.org/membership/members/.

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