286	Proposed Draft UTR #51, Unicode Emoji	Closing Date: 2015.01.26
Status:	Closed
Originator:	UTC
Informal Discussion:	Unicode Mail List (Join)
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Resolution:	The UTC incorporated feedback and decided to advance the report to draft status.

Description of Issue:

The Unicode Consortium has released a Proposed Draft Unicode Technical Report on “Unicode Emoji”. The main goal of this UTR is to help improve the interoperability of emoji characters across implementations by providing guidelines and data. Draft updated 2014-11-25.

This draft document also includes a section on Diversity, with a mechanism using 5 new proposed characters to provide a variety of skin tones for existing emoji characters.

The document is in “Proposed Draft” state, and made available for public review and comment. Information about this type of document can be found on the About Unicode Technical Reports page.

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