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Appendix D

Version History of the Standard

This appendix provides version history of the standard. Updates to data files are documented in Unicode Standard Annex #44, “Unicode Character Database.”

The Unicode Technical Committee updates the Unicode Standard to respond to the needs of implementers and users while maintaining consistency with ISO/IEC 10646. The relationship between these versions of Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646 is shown in Table D-1. For more detail on the relationship of Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646, see Appendix C, Relationship to ISO/IEC 10646.

#Table D-1. Versions of Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646
Year Version Published ISO/IEC 10646
1991 Unicode 1.0 Vol. 1, Addison-Wesley Basis for Committee Draft 2 of 10646-1
1992 Unicode 1.0.1 Vol. 1, 2, Addison-Wesley Interim merger version
1993 Unicode 1.1 UTR #4 Matches 10646-1
1996 Unicode 2.0 Addison-Wesley Matches 10646-1 plus amendments
1998 Unicode 2.1 UTR #8 Matches 10646-1 plus amendments
2000 Unicode 3.0 Addison-Wesley Matches 10646-1 second edition
2001 Unicode 3.1 UAX #27 Matches 10646-1 second edition plus two characters, 10646-2 first edition
2002 Unicode 3.2 UAX #28 Matches 10646-1 second edition plus amendment, 10646-2 first edition
2003 Unicode 4.0 Addison-Wesley Matches 10646:2003, third version
2005 Unicode 4.1 Web publication Matches 10646:2003, third version, plus Amd 1
2006 Unicode 5.0 Addison-Wesley (2007) Matches 10646:2003, third version, plus Amd 1, Amd 2, and four characters from Amd 3
2008 Unicode 5.1 Web publication Matches 10646:2003, third version, plus Amd 1 through Amd 4
2009 Unicode 5.2 Web publication Matches 10646:2003, third version, plus Amd 1 through Amd 6
2010 Unicode 6.0 Web publication Matches 10646:2011, second edition
2012 Unicode 6.1 Web publication Matches 10646:2012, third edition
2012 Unicode 6.2 Web publication Matches 10646:2012, third edition
2013 Unicode 6.3 Web publication Matches 10646:2012, third edition
2014 Unicode 7.0 Web publication Matches 10646:2012, third edition, plus Amd 1 and Amd 2
2015 Unicode 8.0 Web publication Matches 10646:2014, fourth edition, plus Amd 1, and 51 characters from Amd 2
2016 Unicode 9.0 Web publication Matches 10646:2014, fourth edition, plus Amd 1 and Amd 2, and 273 characters from 10646, fifth edition
2017 Unicode 10.0 Web publication Matches 10646:2017, fifth edition, plus 344 characters from Amd 1
2018 Unicode 11.0 Web publication Matches 10646:2017, fifth edition, plus Amd 1, and 117 characters from Amd 2.
2019 Unicode 12.0 Web publication Matches 10646:2017, fifth edition, plus Amd 1 and Amd 2, and 62 characters from 10646, sixth edition
2020 Unicode 13.0 Web publication Matches 10646:2020, sixth edition
2021 Unicode 14.0 Web publication Adds 838 characters
2022 Unicode 15.0 Web publication Matches 10646:2020, sixth edition, plus Amd 1
2023 Unicode 15.1 Web publication Adds 627 characters
2024 Unicode 16.0 Web publication Matches 10646:2020, sixth edition, plus Amd 1 and Amd 2